LLEIDA, Spain — Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic won their singles matches Saturday to give Serbia a 2-0 lead over Spain in a Fed Cup World Group playoff series.

Jankovic beat Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-3, 6-4, and Ivanovic rallied to beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to leave Serbia one win away from reaching the World Group for the first time.

"I cannot tell you I played good tennis, but I did enough to win," said Jankovic, who had a cold. "This morning when I woke up I felt, 'Oh God, I cannot move.' But it's a special occasion."

Medina Garrigues will need to beat the fourth-ranked Jankovic in reverse singles Sunday to keep Spain from dropping out of the World Group for the first time.

Ivanovic overcame an error-strewn first set to improve to 13-2 in Fed Cup singles matches. Spain is without its top player Carla Suarez Navarro.

"I had completely the wrong tactics, I was going for my shots way too early," Ivanovic said. "It took me a little time to adjust to the tactics I needed. But I did that really well in the second set and the third set."