Archive for category: Ana Ivanovic
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A.Radwanska beats Ivanovic, plays Li Na in Australian Open QFs
Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic played the 4th seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open on Sunday evening. Ivanovic started play and was immediately broken by the ever consistent Radwanska, playing her own style and missing almost nothing. Games then went with [...] -
A.Radwanska through in Melbourne, Ivanovic beats Jankovic
Polish 4th seed Aga Radwanska opened proceedings on the Hisense Arena when she took on the young British player Heather Watson, who is ranked at 40. Games went with serve in the first set until Radwanska broke to lead 3-2. Watson won just one more game for 3-5, but the [...] -
Sharapova through in Melbourne, Ivanovic sets up Jankovic clash
Maria Sharapova, the 2nd seed in this year’s Australian Open, served up her second consecutive double bagel in her second round match against a hapless Misaki Doi of Japan, ranked at 92. The Japanese player had had a good win over the experienced Daniela Hantuchova in the first round. This [...] -
Czech Republic beats Serbia and wins Fed Cup 2012 title
The Czech Republic’s stranglehold on the Fed Cup continues after the host team beat Serbia to win the competition for the second year in a row. Lucie Safarova was the heroine this time, as her 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Jelena Jankovic gave the Czechs an unassailable 3-1 lead. The home [...] -
Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-0 in Fed Cup 2012 Final
A great start for Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova at Fed Cup 2012 final on their home soil. They beat Ivanovic and Kvitova in straight sets. Neither of the former number one Serbian players managed to steal a set in today’s clashes at Fed Cup final in Prague. In the [...] -
Stosur beats Ivanovic, plays Wozniacki in Moscow final
The first semi final match at the Kremlin Cup on Saturday afternoon was between Caroline Wozniacki, the wild carded 3rd seed from Denmark and the unseeded Swede Sofia Arvidsson. Although Wozniacki led the head to head 6 to 2, the Dane had a long three setter in the quarters and [...] -
Ivanovic to play Stosur in Kremlin Cup semifinals in Moscow
The top half of the draw featured the number 4 seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic, who took on her countrywoman Vesna Dolonc, the qualifier who was having a great tournament. Having won three rounds in qualies, including taking out the number 3 and 5 seeds, Dolonc, who is ranked at 160, [...] -
Stosur, Kirilenko and Ivanovic through to Moscow quarterfinals
Second round matches at the Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow got underway on Thursday afternoon with the Serbian WTA number 12 and 4th seed Ana Ivanovic, taking on the Russian qualifier Valeria Solovieva, ranked at a career high 216 who mostly plays on the ITF circuit. On paper this looked [...] -
Flipkens beats Ivanovic to reach Linz semis, Goerges also wins
World number 21 and 5th seed at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, German Julia Goerges, was on court against the Swede Sofia Arvidsson, ranked at number 47 in the first of the day’s quarter-final matches. Both offensive players with hard hit groundies and good serves, this looked to be a [...] -
Ivanovic beats Petkovic and advances into Linz QFs
Ana Ivanovic and Petra Martic secure their quarterfinal spots at Generali Ladies WTA tournament in Linz. Second seed Ivanovic marches on in Linz as she eliminated German Andrea Petkovic in straight sets. However, her performance was not all that convincing. Neither of the players managed to confirm their one break [...] -
Ivanovic through to second round in Linz, Lisicki out
Ana Ivanovic and Patricia Mayr-Achleitner booked their second round spots at Generali Ladies in Linz . Eighth seed Sabine Lisicki is out of the tournament. Former top-ranked Serbian Ivanovic delivered an expected first round victory against Monica Niculescu of Romania. Second seed Ivanovic, who is still on the hunt for [...] -
Ivanovic and Jankovic both out of China Open
First on centre court on Wednesday morning in Beijing was world number 12, Ana Ivanovic, in her third round match against the 26 year old Swiss player, Romina Oprandi, ranked at 69. This is proving to be a good tournament for the Swiss, as she took out the fast improving [...] -
Sharapova wins 1st round, Ivanovic into second round at China Open
Maria Sharapova is past her first hurdle in Beijing, while Ana Ivanovic entered third round of 2012 China Open after an unbelievable comeback. World no. 2 Sharapova played two up-and-down sets against unseeded Romanian Simona Halep in the first round of Beijing. She had a positive start by achieving a [...]
