Serbian tennis star Jelena Jankovic won back on the top spot in the WTA ranking list after a swift win against Russia's Nadya Petrova in the final of the WTA Stuttgart event - the Porsche Grand Prix - on October 5 2008.
The last time Jankovic was number one in the rankings was on August 11 2008, which she held for only one week and lost to fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic.
Jankovic had little problems taking the win against Petrova in two straight sets (6-4, 6-3) and proved that she is in superb form this years, even though she missed on winning any Grand Slam tournaments.
The Stuttgart win came six days after Jankovic won the China Open tournament in Beijing against another Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Second in the WTA ranking is Serena Williams, who lost her place at the top after failing to advance to the third round in Stuttgart on October 1. The match that cost her the first place in the ranking was against China's Li Na who won in three sets (0-6, 6-1, 6-4 ).
Williams will not be able to fight back for the number one spot in the $2.4 million Kremlin Cup that starts on October 6 2008 after pulling out with a knee injury.
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