World No.2 Ana Ivanovic has signed a worldwide endorsement contract with Rolex, the leading Swiss watchmaker.

Ivanovic will from now on match her Rolex watch with her adidas shoes and clothing, while she's driving her Verano Motors' Peugeot with her Yonex racquet in the back seat, and simultaneously with all that she'll be taking Juice PLUS+. Yeah, these are all Ivanovic’s sponsors, and the Serbian princess is on a good way to take over Siberian princess Maria Sharapova in sponsorship deals. Read more »

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Jelena Jankovic and Maria Sharapova advanced to the fourth round of the French Open with straight-set victories on Saturday. The Serb stayed on course for a first Grand Slam title when she beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 7-5 6-3, while the Russian completed her first two-setter at 2008 French Open defeating Italian Karin Knapp 7-6(4) 6-0.

The match between Jankovic and Cibulkova had been halted in fading light on Friday at 7-5 4-2. After the resumption Cibulkova failed to hold her second service game and Jankovic wrapped up the win in an hour and 51 minutes.

As for the match between Sharapova and Knapp, the first set, which lasted 81 minutes, suggested yet another tough encounter for the world No.1 Sharapova in Paris. However, the second set was a complete domination of the Russian and she advanced to the fourth round.

For a place in the quarterfinals third seed Jankovic will face Polish 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska, and top seed Sharapova will meet compatriot Dinara Safina, seeded 13th. (source: Reuters, photos via Tennis Channel)

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Just hours after her younger sister Serena unexpectedly exited Roland Garros 2008, eighth seed Venus Williams was shocked by Italian 26th seed Flavia Pennetta who defeated her 7-5 6-3.

In this third round match, the 2002 French Open finalist Williams lost serve three times and committed 29 unforced errors.

Reminder: The 26-year-old Pennetta has already won two titles on clay this season: the Cachantun Cup and the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presented by HSBC. (photo via Tennis Channel)

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If you are familiar with at least some of Bethanie Mattek’s previous outfits, you are probably just as excited as me to take a look at her wardrobe at Roland Garros. Enjoy as the world No.106, famous for her sense of style, shows you her clothes.

Reminder: Mattek today exited the 2008 French Open, but she played three sets against top seed Maria Sharapova in their second round match.

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Top seed Maria Sharapova had to play another unexpected three-setter at the 2008 French Open to beat world No.106 Bethanie Mattek and advance to the third round.

Sharapova, who started her Roland Garros campaign with a scrappy performance against Evgeniya Rodina, finally beat Mattek in two hours and three minutes. Final score was 6-2 3-6 6-2.

The 21-year-old Russian will play Italy's 32nd seed Karin Knapp for a place in the third round. (source: Reuters, photo: Tennis Channel)

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