Paris, France - Serbian star Ana Ivanovic will battle Russian Dinara Safina in Saturdays ladies final at the 2008 French Open. Jordy Nelson Youth Jersey. The 2007 Roland Garros runner-up Ivanovic topped fellow Serb Jelena Jankovic in Thursdays semifinals to become the new world No. 1 among the women, supplanting Maria Sharapova, who had a short-lived stay at the top after replacing recently-retired Justine Henin there. The second-seeded Ivanovic snuck past a third-seeded Jankovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in Day 12s marquee semi on Court Chatrier. With the victory, Ivanovic became the first-ever Serb, male or female, to ascend to the top of the rankings. Jankovic jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first set against Ivanovic, but Ivanovic charged back to win nine of the next 11 games to forge ahead 6-4, 3-1. But Jankovic then charged back to claim the second set by winning five straight games, closing out the stanza on a fourth set point. In the third and final set, Ivanovic was trailing 3-4 when she broke Jankovic en route to capturing the last three games of the bout to move on, which she did by blasting a forehand return winner on her first match point. She set-up the match point by mashing another forehand winner. Ivanovic prevailed in 2 hours, 15 minutes, despite misfiring for 43 unforced errors. She tallied five aces and broke Jankovics serve seven times, compared to six breaks for the hard-luck loser. The 6-foot-1 Ivanovic is now 6-1 lifetime versus the 23-year-old Jankovic, including a win this year on a hardcourt at Indian Wells and a 2-0 record on clay. Ivanovic lost to Henin in last years French Open final and succumbed to Sharapova in this years Australian Open title match. The 20-year-old Ivanovic has reached the final in three of the last five Grand Slam events, while Jankovic fell to 0-4 in her career major semis, which have all come in the last seven Grand Slam tournaments. Jankovic lost to Henin in last years final four here at Roland Garros. Ivanovic will appear in her 10th career final, seeking a seventh title. Shes 1-1 in her 2008 finals, but 0-2 in her career Grand Slam finales. Earlier on Thursday, Safina upset fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to secure a berth in her first-ever major final. The 13th-seeded Safina cruised past a sluggish fourth-seeded Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 on Chatrier, as Kuznetsova fell to 3-1 in her career major semis. An overpowering Safina was in control throughout, as she struck almost twice as many winners (39-20) and broke Kuznetsovas serve a whopping six times en route to the final. The match ended after 1 hour, 27 minutes when Kuznetsova sent one final forehand well wide of the court. The big-hitting Safina is now 4-4 lifetime against Kuznetsova, who topped Safina in the French Open quarters in 2006. The 2004 U.S. Open champion and 2007 U.S. Open runner-up Kuznetsova was a French Open finalist two years ago, losing to the great Henin. The red-hot Safina is now riding a 12-match winning streak, which includes victories over reigning No. 1s, at the time, Sharapova and Henin and former top-ranked star Serena Williams. The Russian titled in Berlin last month, beating Henin, Williams and two-time Grand Slam runner-up Elena Dementieva en route to the surprising title. Safina also beat her fellow Russian Dementieva in a quarterfinal bout here on Wednesday, a day in which Safina saved a match point before advancing. She also staved off a match point before stunning the Australian Open champion Sharapova here on Monday. The 22-year-old Safina is the younger sister of two-time Grand Slam titlist and former world No. 1 mens star Marat Safin. The 5-foot-11 Safina will appear in her 11th career WTA Tour-level final (6-4) and is 1-0 in her lone 2008 finale, in Berlin. 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From Wenchuan to Yushu Related readings: Quake-hit Sichuan farmers to have new houses Sichuan lessons applied in Yushu Sichuan temple donates 12.5M yuan to Yushu quake zone Brother-sister duo donate to children in Sichuan More than 8 billion yuan of the donations from more than 45.5 million CPC members nationwide was given to Sichuan Province, Fu Sihe, a senior official of the CPC Central Committee Organization Department, said at a news conference. Gansu Provvince received 1 billion yuan, Shaanxi Province 500 million, Yunnan Province 100 million and Chongqing city 100 million, Fu said. John Kuhn Jersey So far 1.365 million houses have been built, and 37 of the 91 planned primary and middle schools had been established. The rest would be finished by October, Fu said. He said 2,667 of the 11,726 planned activity centers had been established, and the others would be finished this year, Fu said. About 1.65 million yuan was given to relatives of 55 people who died for the quake relief work. Fu said the funds usage was strictly supervised by the organization department and the public. He said 76,000 people applied to join the Party while working at the forefront of quake rescue and relief in the five months after the quake, and 19,000 were accepted. ' ' '