Post Tagged with: "Ana Ivanovic"
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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 [...] -
Ivanovic beats McHale at the China Open 2012, Paszek also through
Main draw play in the premier level WTA China Open 2012, one of the largest tournaments on the WTA calendar with a field of 64 players, began in Beijing on Saturday. First of the seeds on court was Serbian Ana Invanovic, seeded eleven, who took on the young unseeded American, [...] -
Ivanovic out of Tokyo, Hampton beats Kanepi
With the demise of no 11 seed Ana Ivanovic who lost to Ursula Radwanska 6-3 4-6 2-6 and no 4 seed Petra Kvitova who was beaten by her namesake Petra Martic in straight sets 6-4 6-4, no 15 seed Kaia Kanepi took to the court to do battle with the [...] -
Ivanovic, Petrova and Goerges ease into 2nd round of Tokyo
Ana Ivanovic, Julia Goerges, and Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of 2012 Tokyo WTA tournament with a minimum of fuss. Former top-ranked Serbian Ivanovic has obtained eleven WTA titles in previous years, but has not managed to lift any trophies in 2012 yet. She started Toray Pan Pacific [...]
