Jankovic claims every part of her game needs an overhaul

Former world number one Jelena Jankovic was dumped out of Indian Wells WTA event in the second round.

The Serbian second seed was well below her best as she lost 6-4 6-4 to 17-year-old Anastasia Pavyluchenkova.

In another shock, third seed Elena Dementieva was knocked out by qualifier Petra Cetkovska 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 6-1.

Fifth seed Ana Ivanovic opened her title defence with a 6-4 6-3 second round victory over Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.

Reigning champion Ivanovic's chances of retaining the title received a huge boost with Jankovic and Dementieva crashing out.

Jankovich admitted her whole game needed an overhaul after she lost to Russian world number 42 Pavyluchenkova.

"I'm not at my level. That's the case. I'm trying to find that game and trying to come back into the form. But I'm struggling at the moment," Jankovic said.

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"I don't feel some of my shots that were my weapons before (are now).

"Overall I think the whole game needs some adjustments and some kind of finding the rhythm and finding the way to construct the points and just find the timing back.

"I mean, overall everything is wrong. I need a lot of work.

"I wish I had a magic wand and could just fix my game and just play awesome tennis again. I would like it to be that way, but sometimes it's not."

Dementieva, who began the year with back-to-back titles in Auckland and Sydney and then reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open, blamed her hectic schedule so far for her lacklustre effort.

"I think I should not have come here because I did not have enough time to recover after playing so many matches at the beginning of the year," she said.

"I needed a much longer break to get ready to play at my best."

Two-time Indian Wells champion Daniela Hantuchova saved two match points at 5-6 down in the third set of her second round meeting with Yanina Wickmayer before she edged through 5-7 6-3 7-6 (7-4).

Seeds Agnieszka Radwanska, Flavia Pennetta, Alisa Kleybanova, Agnes Szavay, Sybille Bammer and Aleksandra Wozniak also advanced, but Alize Cornet, Dominika Cibulkova, Zheng Jie, Ai Sugiyama and Sara Errani failed to progress.

Seventh seed Radwanska beat Australia's Samantha Stosur 3-6 6-3 7-5, while 12th seeded Italian Pennetta beat Indian wildcard Sania Mirza 6-3 6-4.

France's Cornet, the 11th seed, lost in straight sets to German qualifier Kristina Barrois, while Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives beat 14th seed Cibulkova and Russia's Vera Dushevina ended the challenge of China's Zheng in straight sets.

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