Jelena Jankovic is up to three in the world after reaching the semi-finals in the Pacific Life Open.

She owns a house in Miami, and is building a house in the same upscale neighborhood north of San Diego that golfer Phil Mickelson calls home.

"It's beautiful. It's on a hill and just amazing," she said of the property. "It will take maybe a year and a half or two years to build a whole house because it will be big."

Jankovic admitted that her description was based only on what she had been told, because she hadn't yet been to the site.

"I haven't even seen the lot, but I hear all these stories," she said. "It's amazing. It's all this, and it's like a fairytale to me to listen to it. So when I have time I will go and check it out."

She has seen the architect's plans for the house, which she calls "amazing."

While she's waiting for her dream home to be completed, Jankovic whiled away some time shopping for more frivolous items.

"I'm a big spender," she said. "I like to swipe my card. I just like doing it, you know, that motion."

Her latest big-ticket item was actually a gift from her father - a limited edition Louis Vuitton bag with a 4,000-dollar price tag.

"My dad is better for that," she said. "He wouldn't think twice. He thinks 'Oh, it's for my daughter.' He just tries to make us happy."

Jankovic said she would leave the shopping for home furnishings to her mother.

"My mom, she loves going to those shops, and she drives me nuts. I hate that.

"She's really the expert, and she'll do all the job. She has a really good time because she was a designer before when she was younger, so she has good taste for that."

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