Moscow  - Former number one Jelena Jankovic Thursday completed the field for next week's year-end Sony Ericsson Championships as her last remaining rival dropped to a loss in Moscow.

Russian Vera Zvonareva joined Pole Agnieszka Radwanska in suffering defeats in the Russian capital, developments which allowed Jankovic through.

The event in Doha, Qatar, begins Tuesday with round-robin matches, ending with the November 1 final.

London - Easy first-round success was enough to convince volatile sixth seed Jelena Jankovic to abandon her idea of taking a tennis break, after winning her opening match at Wimbledon Tuesday.

The 6-4, 7-6 (7-0) victory over German Julia Goerges was a tonic for the Serb, who only a week ago had lamented her life and said were it not for Wimbledon she would gladly take a break from the game.

"I'm more enthusiastic, I'm more positive, as well," said the player noted for wearing her emotions on her sleeve. "You have to look on the bright side.

Eastbourne, England - Former number one Jelena Jankovic confessed Tuesday that she would take a break from tennis immediately were it not for Monday's start of Wimbledon.

The third-seeded Serb complained of weakness in her legs and an uncomfortable feeling on the grass during her first match of the season on the surface, a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 loss to Anna Chakvetadze at the Eastbourne Championships.

Rome - Jelena Jankovic failed Thursday to continue her quest towards a third straight title at the Rome International as the third seed crashed out to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) in their quarter-final.

But the smiling Serb was not overly dismayed as she packed her bags for the weekend start in Spain of the new Madrid Masters on clay.

"It's great, because I got to play some matches on clay," she said after her Foro Italico win streak ended at a dozen victories dating to 2007.

Rome - Holder Jelena Jankovic extended her Rome International win streak to 12 matches after ailing opponent Kateryna Bondarenko was unable to continue, handing a 6-1, 1-0 third-round victory Wednesday to the seeded Serb.

Polish 10th-seed Agnieszka Radwanska sprang a shock result, sending number five Ana Ivanovic to the scrapheap 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 after the Serb held a lead in the final set but was unable to seal the victory.

Rome  - Top seed Dinara Safina and two-time champion Jelena Jankovic both stayed patient to wait out a day of rain before finally booking spots in the third round of the Rome International Tuesday.

For the second straight week at the Foro Italico, poor weather interrupted proceedings after postponements during the men's ATP event last Tuesday.

Safin waited most of the day to get onto the clay before going past Virgine Razzano of France 7-6 (7-1), 6-1.

Stuttgart  - Flavia Pennetta of Italy did it again to Jelena Jankovic, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, on Friday as the Serbian title holder crashed out of the Porsche Grand Prix quarter-finals.

The 14th-ranked Pennetta clinched the comeback upset win in 1 hour 58 minutes against a tiring and erratic third seed Jankovic.

Pennetta, 27, lost the first five matches against Jankovic but then beat her the last time they met, in Zurich last autumn, less than two weeks after Jankovic had claimed the world number one spot with the Stuttgart title in October 2008.

Stuttgart - Jelena Jankovic hopes to return to the top of the women's tennis rankings now that she has regained her form at the start of the clay court season. The Serbian claimed the top spot in late 2008 but has slumped to a current number three with no title yet in 2009.

Jankovic on Tuesday attributed the slide to too much fitness training and personal problems in the off-season which made her slow and sluggish on the court.

Dubai, UAE - Jelena Jankovic got on and off court in efficient style Tuesday, reaching the third round of the Barclays Championships over unconventional Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-2.

The Serb third seed, a finalist in 2005, needed a fast adjustment from indoor play in wintery Paris to the mid-20s Celsius of the Gulf.

Niculesco, ranked 48th, strikes the ball double-fisted off both wings in a style similar to that of Frenchman Fabrice Santoro.

Jankovic, who had a bye in the opening round, said her opponent presented problems but nothing that the former number one could not solve.

Melbourne, Jan. 25 : World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic was bundled out of the Australian Open on Sunday by Marion Bartoli of France.

Jankovic, a losing semi-finalist at Melbourne Park last year who is still chasing her first grand slam title, was beaten 6-1 6-4 in one hour and 22 minutes by the No. 16 seed in the fourth round.

Bartoli''s career highlight to date was reaching the final of Wimbledon in 2007, before eventually going down to Venus Williams.

Melbourne  - Women's draw with qualifiers inseryted for for the 15.5-million-dollar Australian Open starting Monday. <# Jelena Jankovic, 1, Serbia v Yvonne Meusburger, Australia

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium v Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay Nathalie Dechy, France v Viktoriya Kutusova, Ukraine

Stephanie Dubois, Canada v Ai Sugiyama, Japan

Sybille Bammer, Austria v Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic v Marina Erakovic, New Zealand

Sydney - New number one players Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic line up as top seeds for the first time when the Australian Open begins on Monday.

Nadal, practising privately this week at Melbourne as is Jankovic, opens against Belgian Christophe Rochus as the Spaniard tops a Grand Slam draw for the second time since dethroning Roger Federer from the lead spot last August.

Jankovic, who holds a narrow points margin over Serena Williams, opens with Austrian Yvonne Meusburger.

Melbourne  - Women's draw made on Friday for the 15.5- million-dollar Australian Open.

<# Jelena Jankovic, 1, Serbia v Yvonne Meusburger, Australia

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium v Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay

Nathalie Dechy, France v qualifier

Qualifier v Ai Sugiyama, Japan

Sybille Bammer, Austria v Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic v Marina Erakovic, New Zealand

Qualifier v Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria

Hong Kong  - Jelena Jankovic has cut her losses, withdrawing from a high-powered Hong Kong tuneup for the Australian Open on Saturday and flying straight to Melbourne suffering with the flu.

The Serb will now be well short on match practise for the Grand Slam which starts a week from Monday.

Jankovic said she had been ill for several days and had managed to play only one doubles match at Victoria Park in the World Team Challenge.

London - The world number one pair of Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic lifted top honours for the 2008 season as the each received world champion honours from the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

Nadal, winner of a fourth straight Roland Garros title as well as Wimbledon and the Olympic gold medal, swept the field on the men's side. The ITF makes the selections based upon ATP and WTA results combined with Grand Slams, Olympics, Davis Cup and Fed Cup play.

Sydney  - World number one Jelena Jankovic was Wednesday re-thinking her January schedule and might not be able to headline at the Medibank International.

The week before, the Serb is due to star at a special event in Hong Kong along with Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams, where her appearance is assured.

Jankovic's life changed as she ended the 2008 season on the top ranking spot and demands on her time are obviously growing. Sydney officials are still keen to have her and would happily offer a late entry to the tournament starting January 11.

Hamburg - Jelena Jankovic topped the year-ending women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA, with Venus Williams climbing into sixth place courtesy of her title at the 2008 finale in Doha.

Jankovic, who was stopped in the Doha semis by Williams, tops the final list with 4,710 points. She was assured of the 2008 top spot ahead of the final week of action.

US Open champion Serena Williams is second with 3,866 points, swapping positions with Dinara Safina, who has 3,817 points.

Venus Williams climbed from eighth to sixth place after her three-set win Sunday over Vera Zvonareva. The Russian finalist also rose two places, from nine to seven.

Hamburg - High-flying Serb Jelena Jankovic tops the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA and is already assured of staying there until next year.

Jankovic has 4,555 points and, according to a WTA statement on Saturday, has clinched the prestigious year-ending number one position for the first time in her career as well.

Russian Dinara Safina ranks second with 3,752 points and Serena Williams of the United States is third on 3,716 points in an unchanged top 10.

It was reason to rejoice for Serbia as its player made a global impact by winning Porsche Grand Prix trophy on Sunday. Jelena Jankovic, the 23-year-old adds another feather to her cap as she reigns the top slot now.

Jankovic defeated Russia’s Nadia Petrova during the finals in Stuttgart. 

Miami - Serena Williams had to struggle to control two massive letdowns, barely scraping past an ailing Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 to win a fifth title at the Miami Masters on Saturday.

Jankovic, suffering with sinus congestion and taking antibiotics, was seen by the trainer early in the final set after staging an heroic fightback to lift the second set on a Williams double-fault.

Williams twice served for the match and wasted seven match points. In her frustration, she smashed a racket before finally limping home.

Williams now stands alongside Miami all-time champion Steffi Graf, who won the event five times in the late 1980s to mid 1990s.