Ana Ivanovic novak djokovic

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.

Nadal Ivanovic and the head of the U.S. Open series in 2008

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and serbia Ana Ivanovic premieres in a Grand Slam tournament of their respective terms of world number one, to be located on Tuesday as early favorites of individual Open table tennis United States.



According to the list released by the U.S. Tennis Federation (USTA), Nadal, newly crowned Olympic champion in Beijing, heads a select field that includes 10 Champions Grand Slams, including the former number one of ATP, Swiss Roger Federer, second-seeded in New York.

The U.S. Open, the last of the four biggest tournaments of the season, will be played from August 25 to September 7 in the courts of Flushing Meadows in New York.

Nadal, aged 22, was released on Monday in Firstly the ATP ranking, displacing Federer, who defended the position in the course of 237 consecutive weeks.

The Mallorcan tennis player has won eight of the last ten tournaments he has played, including two Grand Slam: Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

In Flushing Meadows will seek his ninth title of the year and 31 of his career in a tournament on fast tracks which so far has been very elusive.

The Spanish attempts to become the first man in the same year won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, since the legendary Rod Laver do so in 1969.

Behind Nadal and Federer were located on Serbian Novak Djokovic (N.3), the Spanish David Ferrer (N.4), Russian Nikolay Davydenko (N.5), Britain's Andy Murray (n.6), the Argentinian David Nalbandian (N.7), Americans Andy Roddick (N.8) and James Blake (N.8), and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (N.10).

Nalbandián is the best Latino ranked among the 32 seeded men's table, and that includes the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (n.11) and the surprising Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro (n.17), winner of four successive tournaments this year.

The serbia Ivanovic, 20 years and who won his first Grand Slam title this season in the French Open, ha ido rising as the foam and will be seeking its third parchment of 2008.

Behind her compatriot Ivanovic were seeded Jelena Jankovic (N.2), Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (N.3), American Serena Williams (N.4), the twice U.S. Open champion and Russian Elena Dementieva (N.5), individual gold medal in the Olympic in Beijing.
The relationship of the 10 first planted in each branch is:

-- Women:
1. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
4. Serena Williams (USA)
5. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
6. Dinara Safina (RUS) 7. Venus Williams (USA)
8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)


-- Men:
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Roger Federer (SUI)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
4. David Ferrer (ESP)
5. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
6. Andy Murray (GBR)
7. David Nalbandian (ARG)
8. Andy Roddick (USA)
9. James Blake (USA)
10. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Many are betting that this year, the international tennis is in full transition in the leadership of its stars. In males, the target is to see if the Swiss Roger Federer, the world number one, achieves withstand the onslaught of impetuous Serbian Novak Djokovic.

In ladies, the expectation is twofold, as the beautiful Russian Maria Sharapova it appeared a competitor with sufficient weight to eclipsarla both at the stadium and at the gateway.

This is Ana Ivanovic of 20 years and who is in second place in the ladder female. The first belongs to the Belgian Justine Henin.

That Ivanovic either second is high impact, because it is assumed that this place was reserved for Sharapova, who fell to fifth place.

But thats not all. Ivanovic begins to attract attention in the field of fashion and advertising, which means that Sharapova had no rival.

Ivanovic is the image of Adidas, firm that found a beautiful dummy to rival the Russian, married with Nike. Although contracts are signed succulent (s image Peugeot official in Serbia, for example, and intends to extend it for the world) who will Ivanovic at the forefront of Fortune, with all that that implies, this terrifies his mother, who fears that the privacy of her daughter starts aired in public.

It will be seen whether Ivanovic succeeds in the head in place while fighting for enshrinement in the stadium, which is the most cares ... For now.