MONTREAL, Aug 3: Jelena Jankovic will replace fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic as world No 1 on Aug 11, the WTA said on Saturday.

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 Aug 11 with Ivanovic on 3,612 and will become the 18th player to hold the No 1 ranking.

Over the last two weeks Jankovic had squandered chances to take over the top ranking on the court. Her bid to become No 1 last week at the Los Angeles Classic ended with a loss to Dinara Safina in the semi-finals and it was short-circuited again at the Montreal Cup on Friday with a quarter-final upset by Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova.—Reuters