Ana Ivanovic abierto de australia

The former world number one Ana Ivanovic eliminated Australia Open to Spanish Lourdes Dominguez 6-0, 6-3 in just over an hour mark, when the Serbian player was much higher in the track.

The former world number one Ana Ivanovic eliminated Australia Open to Spanish Lourdes Dominguez 6-0, 6-3 in just over an hour mark, when the Serbian player was much higher in the track.

The Balkan started the match very strongly and said just 20 minutes seven consecutive games against the Spanish, which was always at the mercy of rival game and had very little help on his first serve, with very low percentages.

Ivanovic dominated the game at will and even the Galician began the second set better, at no time could not counteract the shock winners of Serbia, which also did not give a single break point throughout the match.

Ana Ivanovic will be presented at the Australia Open with poor results. The Serbian and French Open champion 2008 was eliminated on Sunday at the first change in the Sydney tournament, losing 7-6 (5), 6-2 to Czech Lucie Safarova.

Ana Ivanovic will be presented at the Australia Open with poor results. The Serbian and French Open champion 2008 was eliminated on Sunday at the first change in the Sydney tournament, losing 7-6 (5), 6-2 to Czech Lucie Safarova.

Ivanovic came from losing to Kim Clijsters in the second round in Brisbane. This means that face the first Grand Slam of the season, which begins next week at Melbourne Park, with just three games during the beginning of the year.

Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova, the two highest seeded female box joint ATP-WTA tournament in Sydney received bye to the second round. Argentina Juan Martin Del Potro, seeded first in the key male, also entered directly into the second round.

With the score 5-5 in the tiebreaker in the first set, Ivanovic missed an easy smash on the net that could have left with a set point.

"I could not stop thinking about that blow throughout the game. There he defined it," said Ivanovic.

"I`ll have enough time to work on some things and refine a few more, but I think I`m in a good level," he added.

In another first round match, Australia`s Jelena Dokic humiliated with a 6-0, 6-0 to compatriot Isabella Holland.

Could not complete the day due to rain. Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia took advantage him 6-2, 4-6, 4-3 to China`s Peng Shuai when that party had to be stopped.

Argentina's tennis player beat the favorite by partial Serb 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the second round, Davydenko, Djokovic and Venus Williams also made his move to the third round

Argentina's Gisela Dulko surprisingly eliminated on Thursday Serbian Ana Ivanovic, former French Open champion 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 in a match in the second round at the Australia Open.

The Colombian Alejandro Falla continued in the tournament with a victory 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 win over Marcel Granollers.

With his first win in three matches against Ivanovic, Dulko becomes the third wheel, the first time he goes so far in this tournament.

Ivanovic, who came to be in first place in the world ranking, is pre-classifier twentieth this year at Melbourne Park after a mediocre 2009. In 2008 he fell in the Australia Open final against Maria Sharapova.

Dulko served for the match twice in the third sleeve, but his opponent broke his serve, and Argentina broke Ivanovic's serve when they were 4.5 while serving to stay in the match. He finally won on his sixth match point.

Meanwhile, Venus Williams, playing his 10 Open in Australia, also came to the third round with a victory 6-2, 7-5 win over Sybille Bammer of Austria. Williams has won seven Grand Slam titles, but only reached a final in Australia in 2003 when losing to sister Serena.

Among men, the third-seeded Novak Djokovic overcame early problems to Swiss Marco Chiudinelli, to beat him 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Djokovic committed nine double faults and 52 unforced errors against a player who was in his first Open in Australia.

Djokovic will play in the next round with the Uzbek Denis Istomin, who beat German Michael Berrer 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

The sixth-seeded Nikolai Davydenko, of Russia, won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 to Ukrainian Illya Marchenko in the same quiet way that has characterized his streak of 11 victories.

The tennis player of 28 years is the prominence of a Federer or Nadal, and has never reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament, but nobody has played better in recent weeks.

Davydenko dominated Marchenko to extend a streak that has included titles in the World Tour Finals and the Doha tournament, first 2010.

In other matches of the day, Marcos Baghdatis, a finalist here four years ago, had problems with cramps, but defeated the Spanish David Ferrer 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6 -- 1, and another Spanish, Nicolas Almagro beat German Benjamin Becker 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3.

In women's play, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki advanced with a 6-3 victory, 6-1 over Julia Goerges, Germany, and will face Israel's Shahar Peer, winner of Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-1, 6-4.

Other women who advanced were: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, China's Li Na of China and the Spanish Carla Suarez Navarro.

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.

Tennis FOUR TO HAVE BOOKED THE HIGHEST SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL OF HENIN

Since the withdrawal of Justine Henin last May 14, the women's tennis has failed to consolidate a number one tennis player in the world. Up to four players have reached the top of the WTA ranking, and that more time was left was Ana Ivanovic, for nine consecutive weeks. However, the Serb has been alternating the number one with his compatriot Jelena Jankovic, Russian Maria Sharapova and American Serena Williams, currently number one after achieving victory in the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam 'of the season.

This instability at the top of the ranking is striking, especially in the background of the Belgian Justine Henin, who took the decision to withdraw after its 61 consecutive weeks at the top and 117 throughout his career, becoming that the sixth player in a way that most weeks at number one has accumulated. But "fatigue and tiredness" led her to say goodbye to the tennis court days before fulfill 26 years. Given the widespread surprise, the Belgian voluntarily ending his successful career, adorned with seven Grand Slam titles (4 Roland Garros, 1 Australia Open and 2 U.S. Open) and 41 WTA titles in total.

An era without 'queen'
The new era began with post-Henin Maria Sharapova as improvised 'queen'. However, he lasted only three weeks until the tournament in Roland Garros, where he fell eliminated in the fourth round. There he picked up the baton the Serbian Ana Ivanovic, winner in the clay of Paris, which was awarded its first 'Grand Slam' after losing the final of the Australia Open this year and the previous Roland Garros.

The Serb, 20, has not had much luck since then, as it fell into Wimbledon third round. In the third Grand Slam 'of the season suffered a lesion in his right hand, and since then has failed to fully recover. In fact, he had to give up the Olympics a few days before the start of the competition, when it was hosted in Beijing. Nor was the resurrection of Ivanovic at the U.S. Open, only came to the second round. However, in the era post-Henin has been the longest tennis player has achieved the top: 12 weeks in total.

The 12-week Ivanovic were not consecutive, because in the meantime is coló for seven days Jelena Jankovic, who this year was a semifinalist in Australia and finalist at Roland Garros and the U.S. Open, his best result in a 'Grand Slam'. On September 8 was the second chance to put on top of the WTA ranking, but Serena Williams was brought into his path in the final of the U.S. Open. The win that would reach number one, but little of Williams, the oldest of the Last four numbers one, do not let the opportunity pass to win at home and then placed in the top of the WTA, instead of who disappeared in August 2003, having exercised for 57 consecutive weeks.

Will Serena beginning with a new and long era as the last of Justine Henin? The Serbian Jankovic and Ivanovic, the 'Army' made up of Russian Dementieva, Safina, Sharapova and Kuznetsova, and her sister Venus will try to avoid the dominance of the small of Williams.