Halep works Jankovic hard

Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic was forced to dig deep to beat Romanian teenager Simona Halep 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the first round of the US Open.

The Serbian fourth seed, who was runner up at Flushing Meadow two years ago but crashed out in the second round last year, had been staring at defeat when 5-4 down in the third set and within two points of losing to the world number 96.