Jelena Jankovic is one of the few former world no. 1s who has yet to win her first career Grand Slam and today, she is two matches away from doing such that. Jankovic survived a long contest from Yaroslava Shvedova and defeated the Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-4.
This is the third semifinals of Jankovic's career at the French Open. She lost to Justine Henin in 2007 and Ana Ivanovic in 2008.
The Serb will be taking on Samantha Stosur in the semifinal.