Jankovic advances past injured Tsurenko

        Jelena Jankovic eased into the last four at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired from their quarter-final with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1 4-1.

         Former champion Jankovic broke an error-prone Tsurenko twice to breeze through the opening set in 22 minutes and twice more in the second before the Ukrainian walked across to her opponent and told her the match was over as they shook hands.

        "My opponent was limping so I saw that something was wrong," Serb Jankovic, 30, said courtside on another hot day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. "I had to just focus on my game and kind of try to make as many balls as possible in the point.

        "I am really sorry she got injured. She has had such a great tournament, she has beaten a lot of great players in the draw. Unfortunately she couldn't play a great match today."

        Tsurenko, ranked 85th in the world, injured her right ankle during her upset of sixth-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the previous round and was noticeably restricted in her movement about the court against Jankovic.

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