Rejuvenated Jelena Jankovic saved four match points to beat Elena Dementieva and set up a clash with world No.1 Dinara Safina in the final of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

The way Jankovic won was incredible. The Serb won the first and epic third set in a tiebreak, while in the second she was bageled. I didn't watch the match but when I saw the 7-6(2) 0-6 7-6(6) score, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

As I read, fifth-seeded Jankovic held three match points at 5-4 in the deciding set, but fourth-seeded Dementieva broke back. The next two games were breaks as well and it was Dementieva who established a 6-2 lead in the tiebreak. Jankovic didn’t give in, and fought back to eventually win on her fourth match point.

Jankovic has thus reached only her second final of the 2009 season: "It feels unbelievable. It's been a long time since I was in a final like this. Hopefully I can play well against Dinara, it's going to be tough." (source: Reuters, photo via Tennis Forum)

The time has come for the lovely readers of Women's Tennis Blog to get a little tennis present!

I’ve been in contact with Kevin, the editor of the Sony Ericcson WTA Tour’s website, and he was so kind as to provide me with a signed picture of Jelena Jankovic to give to one of my lucky readers. We're having a very good cooperation, so I suppose there will be more nice surprises from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour via Women’s Tennis Blog.

As for Ana Ivanovic's signed picture, the story is the following: As you probably know, I’m a huge fan of Ana Ivanovic’s website, and logically of the team behind it. It was a long time ago that they kindly sent me an autographed picture of Ana, and I have to say they were absolutely amazing, sending me the picture within days of my request. However, only now am I distributing it further, but better late than never. I was waiting for the right occasion.

You can become eligible to win either of the two autographed pictures of Serbian tennis stars by answering the following question correctly:

How many weeks have Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic combined spent on top of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles rankings?

I know the question is not too easy, so let me help you a bit: It’s a round number!

Please, submit your answers in the comments section of this post. Where it asks for your e-mail, please provide a legitimate one, as I will contact you via that e-mail.

Two of the lucky winners, chosen randomly, will each receive one of the signed pictures.

The competition will last until Saturday, August 15, 7 pm Central-European time. The winners will be contacted shortly after.

Good luck and thank you for participating!

Top seed Serena Williams and fourth seed Jelena Jankovic fell in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.

Williams lost to Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2 3-6 6-2, while Marion Bartoli solidified her "I always beat her" statement by defeating Jankovic 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3.

Williams was holding double break point for a 3-2 lead in the third set, but Stosur fought them off to win that game and then barely looked back winning all the following games. Stosur has thus claimed her equal best career win, having beaten then-world No.2 Dinara Safina at Miami.

Stosur's opponent in the semifinals will be Bartoli, as Jankovic didn’t have her revenge for the comments and fell to the eighth seed despite holding double match point in the second set. Bartoli even came back from a break down in the deciding set to beat Jankovic for the fourth time in their last five matches.

Second and third seeds Venus Williams and Elena Dementieva are safely through to the semifinals. Williams crushed Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-2, and Dementieva defeated Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-4.

Stosur won her only previous meeting with Bartoli, but it was three years ago. As for the other semifinal pair, Williams has won eight of her 10 encounters with Dementieva. (photo by our reader Colleen)

World No.14 Marion Bartoli, Jelena Jankovic’s opponent in the upcoming quarterfinal of the Bank of the West Classic, said before Jankovic's second round match against Sabine Lisicki that she would rather face Jankovic than Lisicki.

Bartoli’s reason is the following: "I always beat her." The Frenchwoman is 4-3 against the sixth-ranked Jankovic and has won their last three matches.

Haha, JJ was, of course, stunned to hear the comment and here’s her reaction:

She talks like she’s just Serena Williams. Everybody had a right to say what she wants. I’m not really focused on Bartoli. She’s not like my biggest rival or someone I look up to or I’m scared of. She’s just one of the players on tour, not a big name, or someone who is making the big results or headlines in the game.

"Bartoli is going to get it tomorrow," Jankovic added with a smile. Hahaha, she will even have her revenge.

Additional info: Interestingly, even Jelena Jankovic, a slamless No.1 herself, doesn’t think that Dinara Safina is the world’s best player. JJ finds herself the best, and she would put Serena Williams second.

Haha, it's so bizarre. If anyone Jankovic should be the one defending Safina, but no, she’s even saying this: "To be number one, you should be complete and if you are number one you have to be beating the Williams sisters. I’m one of the rare players who has a positive record against the Williams sisters"

Note: Jankovic is 5-4 against Venus and 3-4 against Serena. (source: Tennis Reporters, photo: Forty Deuce)

Tennis stars Zheng Jie and Jelena Jankovic are appearing in this TV commercial for the Chinese brand of ANTA, which they have been promoting this year.

I have to notice, of what use is the slogan "Keep moving" when Jelena Jankovic’s feet are melting and hurting in ANTA shoes, which are badly affecting her performance.