BEIJING: Defending champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki in the quarter-finals of the WTA Guangzhou International Women’s Open Thursday, getting her a step closer to the $226,750 top prize. Second seed and former world number one Jankovic beat 2013 Wimbledon finalist Lisicki 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 to advance to Friday’s semi-finals, where she will face third seeded Croatian Ana Konjuh.—AFP