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Ivanovic, Jankovic have propelled each other to the top

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

PARIS -- The first tennis match they ever played, Ana Ivanovic remembers, was in a carpeted swimming pool in Belgrade, Serbia. In a 10-under tournament, 9-year-old Jelena Jankovic hammered the 7-year-old Ivanovic, 7-1. Jankovic swears she can't recall any such match. Thirteen years later, on Thursday, Ivanovic and Jankovic will meet on the red clay of Court Philippe Chatrier with an opportunity to become the No. 1-ranked player in the world. The No. 2-seeded Ivanovic advanced ...

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