Famous Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, one of the few directors to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice, decided to make Jelena Jankovic’s wishes come true and find her a role in his next movie.

“Jelena is a phenomenal woman, and as far as I’m concerned, she can reckon that she already has a role. Feel free to tell her that I will find some role for her in my next movie. But, not only that, I promise that I will name the latest cherry juice I’m making here in my Timber Town after her and I will put her picture on the label. She has deserved it with her fantastic tennis performance, just as Novak Djokovic deserves to get a street named after him in my ethno village,” said Kusturica. (source: Mondo)

World No.3 Jelena Jankovic and world No.4 Ana Ivanovic, together with ATP players Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic, will take part in a charity exhibition event at the Belgrade Arena on December 7.

The players and their families initiated the organization of this event. Their goal was to give home fans a chance to watch tennis live, in hope of repeating the spectacular atmosphere of the September’s Davis Cup. The funds raised from these exhibition matches will be divided into four parts and each player will chose to whom they want to give the money.

The program will start at 5 p.m. local time and is set to last four-and-half hours. (source: B92)

Jelena Jankovic retired after trailing 6-1 1-0 to Marion Bartoli. The reason for the Serb's withdrawal is illness. At the start of the second set she said:

I don't feel good, I don't feel good. I have problem with the breathing, I can't even…

The world number three's busy schedule has taken its toll once again. It's somewhat symbolic that the busiest player of the year finishes the season with a withdrawal. I hope that in the future she will have her health in mind before organizing her year.

World No.3 Jelena Jankovic was too weak to defeat motivated Anna Chakvetadze Thursday at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid. The Russian won 6-4 0-6 6-3 and secured her place in the semifinals (next to Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, and Ana Ivanovic). My overall impression was that Chakvetadze was determined and motivated, while Jankovic looked tired and burned out.

After winning the opening set, Chakvetadze slept through the next seven games. The 20-year-old Russian entered the second set too relaxed, and quickly saw herself in a situation of being a break down in a decider. But from then on, things started to change. Jankovic permitted Chakvetadze to break back and revive her powerful game. In the third game of the final set, you could smell the end of Jankovic; revived Chakvetadze won her service game, and since then the Serb started being inferior and had to fight hard to stay in the match. But Chakvetadze was unstoppable! When Chakvetadze served for the match, Jankovic had her last chance — the Serb evened to 30-30, after an exhausting but fantastic defense. Still, Jankovic wasn’t strong enough to fight the motivated Russian and had to say goodbye to the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships.

It’s sad that Jelena Jankovic, a player with such a great year, couldn’t collect enough energy to finish the season playing as well as she's capable of. (photo via Getty Images)

Jelena Jankovic’s nightmares continue; Justine Henin defeated her 6-2 6-2 today at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid and is now 9-0 against the Serb.

Henin vs. Jankovic matches I used to consider a rivalry, but if you look at the facts now, you come to conclusion that their encounters have become clearly one-sided. The first five times they faced each other they played three sets, but from then on, Jankovic couldn’t take a set from Henin. On top of that, today in Madrid, in their ninth encounter, Jankovic was just a shadow of a player she can be (she seemed scared, was imprecise, started the match with a double fault, and I thought that she would have lost the match even if there was a third set and she was 5-0 up). Let’s just mention this: Jankovic permitted Henin to take seven consecutive games!

I have one suggestion for Jelena Jankovic. She should say this on a press conference: “I will never ever in my career beat Justine Henin,” and maybe that would put the pressure off her and bring her some good luck. (photo via Getty Images)