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In the world of sport is not easy to combine training, travel and competition with a stable relationship.

In the world of sport is not easy to combine training, travel and competition with a stable relationship. However, Lindsey Vonn, Olympic champion and double world champion, had achieved with her husband and coach, Thomas Vonn, a professional exesquiador.

But the romance has come to an end. American skier announced that it has taken steps to divorce. "I´m going through an extremely difficult time in my personal life and I hope the media and the fans respect my desire for discretion," the athlete said in a statement to the Associated Press `agency´.

Ana Ivanovic, who was also related to Fernando Verdasco last few years have made ​​do with golfer Adam Scott occasionally, although it appears that the Serbian player is without a partner and without obligation.

Vonn is experiencing a situation that in the past spent another great athletes as Flavia Bennet, who had an affair years ago with the extension and Carlos Moya. Today, the Italian tennis player has no partner.

Of Serbia and was eliminated in second round last year • It is the third edition of the tournament as mixed and the Magic Box

The first rounds of each tournament are often deployed by the surprises that leave the early days. If Saturday was the resounding defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova on Sunday eliminations are Ana Ivanovic and Aravane Rezai most striking negative note on the third day of competition at the Madrid Open Mutual.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic continues calenadrio offering in a lime and a sand. The fifteenth seeded tournament in Madrid said goodbye to the capital for an early exit losing to American Bethanie Mattek-Sands by a score of 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 after an hour and forty-three minutes playing in a clash played at the stadium Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. The Balkans, which closed the first set with a 'donut' in his favor and came to dominate the second set to break up, collapsed and physical emotionally to an American, Mattek-Sands, every tournament is more competitive. The Yankee player will see in the next round against compatriot Vania King and Nadia Petrova.

Another has been the resounding defeat of France's Aravane Rezai, who won last year by winning the final against Venus Williams, who surprisingly fell to a player from the preliminary stage, Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson, who won the passage to the second round with a marker 6-3 overall, 3-6 and 6-4 after one hour and fifty minutes. The Nordic player will have to see their faces now with the Belarussian Victoria Azarenka.

Tomorrow we play the mixed team match with Belgium as a substitute for the Balkans, with the United States.

Belgium and the United States will face Saturday in the final of the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis, played in the Australian city of Perth.

Belgium, who finished in second place in Group A, Serbia replaced as a finalist, winner of the group, because Serbia's Ana Ivanovic tennis player can not play Saturday because of a injury, said tournament director Paul McNamee.

"The rules are clear," said McNamee. "If the runner can not play, must be replaced by the team that finished in second place," said the head of the mixed teams tournament, involving eight nations.

Ivanovic suffered an abdominal muscle injury in the doubles to win against Belgium on Thursday with her partner and Novak Djokovic gave Serbia the turning point through to the final of the tournament, in which eight-nation participation.

United States secured the top spot in Group B after Bethanie Mattek-Sands missing the point achieved by defeating Britain's Laura Robson 6-4, 6-2. Mattek-Sands will play the final alongside his compatriot John Isner at the Belgian duo formed by Justine Henin, the former world number one, and Ruben Bemelmans.

Serbia's team debuted with victory in the Hopman Cup, being held in Perth (Australia), after easily defeating by 3-0 to Kazakhstan in Group A.

Serbia's team debuted with victory in the Hopman Cup, being held in Perth (Australia), after easily defeating by 3-0 to Kazakhstan in Group A.

The Serbs have one of the most potent combination, formed by Novak Djokovic, world number three, and Ana Ivanovic, a former world number one, and got rid of the duo Andrey Golubev and Yaroslava Shvedova, although 'Nole' spent some trouble.

Thus, Golubev won the first set 6-4 and led the reaction of Belgrade that rolled into the following two partial sleeves with 6-3 and 6-1.

Was the easiest victory Ivanovic, who after struggling to pass Shvedova in the first set, decided in the 'tie-break', also found no opposition in the second. To Finally, the Serbs drove twice for 7-6 and 6-4.

In addition, on Saturday, they beat hosts Australia 2-1 thanks to Belgium for double point, critical after Alicia Molik lost to Justine Henin and Lleyton Hewitt could with Ruben Bemelmans.

For week of Monday, will be the turn of Group B with the fighting between Britain, playing with Andy Murray, and Italy, and between France and the United States. Here, Nicolas Mahut will meet again and John Isner, Wimbledon players in the longest game in history.

The Madrid Open is held in at the Magic Box from 7 to May 16

Clothing and racket in hand, the former world number one Ana Ivanovic has presented this morning by the Madrid Open to be played at the Magic Box of 7 to 16 May. The Serbian and the tournament director Manolo Santana, have ball for ten minutes long and she dressed him in a suit, a blue track installed at the entrance to the Crystal Tower, headquarters of the tournament sponsor, Mutua Madrilena.

"I have a lot to gain from playing here. I was very impressed the Magic Box when I visited the last time I came, and was still under construction. And with all the innovations that were presented today, I'm sure it will be a great tournament "said the tennis player. Ivanovic, who last year was not in Madrid when he was number seven and is now the capital of Spain in promoting the tournament not to be sanctioned (WTA rules state that the players who are between 10 puden first in the world stop going to these tournaments), said, after a sluggish start to the year: "Last season was even worse, but this I have already a real team, with my physical trainer and a coach himself (Heinz Gunthard Swiss), and three Grand Slams to come now, one where I got my best result, "he said, referring to Paris two seasons ago. The a Rolang Garros champion in 2008, stressed: "I want to improve my results and finish the year among the ten best in the world, and of course I like to be the world number one again. "

Manolo Santana said on the previous edition visited the tournament just over 184,600 people. "Our goal for 2010 is to exceed this figure," said the former Wimbledon champion who recalled that the presence this year of the Belgians Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters "provide a fresh look to women's event, and for the men expressed her hope "All are here. "mencionño not any player but said:" In 2009 we had 19 of the 20 best. "