Second seed Jelena Jankovic beat Olympic champion Elena Dementieva in straight sets to reach her first Grand Slam final at the US Open. The Serbian recovered from a poor start to win the semi-final 6-4 6-4 in windy conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Jankovic lost serve early on but took control by winning five games in a row, and then got the better of five breaks in a tense second set. She will play Serena Williams or Dinara Safina in the final on Saturday. Dementieva, who was a runner-up at F...

New York: His strokes awry, his emotions laid bare for all to see, Roger Federer figured out a way to stay in the US Open. Federer found himself locked in a five-set struggle against the sort of player the world is accustomed to seeing him dismiss with ease, and it was only down the stretch that the four-time defending champion at Flushing Meadows looked the part. Avoiding as big an upset as tennis has seen in a while, Federer came back to beat 23rd-seeded Igor Andreev of Russia 6-7 (5), 7-6 (...