World No.4 Jelena Jankovic reached her first final of the season with a 7-5 6-2 victory over Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues at the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella.

The second-seeded Jankovic will try to win her first title since October, when she plays fifth seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain on Sunday. Suarez Navarro defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 in the semifinals.

The 20-year-old Suarez Navarro, who will play her first WTA singles final on Sunday, became well-known after upsetting Venus Williams at the Australian Open.

Jankovic is leading their head-to-heads 2-0, beating Suarez Navarro in straight sets at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2008. The Spaniard has won only nine games against the Serb so far. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Second seed Jelena Jankovic is continuing to progress at the Andalucia Tennis Championships. The Serbian world number four defeated Italy’s Roberta Vinci 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) in the quarterfinals.

Both players struggled to hold serve, there were ten breaks throughout the match. The 67th-ranked Vinci saved three match points in the 10th game of the third set and another in the tiebreak before Jankovic sealed the win at the fifth attempt, taking the tiebreak 8-6.

Jankovic will next play fourth seed Anabel Medina Garrigues for a place in Sunday’s final. (source: Reuters, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Maria Sharapova, still not active in her primary career, that of a tennis player, posed for the new campaign for sponsor TAG Heuer.

The watch brand is using the "What are you made of?" slogan.

The Russian is representing TAG Heuer together with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tiger Woods. (source: Maria Sharapova's official website)

On Thursday night Maria Sharapova attended a dinner party for her sponsor Cole Haan at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Of course, that event wouldn’t have been so interesting to mention if she hadn’t been photographed leaving the party with rumored boyfriend Charlie Ebersol.

There is also a short video from the night:

Sharapova’s look has been quite experimental and daring lately. At the Cole Haan party the tennis star wore blue dress from Thakoon's fall 2009 collection accessorized with a chunky necklace.

What do you think of Sharapova’s style? I’m not a huge fan, she looks much older, but as always, Maria can get away with it. However, Maria's fashion is way less questionable than Charlie's "shoes". (source: Siberian Siren)

Second seed Jelena Jankovic reached the quarterfinals of the Andalucia Tennis Experience with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Tunisia's Selima Sfar, ranked 181th in the world. Unfortunately, any win of JJ has become news of late, and we sure need to celebrate it.

Jankovic is by far the highest-ranked player left in the tournament after Serena Williams lost in the first round to Klara Zakopalova. By the way, the 95th-ranked Zakopalova progressed further, beating Renata Voracova in the second round.

The world No.4 Jankovic will play Italy's Roberta Vinci for a place in the semifinals. (source: Reuters, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Current world No.2 Dinara Safina will overtake Serena Williams at the top of the new Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings to be published on April 20.

Serena will lose the No.1 spot because of suffering an upset in the first round of the Andalucia Tennis Experience. The injured American was defeated by 95th-ranked Klara Zakopalova, the Czech who had only won two Tour matches in 2009 before this week.

Here’s what Safina said about the news:

It's a great honor to reach the number one ranking and it is a dream that every girl who has ever wanted to play professional tennis shares. It is even extra special for me since my brother Marat was able to reach the number one ranking (in 2000) and I am happy to share this achievement with him. There's no question that while I am very proud of my results over the past year, I would have liked to reach this achievement in a different manner. I hope to prove to everyone over the coming months that I merit the honor of being world number one.

The 22-year-old Russian will become the 19th woman to hold the top spot. (source: BBC, photo: Getty Images via Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)

Still injured world No.1 Serena Williams suffered a 6-4 3-6 6-1 first-round defeat to Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, ranked 95th, at the Andalucia Tennis Championships in Marbella, Spain.

The top seed lost her opening clay-court match this year, clearly not recovered from a thigh problem that affected her performance at the Sony Ericsson Open last week, where she lost to Victoria Azarenka in the final.

"I was trying to play my best tennis but the injury prevented me from reaching my top level," said Williams, who wore heavy strapping on her left thigh.

The 26-year-old Zakopalova broke Williams as much as seven times in their encounter at the Andalucia Tennis Championships, while before Zakopalova had never won a set against the American. (source: Reuters India, photos: Ralf Reinecke)

Daniela Hantuchova posed for Hello! magazine’s photographer Chris Bott during the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Hantuchova modeled poolside at the Four Seasons Hotel and also gave an interview for the magazine. The Slovakian, currently 43rd in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings, discussed life on the road and living out of suitcase. (source: Daniela Hantuchova's official website via WTA Hotties)

World No.8 Victoria Azarenka, champion at last week’s Sony Ericsson Open, has withdrawn from the April 11-19 Family Circle Cup due to a shoulder injury.

Azarenka didn’t offer details on her right shoulder injury, but said she regrets having to skip the tournament.

"I was looking forward to returning to Charleston and building on the momentum that I have from the past few weeks. I am looking forward to returning to Charleston in 2010," said the 19-year-old Belorussian.

The tournament will feature other tennis stars such as world No.1 and defending champion Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Venus Williams, last year’s finalist Vera Zvonareva, and Nadia Petrova. (via On the Baseline, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Jelena Jankovic dropped her last two opening matches, at the BNP Paribas Open and Sony Ericsson Open, but her much-needed confidence could get a little boost as she defeated Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the inaugural Andalucia Tennis Experience.

Second seed Jankovic needed 62 minutes to get past the world No.47 Schiavone, giving away only three games to beat the Italian 6-2 6-1.

In the first set Jankovic established a 3-0, and even though Schiavone won the next two games, Jankovic didn’t spoil the lead she had earned and took the first set. The world No.4 faced no break points in the second set. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)