Serbian Ana Ivanovic, a former No. 1 in the world, won his first match in 2009 in Brisbane, Australia, and then had to answer a question about his new love.

The romance between her and Fernando Verdasco began when the Spanish were accompanied on their games and practices at the end of last season. Both say they are friends, but without going into further details.

Both parties disputed consecutive Pat Rafter in the sand. Ivanovic, the first preclasificada defeated 6-4 and 6-2 to Czech Petra Kvitova. And then Verdasco, the third head series, with the same score over Bernard Tomic, an Australian 16 years. In late November, Verdasco of Spain gave the decisive point on Argentina in the Davis Cup final.

At the press conference, still playing with Verdasco, Ivanovic was asked if a planned return to the stadium to see the Spanish. "I have a couple of things to do. Maybe later," he said. "But it's too late and I have to rest, tennis comes first."

"Here we are doing our job. We will have time to be together after the Australia Open," said Verdasco. "Now we have to play tennis and concentrate on that," he stressed ESPNdeportes.

Ivanovic, who lost the final of the Australia Open last year in a campaign in which up to first place in the WTA ranking, now face Italy's Roberta Vinci, I bowed to German Anna-Lena Groenefeld by 0-6, 6-3 and 6-1 in a clash between rival emerged from the stage.

In another match of the tournament worth $ 220,000 and is played on cement, French Amelie Mauresmo, another former queen of the professional circuit, won by 7-6 (11-9) and 7-6 (7-5) to Australian Jelena Dokić, special guest.

In the eighth-finals, Mauresmo, the fifth head of the series is measured with his compatriot Julie Coin, arrival of QUALY, who beat Belgian Yanina Wickmayer promise by 7-5, 6-7 (5-7) and 7-6 (7-3).

The Slovak Daniela Hantuchova (fourth favorite) succumbed to lose 6-7 (1-7), 6-4 and 6-0 before the Italian Sara Errani. Must now play against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, who beat Romanian Monica Niculescu in the 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 and 6-4.

Favorite other bags were the Belarussian Olga Govortsova beat Italian Francesca Schiavone, the eighth preclasificada by 7-5 and 6-2 and Samantha Stosur in the local Japanese Ai Sugiyama, ninth favorite, by 6-2 and 6-3.

Meanwhile, the Italian Tathiana Garbin was imposed by the Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-2 and 6-3, the Czech Lucie Safarova in the Australian by Isabella Holland 6-4 and 6-3, the Hungarian Melinda Czink in the Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko by 7-6 (7-3) and 6-1 and to the Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva by Czech Iveta Benesova 1-6, 6-4 and 6-2.