Aims to close the recruitment of physical preparation in the near future

Ana Ivanovic returns to plucking daisy coaches. The Serbian, 23 and resident currently ranked 18 in the WTA ranking, dreams of returning to the top of world rankings from the hand of Nigel Sears, with whom he has agreed to work full time.

Since it was unveiled to the world in 2006, has worked with Ana Ivanovic coaches the likes of Zoltan Kuharsky, David Taylor, Craig Kardon, Heinz Gunthardt, Antonio Van Grich, Sven Groenfeld, Darren Cahill and Heinz Gunhardt, last technician who worked but did not guarantee a full-time. That was the main requirement of Serbia, No. 1 circuit between June and September 2008, whose goal is to return to the top again.

His latest recruit is Nigel Sears, a veteran technician will work with Lawn Tennis Association Federation (UK), where he worked among others with Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong, to devote full time to the Balkans. Sears is the father of Kim, the girlfriend of Andy Murray, and has extensive experience in the women's tour, as has already worked with rackets recognized as Amanda Coetzer and Daniela Hantuchova, who led the `Top Ten 'rankings. "I could not be happier. I have admired for some time Nelson and I can not wait to start work with him on the court. Was important to find the right coach and we are both excited to the challenges ahead, "said Ivanovic on its website.

After losing to Petra Cetkovska in the third round of Wimbledon, Ana has taken a couple of weeks of vacation, holidays, after which will begin working with Nigel. The schedule of Serbia are tournaments Stanford, San Diego, Toronto, Cincinnati and U.S. Open.