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Article: Venus Advances at Family Circle Cup
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- April 13, 2007
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Unseeded Venus Williams has been this far before, winning the Family Circle Cup in her first try three years ago. And Tatiana Golovin, who won her first tour victory last week at Amelia Island, reached the semifinals two years ago.
However, second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia - the highest seeded player remaining - had never made it out of the second round in three previous appearances. After losing to a qualifier here last year, she beat Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-3, 6-0 in 47 minutes on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals.
"I think I'm a totally different player from last year," Jankovic said. "I've improved so much and am now in the Top 10."
Jankovic advanced ...