Jelena Jankovic lost to Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinals of this week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal and we said that she spoilt another chance of taking over the No.1 ranking from fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic as Jankovic had to reach the Rogers Cup finals in order to achieve the feat. But she will finally become new world No.1 on August 11.

Jankovic will after all end Ivanovic's nine-week reign as there will be no tournaments played next week ahead of the Beijing Olympics, and the WTA governing body's computer will drop the points from the events played in the same week one year ago. Read more »

World No.2 Jelena Jankovic missed another chance to take the top ranking from fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic losing to Slovakian teenager Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

En route to defeating second-seeded Jankovic 7-5 6-2 world No.31 Cibulkova won eight straight games. Jankovic at first took a 5-1 lead but couldn’t hold her serve. In the second set, Jankovic played below par and her movement was not very good.

Jankovic could have become new world No.1 if she had reached the final at the Rogers Cup, but for the second consecutive week she failed to realize the dream of becoming top-ranked WTA player.

Cibulkova, who earlier defeated Russia's fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva and No.12 Nadia Petrova, will next face either No.10 Marian Bartoli of France and Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama. (source: cbcsports, photos: Getty Images)

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia was upset 6-2 1-6 6-2 by Austrian Tamira Paszek in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, which opened the door for Jelena Jankovic to reach the No.1 world ranking.

The 17-year-old Paszek, who I thought would continue her last year's rise this season, won just three matches since the Australian Open and had gone five tournaments without a victory until a first-round win last week in Los Angeles. But now she managed to take out a top-ranked player. Read more »

Serbian tennis stars Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic are the leaders in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships and have secured their participation in that prestigious event.

They currently occupay the first and second place in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships, with world No.2 Jankovic having earned 2,770 points and world No.1 Ivanovic 2,761 points.

The season-ending tournament will take place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from November 4-9, 2008. Six more singles players will qualify, as well as top four doubles teams of the season. (via On the Baseline)

Dinara Safina stopped Jelena Jankovic’s quest for No.1 spot defeating the Serb 7-6 6-1 in the East West Bank Classic semifinals. Safina will face Italian Flavia Pennetta in the final.

If top-seeded Jankovic had won the tournament she would have occupied Ana Ivanovic’s No.1 spot in the rankings, but always-injured JJ lost the first set in the tie-break after which Safina quickly took the second set and completed her victory. "In the second set, I couldn't go anymore. My legs were shaking a little," said the world No.2 who entered the LA tournament with a left knee injury.

No.10 seed Pennetta will play her first Tier II final which she reached by overcoming Bethanie Mattek 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the final four. (source: BBC, photos: Getty Images)

Top seed Jelena Jankovic moved into the East West Bank Classic semifinals with an impressive 7-5 6-4 victory over ninth seed Nadia Petrova and will next meet Russia's Dinara Safina, seeded fourth, who crushed Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-1 in her quarterfinal.

Jankovic fought back from breaks down in both sets in the quarterfinal and is now two steps away from taking the No.1 ranking from fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic.

The biggest problem of J.J. are always her injuries, but she said her knee was holding up well and was satisfied with her movement. Despite constant health problems, her game has improved, and I especially like this quote of Petrova: "She's not just running on the baseline anymore, she's serving better and taking the ball earlier and coming forward."

In the other semifinal at the East West Bank Classic seed No.10 Flavia Pennetta, who beat 14th-seeded Sybille Bammer 7-6 3-6 6-1, will encounter unseeded American Bethanie Mattek, who defeated China's Yuan Meng 6-2 7-5. (source: BBC, Getty Images)

Jelena Jankovic remained on course to take over the No.1 ranking from compatriot Ana Ivanovic with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Melinda Czink of Hungary at the East West Bank Classic.

In the match against lucky loser Czink, Jankovic's serve was much better than usual.

"If I could hit this serve every day like that, my life would be so much easier," said J.J., laughing. Read more »

Jelena Jankovic was linked to some men she didn’t even know, but more than anyone the world liked to follow her friendship with Jamie Murray. In one interview J.J. demystified her relation with Murray and talked about her real boyfriend, a guy from Serbia.

Jankovic enjoyed her mixed doubles success with Jamie Murray at Wimbledon 2007, but it gave a misleading impression about her love life. Because of the situation with Murray, Jankovic had certain issues with her real boyfriend. Read more »