Ana Ivanovic fernando verdasco

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.

Fernando Verdasco Carmona, a tennis player of exceptional conditions but with only two titles.

Umag 2008 and Valencia 2004, both on land, yesterday gave the most important drive of his life in his years as sweet. 'Farru,' as he is called by his colleagues like the dancer with Farruquito, is Madrid and Madrid and exercises such as where it goes. Not surprisingly, his father, Jose, owns one of the more traditional flamenco in Madrid, the Café de Chinitas, and a restaurant specializing in cooked: La Bola. His mother, Olga, comes from Caceres and the two will remain forever in the Davis and in many tournaments.

Raised in the Madrid Tennis Federation, where he served as president Pedro Munoz with whom he joins a close relationship, spent a difficult year after the start of the crisis of the SMS. In Rome, where he staged a reading of a statement against Munoz, he's not figured into the picture and has always tried to portray itself as the most conciliatory, in a difficult balance.

In the tournament's Espinar gave the first warning that it could be a tennis player to take account of reaching the final in 2002, he lost against the French Mutis. In 2007, also won this challenger, who likes to go by the proximity to Madrid. The data is not trivial because the track of Mar del Plata, installed by the Spanish company Composer and that is not used in any tournament for the first division ATP, is exactly equal to the championship segoviano.


But Verdasco, always in fashion and in June posed nude for Cosmopolitan in a campaign against prostate cancer, which is losing football, Raul and Real Madrid. A few weeks ago brought his new girlfriend, tennis player Serb Ana Ivanovic (one of the best and finest players of the circuit) to the Bernabeu. Too bad. He chose the wrong party, because it was the elimination

The Serbian Ana Ivanovic, former tennis world number one confirmed on Wednesday its engagement with the Spanish Fernando Verdasco, a member of the Davis Cup team

The Serbian Ana Ivanovic, considered one of the most beautiful athletes in the world, has confirmed his relationship with the Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco. The 21-year-old Serb confirmed today the newspaper "Press" that the relationship began last summer in New York. "It is true that I'm going out with Fernando. We approaching each other during the U.S. Open in New York and was then when everything started, "admitted the beautiful tennis.

"Today we are discovering each other and adjusting to our relationship. It's a great kid and I'm very happy with the"

Madrid player said about the 24-year-old, who encouraged during the recent tournament in Doha. Will have seen that several weeks of vacation before beginning preparations for the Australia Open, the Serb plans to spend 21 years of them in Spain, presumably with her new boyfriend. The last Roland Garros champion also said he thought winning another Grand Slam in 2009 and improve its current position in the WTA ranking, where he took the fifth place

We're looking at. We went out for the first time in the U.S. Open and continue to do so. We are aware, "said Ivanovic, champion of Roland Garros this year." He's a great lad and I'm happy, "added the Serb, one of the most beautiful tennis circuit. Verdasco, 16 of the world rankings, is also considered among the most attractive.

Ivanovic, 21, was followed in person by Verdasco, who will meet on Saturday, 25, during the WTA Masters of the disputed last week in Doha.

The Serbs in tone joke, as told it has to Spain as a favorite for the Davis Cup final which the European country dispute next week in Argentina.

After confirming his relationship with Verdasco, Ivanovic said that will not go further in their explanations:

"This is all I am going to say at the moment.! A girl has to have some mystery."