Ana Ivanovic Tennis

Ana Ivanovic, who had the world at her feet after her sensational 2008 French Open win, admits she cried herself to sleep at night when her career went into an embarrassing tailspin.

The 22-year-old Serbian beauty with the girl-next-door looks and the multi-million dollar deals, shot to number one in the world after her Roland Garros triumph.

But then the dream turned sour.

Illness and a loss of form in 2009 saw her ranking slip and she finished outside of the top 20 for the first time since 2004.

Things didn't look much better in January this year when she left the Australian Open in tears.

"It was no fun at all. There were lots of tears and lots of hard time.


Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis
Ana Ivanovic Tennis

Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanović (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of February 14, 2011, she is ranked World No. 19 on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open.
Ivanović’s mother Dragana, a lawyer, supports her daughter during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball. Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was that time Serbian player, Monika Seleš.
On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević, Jelena Janković and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said that she is “also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids.”



Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana IvanovicIvanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco, but it was reported that the relationship ended in January 2009. Ivanović was then in a relationship with Australian golf player Adam Scott but their relationship apparently ended in August 2010.[10] Some of her best friends include close childhood family friend Novak Djokovic, whom she has known since the age of 4, and current ATP World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.


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Ana IvanovicAna Ivanovic has announced what she will be wearing at Wimbledon 2010. Ana will be wearing of course a white Dress ($55 approx) with white leggings is it gets cold, which is always seems to a Wimbledon.
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Ana Ivanovicn day 3 on the womens side everything seemed to go very well for all the seed. The only seed that didnt make it through was Ana Ivanovic (whats news). Ana seemed to be playing strong tennis as she lost the first set 7-6 and then won the second set 6-0. However, as Ana isnt really predictable, she then went on to lose the third set 6-2.

For me the match of the day was Patty Schnyder and Sorana Cirstea. This was expected to be a very close match between two good players who both were not seeded. However, it seemed like Patty didnt really turn up for the match and Cirstea steam rolled her 6-1 6-3.

Overall:

Rafael Nadal has a tough match and progressed, this could set him up nicely for a good campaign here! In the other matches Andy Murray played very well, but he tends to run out of steam in the second week of Grand Slams. Outsiders are Robin Soderling and Gilles Simon, both played very well today.