Ana Ivanovic serena williams

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.

Ana Ivanovic is regaining confidence after a fall in the ranking that led to 65 th place

Faith moves mountains. It is not just a legend. It is a claim that is regenerated with a simple analysis of specific situations that occur every day. Ana Ivanovic (Belgrade, Serbia, 1987), the former number one WTA Tour, is a good example. In 2008, he won the Roland Garros tournament and climbed to the top of the tennis world rankings female. His face appeared on the covers of magazines the most famous varieties, because their quality tennis was accompanied by a picture of aesthetic beauty that is not diluted at all.

However, just after the success of his career, began falling as unexpected as unstoppable. What had happened? Pat Cash, former Wimbledon champion and commentator on American television time, defined in this way, the U.S. Open in 2009, after Serbian tennis player that suffered the first defeat in the first round in a Grand Slam, "Ana has had a painful experience. You should review your serve and your entire game because he has lost confidence." Yes, the debacle in the world rankings was noisy because of being number one in June 2008, went on to become the 65th in July 2010. And it all boiled down to a matter of faith.

It is true that the way he suffered several injuries in the thumb (Wimbledon 2008), wrist, abdominal and muscle. But the basic problem was not this, but the loss of trust. During this journey two years, Ivanovic looked for her everywhere, but not rediscovered until he realized that the fundamentals of the solution to your problem should look within itself. "The hardest thing is the pressure I put on myself to return to the summit," recently confessed in an interview with a Serbian newspaper. "I play my best tennis when I am relaxed. Therefore, try to think little in qualifying and winning tournaments. Go game by game may seem a cliché, but it is the best way of putting things. "

The answers I sought not found in the changing of coaches who faced between 2008 and 2011. Instead, they came to destabilize so that it was unable even to maintain the effectiveness of their service, one of his best shots, and the precision with his drive and his Conversely, weapons that had catapulted into the world elite. Since winning at Roland Garros in June 2008, has failed to overcome a second round of a Grand Slam and has lost three times in the first round. During his fall he broke with his coach, Sven Groeneveld and began working with Craig Kardon. But when he lost his top-ten status at Roland Garros in 2009, he left and returned Kardon Adidas program where Groeneveld recovered and found Darren Cahill Gil Reyes, Agassi's former trainer.

He finished 2009 as the 21 th world. That did not work. And the decision to sign the Swiss Heinz Gunthardt, Steffi Graf exentrenador. His parents also decided to accompany her to every tournament they could with the intention of restoring confidence. And also conducted psychological work to get rid of all its ghosts. After Anthony Van Grich Gunthardt arrived. But since Wimbledon, working with Nigel Sears and fitness trainer Scott Byrnes, who had worked with her some years ago. "I'm happy because after a long time, I think I have hit in the election," now says Ivanovic. "We are working very well with this team. But things do not come from one day to another. The results of my work come next season."

Meanwhile, this season has reached the semifinals in Birmingham and Carlsbad, and now face the second round match the U.S. Open champion at the New York triple Serena Williams. If it reaches the quarterfinals will have achieved its best result in a big since his victory in Paris. If not, seems to have reason to be equally satisfied: it is the 19th player in the world, regains the ranking, for the first time in the last three years she looks happy and enjoying the track. At age 23, has regained faith in herself. It appears that his return to the elite is a matter of months.

Tennis FOUR TO HAVE BOOKED THE HIGHEST SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL OF HENIN

Since the withdrawal of Justine Henin last May 14, the women's tennis has failed to consolidate a number one tennis player in the world. Up to four players have reached the top of the WTA ranking, and that more time was left was Ana Ivanovic, for nine consecutive weeks. However, the Serb has been alternating the number one with his compatriot Jelena Jankovic, Russian Maria Sharapova and American Serena Williams, currently number one after achieving victory in the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam 'of the season.

This instability at the top of the ranking is striking, especially in the background of the Belgian Justine Henin, who took the decision to withdraw after its 61 consecutive weeks at the top and 117 throughout his career, becoming that the sixth player in a way that most weeks at number one has accumulated. But "fatigue and tiredness" led her to say goodbye to the tennis court days before fulfill 26 years. Given the widespread surprise, the Belgian voluntarily ending his successful career, adorned with seven Grand Slam titles (4 Roland Garros, 1 Australia Open and 2 U.S. Open) and 41 WTA titles in total.

An era without 'queen'
The new era began with post-Henin Maria Sharapova as improvised 'queen'. However, he lasted only three weeks until the tournament in Roland Garros, where he fell eliminated in the fourth round. There he picked up the baton the Serbian Ana Ivanovic, winner in the clay of Paris, which was awarded its first 'Grand Slam' after losing the final of the Australia Open this year and the previous Roland Garros.

The Serb, 20, has not had much luck since then, as it fell into Wimbledon third round. In the third Grand Slam 'of the season suffered a lesion in his right hand, and since then has failed to fully recover. In fact, he had to give up the Olympics a few days before the start of the competition, when it was hosted in Beijing. Nor was the resurrection of Ivanovic at the U.S. Open, only came to the second round. However, in the era post-Henin has been the longest tennis player has achieved the top: 12 weeks in total.

The 12-week Ivanovic were not consecutive, because in the meantime is coló for seven days Jelena Jankovic, who this year was a semifinalist in Australia and finalist at Roland Garros and the U.S. Open, his best result in a 'Grand Slam'. On September 8 was the second chance to put on top of the WTA ranking, but Serena Williams was brought into his path in the final of the U.S. Open. The win that would reach number one, but little of Williams, the oldest of the Last four numbers one, do not let the opportunity pass to win at home and then placed in the top of the WTA, instead of who disappeared in August 2003, having exercised for 57 consecutive weeks.

Will Serena beginning with a new and long era as the last of Justine Henin? The Serbian Jankovic and Ivanovic, the 'Army' made up of Russian Dementieva, Safina, Sharapova and Kuznetsova, and her sister Venus will try to avoid the dominance of the small of Williams.

The tennis player Ana Ivanovic serbia continues another week, at the head of the WTA world rankings, with a slight advantage over his compatriot Jelena Jankovic, and the emerging threat of Russian tennis players, which Cope six of the ten top ranking .

The income Ivanovic does not reach the hundred points, just before the beginning of the last Grand Slam of the season, the U.S. Open to be held in New York, and that seems more open than ever.



Jankovic continues as number two in the world, while Serena Williams is third, and precedes the Russian legion, and that six players from that country are within the top ten in the world ranking.

Among the top twenty positions, stresses the arrival of the young Danish Caroline Wozniacki, who imposed after New Haven-which won the end to the Russian Anna Chakvetadze got his second title of summer school and was among the 20 best.

Also, Anabel Medina Garrigues Spanish remains the best placed in the ranking, vigesimosexto to occupy the post, while Carla Suarez (51), Maria Jose Martinez (79) struggling to get into the top 50, while Nuria Llagostera ( 93) and Lourdes Dominguez (96) are intended to ensure its position among the hundred best.

The World Rankings WTA

1. (1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3,612 points.

2. (2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3,515.

3. (4) Serena Williams (USA) 3,341.

4. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3,181.

5. (6) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3,131.

6. (5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 3,070.

7. (7) Dinara Safina (RUS) 3,047.

8. (8) Venus Williams (USA) 2,586.

9. (11) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2,230.

10. (9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 2,117.

11. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2,076.

12. (12) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1,847.

13. (13) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 1,635.

14. (15) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 1,593.

15. (16) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1,542.

16. (14) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1,489.

17. (18) Alize Cornet (FRA) 1,415.

18. (22) Caroline Wozniacki (DIN) 1,403.

19. (17) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 1,335.

20. (19) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 1,202.

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)