source AFP
PARIS (AFP) — Ana Ivanovic tackles Dinara Safina in the French Open final on Saturday with the golden girl of Roland Garros determined to end the magical run of the tournament’s comeback queen.
Second seed Ivanovic, the 2007 runner-up, defeated fellow Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in Thursday’s semi-final while 13th seeded Safina reached her first Grand Slam final with a shock 6-3, 6-2 victory over fourth seeded compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Ivanovic, who will become the new world number one on Saturday, win or lose, will start as favourite in her third Grand Slam final against a player she has defeated twice in three meetings.
But Safina, so long in the shadow of big brother Marat Safin, has enjoyed a fairytale run, twice coming back from a set and 2-5 deficits, and twice saving a match point, in her fairytale run through the tournament.
For Jankovic it was the fourth time she had played in a Grand Slam semi-final and the fourth time she had failed to make it through.
