World number two Jelena Jankovic won her second tour title of the year after thrashing fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova [Images] of Russia [Images] 6-3, 6-2 at the China Open on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Serb looked confident in the final of the $600,000 Beijing [Images] tournament, getting revenge for her quarter-final defeat by the Russian world number seven at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last week.
Former US Open [Images] champion Kuznetsova, who cruised to the final with a string of straight-sets victories, surrendered the first set with a series of unforced errors.
In a battle of hard-hitting baseliners, Jankovic never allowed Kuznetsova to find her rhythm, and steamrolled the Russian in the second set to close out the match.
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