Jankovic hangs tough to down Arvidsson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic was given the run around by Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson before she booked her place in the third round with a nerve-jangling 6-3 6-7 7-5 win at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

The second-seeded Serbian twice served for the match in the second set and had also opened a 3-0 lead in the tiebreak but each time Arvidsson pegged her back with a series of stinging groundstrokes.

The world number 63 fell 3-0 behind in the decider before threatening to launch another comeback after Jankovic gifted her the break in the seventh game with a double fault.

But Jankovic kept her wits about her to seal victory when Arvidsson shoved a backhand long on match point. She will next face either Wimbledon semi-finalist Zheng Jie or Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues.

(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)