Henin sets up Ivanovic showdown

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Top seed Henin, looking to claim a third consecutive Roland Garros title and fourth in total, was a clinical 6-2 6-2 winner over the fourth seed in 79 minutes.

Earlier on Philippe Chatrier court, Ivanovic had thrashed Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-1 in little more than an hour to reach her first grand-slam final.

Henin had to produce something special to match Ivanovic's destructive performance, and she did just that against the in-form Jankovic, who was appearing in a semi-final of a grand slam for the second time.

She posted a 20th straight victory at Roland Garros by breaking her 22-year-old opponent five times in total.

In the opening set, which lasted 37 minutes under grey skies in Paris, Henin broke first in the fourth game when Jankovic sent a backhand into the net.

The diminutive Belgian squandered three more break points in the sixth game but kept the pressure on the Serb's malfunctioning serve, and broke to love in the eighth to take the set easily.

By that time, Jankovic had not come close to threatening Henin's serve.

The world number one was just as dominant in the second set, taking Jankovic's serve on three consecutive occasions - in the fourth, sixth and eighth games - to clinch a sixth straight win over the Serb.

Earlier, Ivanovic's movement and clay-court prowess had proved too much for the error-prone Sharapova. It was embarrassing at times for the second seed, who appeared to be on the verge of tears - especially at the end of the second set - after making mistake after mistake on either wing.