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 MASON, Ohio (AP) — Turns out that Jelena Jankovic had plenty left.

The 24-year-old Serb, who rose to the top of the rankings last August, knocked off the current No. 1 on Sunday. She beat Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 to win the $2 million Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

It was only her second title of the year, a sign of her hard times. Plus, she was coming off one of the toughest matches of her career, a three-set victory over Elena Dementieva on Saturday night, when she was on the heat-baked court for 2 hours, 46 minutes.

She couldn’t believe she won the semifinal after falling behind 6-2 in the decisive tiebreaker. She wondered how much she’d have left for the final.

Enough.

Murray earns Rogers Cup

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MONTREAL — Andy Murray withstood his toughest test of the tournament, prevailing against Juan Martin Del Potro 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-1 Sunday in the final of the $3 million Rogers Cup.

The third-seeded Murray, from Scotland, matched his career best from last season with his fifth tournament win of the year and improved his record to 11-4 against top-10 players this season.

Del Potro, from Argentina, was looking for his second straight tournament victory after winning in Washington, a week earlier. He squandered an opportunity to jump past Andy Roddick into fifth in the world rankings.

The match turned when Del Potro called for the trainer while up 6-5 in the second set. After the medical timeout, Murray held serve at love and won the tiebreaker.

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