Ana Ivanovic australia

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.

Back to work with Sven Groeneveld, the coach who took her to number 1 in 2008 · Debuts in Australia to a player from the pre · think any tennis player in the Top-Ten is a favorite for the title, although she "will go on all "

Ana Ivanovic (Belgrade, 1987) wants to leave behind an early 2009 full of bumps in the finished not raise its head. The Serbian tennis players, currently ranked at position 21 in the WTA rankings, faces filled 2010 enthusiasm and with hope and confidence to return to be among the largest. For now, the first challenge is clear: win the Open de Australia.

We passed in 2009, a year that was not particularly good for you. What happened? It was a very disappointing season for me. To be honest, I autoexigí too, that was the real problem. It was a year where I had a lot of little injuries that I never recover and I ended up obsessed with finding my best, something that never came. Of course, I am now better and excited about the new season.

What do you think of returning to the circuit of Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters? It's good for women's tennis. The elite women's tennis is very competitive now, with players of all ages and with different playing characteristics. Kim, Justine and the Williams sisters are experienced players for his age, but then there are young with a lot of quality as Caroline Wozniacki or Victoria Azarenka. It will be an exciting season, I'm sure.

Think you can win the Open de Australia 2010: I always believe I can win any tournament, if not, would not make sense out on the track to play. I won some matches in Brisbane last week (def Jelena Dokic, Timea Baszky and Anastalia Pavlyuchenkova and lost to Justine Henin in the semifinals) that have given me some confidence, but in Melbourne I'd rather go game by game in Rather than get the victory target from the beginning.

Who do you think are now the rivals to beat? The level of women's tennis is very high right now. There are so many players who are capable of winning a Grand Slam that each party becomes virtually a final. Anyone who is in the Top Ten is a sure bet to win in Australia.

What are your goals this season? I qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships Doha (the WTA Championships) because that means I'm among the eight best rackets in the world. But my main goal is to win another Grand Slam. I will fight for it.

The Serbian tennis player and Australian golfer in a relationship for some months

Theirs can be deemed a crush. They met last spring thanks to an advertising campaign which involved together and since then have not separated. Ana Ivanovic appears to have found love again alongside the Australian Adam Scott, after maintaining a four-month relationship with tennis player Fernando Verdasco, whom he broke in early January.

The fortunate who has conquered one of the prettiest of the international tennis scene is also dedicated to the sports world. It is a professional golfer since 2000 and has 29 years. Meanwhile, Ivanovic, 22, started professionally in 2003 and has been the number one ATP. This season has had a bad run in the courts and even declared that the pressure got to her, but continues to fight to regain the top spot.

A Adam and Anna I had seen them together on Australia's beaches, golf tournaments and tennis, but the photographs are confirmed their romance last month in New York where he saw them together and very affectionate in public, holding hands and regardless of being the center of all eyes. They are now in Singapore, where the Australian is challenging a tennis tournament and not separated from him to encourage him.

Like the Serbian tennis player, as is well known Adam for their sporting success, her love life has also been talk about after a few photographs that appeared on the beach with actress Kate Hudson, with whom he was linked earlier this year.

Russian Alisa Kleybanova APEA tournament to win after Serb 7-5, 6-7, 6-2. In addition, Dokic ended Wozniacki (3-6, 6-1 and 6-2), Dinara Safina defeated by Kanepi 6-2 and 6-2 and Nadia Petrova did the same with that of Galina Voskoboeva defeated 6-1 and withdrew. Jankovic is also in eighth.

The women's day at the table has been marked by the elimination of Ana Ivanovic, head serial number five at the hands of the Russian Alisa Kleybanova, who won the first set. In the second race of the match allowed the Serb party in the tie break but in the third and final Kleybanova imposed its largest force to reach the knockout round.

The Serbian Jelena Jankovic, head serial number one, broke the Japanese Ai Sugiyama 6-4 for a double and remains firm in its objective of achieving the title. Australian Jelena Dokić continues with its own resurrection by defeating the Danish Caroline Wozniacki, following up the first set against.

Dinara Safina came back to show the great moment of form in which this has come to Australia Open, rolling to a dangerous player as Kanepi, who appeared in his hands a rag doll. The Estonian had no arguments to stop the Estonian, who was far superior from start to finish, taking grief in just 66 minutes of play.