Serbia's Ana Ivanovic eliminated Monday Open Tennis U.S. by American Serena Williams, said New York bid farewell to the tournament happy with her tennis, and willing to re-enter the `top ten 'of the WTA as soon as possible.
Ivanovic, 23, fell under the onslaught of Hurricane 'Serena', which fell from Flushing Meadows two bursts of 6-3, 6-4 in 74 minutes of play in game for the second round of the last Grand Slam the year.
For Serbia, the result is not so hopeless. Looking for the positive angle of defeat, and is convinced to have made a good tennis in this U.S. Open.
"Actually I would not feel overwhelmed," he said. "I really felt I generated a lot of opportunities, but she played very well, had a better serve, and that was the difference," said Ivanovic.
The tennis player from Belgrade arrived at Flushing Meadows with the idea of exorcising ghosts, and return to walk in the elite tennis WTA world rankings which once led by 12 weeks, until injuries and a lack of confidence made him fall from the pedestal.
Ivanovic reached world number one ranking on June 9, 2008, shortly after winning Wimbledon, winning the only Grand Slam title of his career has to date.
But when I was at the peak of his career collapsed as fast as up, and began to tumble in the circuit pursued by wrist injuries, abdominal and one hand, and that led to a crisis of confidence. He changed coaches and dresses, and even had to hire a psychologist to help you find the course of his career.
"Those were hard times, trying to find my tennis, not knowing that he first had to find myself," said Ivanovic in Spanish, speaking English as fluently as his.
Now, with another trainer at his side, Britain's Nigel Sears, a Wimbledon legend of the horizon began to become visible.
"I know things are not going to change overnight just because you want it, but I have to work hard for it, and we're," he said Ivanovic, considered the number 23 among the 100 most beautiful women in the world , according to FHM magazine, ahead of her fellow circuit and Anna Kournikova Maria Sharapova.
"I've said many times. I want to know about my game and not be pretty. I would feel better if I'm in the top 10 world ranking, that among the 100 most beautiful ", he stressed the Ivanonic.