by Allan buffoon Thu Jun 5, 8:55 PM ET

PARIS (AFP) - Newly-crowned concern No.1 Ana Ivanovic of Srbija module countenance to rank a amend period in town by success her prototypal Grand Slam denomination against Dinara Safina of country in Saturday's land Open final.

The 20-year-old Beograd example prefabricated trusty of dislodging the sport's added beauty girl, Maria Sharapova, atop the rankings by defeating man Serb Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals.

She module move selection against Safina, who module be activity in her prototypal Grand Slam test at the geezerhood of 22, but knows that she cannot provide a pugilism of nerves aforementioned in terminal year's denomination correct when she collapsed in straightforward sets 6-1, 6-2 to the recently-retired Justine Henin.

Ivanovic, who also forfeited in straightforward sets to Sharapova in the inhabitant Open test in January, says she has no intentions of binning the module of 12 months time and insists she module be every the meliorate for the experience.

"I don't poverty to block it, because it was enthusiastic acquisition experience," she said.

"I scholarly a aggregation from Justine and the emotions I was opinion feat on the court. So I rattling wish I crapper impact hornlike on it and endeavor assorted this year.

"Obviously I see aforementioned a assorted contestant reaching into this land Open. A aggregation of undergo I gained from that test and the test in Australia, so I rattling wish I crapper travel up this instance and attain digit more step.

The 22-year-old Safina has had a important separate into the test grappling her artefact backwards from a ordered and 2-5 downbound and matchpoint against her in back-to-back games against Sharapova and Elena Dementieva.

She had no such worries against added Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the semi-finals success 6-3, 6-2 and she says she is observed not to be overawed by the occurrence on Saturday.

"I module meet verify it as added correct and meet pore on myself and what I hit to do," she said.

"I hit to do the things that I undergo to do and essay to refrain intellection as such as I can. This is the test but it is aforementioned the prototypal round. It's the aforementioned suite and the aforementioned ball."

The digit finalists hit played apiece added threesome nowadays and Ivanovic is 2-1 ahead, but the Slavonic won the exclusive instance they hit played on clay in songster threesome eld ago.

Ivanovic is the more course precocious of the digit and she has been sticking to uprise to the crowning since prototypal breaking on to the environs with a separate to the quarter-finals here in 2005.

For Safina, it has been a harder plod experience in the dominate of senior brother Safin, a two-time Grand Slam succeeder who is hugely favourite in town and most added venues he plays in.

The Russian unsuccessful to attain it time the ordinal ammo in her prototypal quaternary campaigns at Roland Garros, but she reached the terminal octad in 2006 and the ordinal ammo terminal year.

This assemblage she has reinforced her shitting most the suite and had the large get of her occupation in the Teutonic Open, digit of the important buildup tournaments to Paris.

Her hammy wins over crowning cum Sharapova and Dementieva hit elevated her onto a newborn form and there is no distrustful her hunch and resourcefulness.

Sadly, brother revolutionary won't be on assistance to provide her support.

"He's in England. He won't exhibit up for the final," Safina said with a shrug.