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Jelena Jankovic Adds Her Name to the List of the Top Ranked Players in the World at the 2007 Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife

The Current No. 3 Ranked Player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Joins Sharapova & Serena Williams

CARSON, CA (June 12, 2007) - Jelena Jankovic, the world's number three ranked player becomes the fourth top-ten player to commit to play in the 2007 Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife August 6-12 at The Home Depot Center on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, Calif. Jankovic, last year's runner-up and the recent 2007 French Open Semi-Finalist joins No. 2 ranked, Maria Sharapova, along with Serena Williams, the 2007 Australian Open champion and current No. 7 ranked player to lead the list of elite players entered to participate in southern California's most prestigious summer tennis tradition

Joining Jankovic, Sharapova, and Serena Williams in the 56 player field will be Nadia Petrova and Dinara Safina (currently ranked 10th and 12th in the world, respectively) and Nicole Vaidisova (ranked No. 14). This year will mark the 38th year of the popular southern California stop on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour which has hosted a who's who of No. 1 ranked players and competitors who have gone on to win the US Open in New York just weeks later.

\"Southern California tennis fans can once again expect to see the best players in the world, putting it all on the line as they make their final tune-ups before the US Open,\" said Shawn Hunter, President, AEG Sports. \"The Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration will also combine amazing tennis with a festive and family friendly atmosphere that has become one of the tour's favorite traditions for both the players and our great fans.\"

The 2007 Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife offers a variety of ticket packages. All session ticket packages, including all 12 sessions of play, start at just $235.00. In addition, weekend packages which include a total of five sessions played on Friday (two sessions), Saturday (two sessions) and the finals on Sunday start at only $125.00. Tennis fans purchasing these packages can save up to $731.00 off the regular price of individual tickets! For more information on all ticket packages, call 1-877-AEG-TICKETS (1-877-234-8425) or visit http://www.ultimatetenniscelebration.com.

The Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife is also a part of the prestigious US Open Series, which links 10 summer hard-court tournaments to the famed US Open. This year's Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife marks the fourth year players competing in the US Open Series tournaments will be vying for bonus prize money at the US Open. Players competing in the \"summer season\" of tennis at the participating Sony Ericsson WTA tournaments will receive US Open Series points which will ultimately earn the series winner the opportunity to double her US Open prize purse.

About the Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife

The Los Angeles Ultimate Tennis Celebration Presented by Herbalife, at 38 years old, is one of the most historic events in women's tennis, and is being held for the fourth consecutive year at The Home Depot Center. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tier II event offers prize money of $600,000 to the 56-player singles and 16-team doubles draws. The distinguished tournament champions' list includes Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, all of whom have also been ranked No. 1 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour during their careers. For more information please visit http://www.ultimatetenniscelebration.com.

About The Home Depot Center

The Home Depot Center is southern California's home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. The $150 million, privately financed facility was developed and is operated by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. The Home Depot Center features an 8,000-seat tennis stadium, a 27,000-seat stadium for soccer, rugby and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts, a 10,000-seat facility for track & field and lacrosse, the ADT Event Center (a 2,450-seat indoor velodrome for cycling) and other facilities for softball, baseball, beach volleyball, basketball and other sports. The Home Depot Center is home to three professional sports teams - Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA, and Major League Lacrosse's (MLL) Los Angeles Riptide. Named an Official U.S. Olympic Training Site, The Home Depot Center is also home of the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) High Performance Training Center and is the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). The David Beckham Academy for youth soccer, Andre Agassi's Safe Passage All-Stars at-risk youth tennis program and Athletes' Performance's training center for elite and professional athletes are all based at The Home Depot Center. The Home Depot Center has additionally been designated official training sites for USA Cycling and USA Track & Field. For more information, please visit www.homedepotcenter.com.

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