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Jelena Jankovic to take over as world number one

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Sat Aug 2, 2008 1:38pm EDT
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia hits a return during her match against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal August 1, 2008. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic will replace fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic as world number one on August 11, the WTA said on Saturday.

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With no tournaments taking place next week ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Jankovic will end Ivanovic's nine-week reign when the WTA governing body's computer drops the points from the events played in the same week one year ago.

Jankovic is projected to total 3,620 points on August 11 with Ivanovic on 3,612.

"Since I was a young girl it has been my dream to become number one in the world," Jankovic told the WTA's website (www.sonyericssonwtatour.com).

"When you get older at least one day you can say you were number one and no one can take that away from you."

(Writing by Steve Keating in Toronto, editing by Tony Jimenez)
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