Ana Ivanovic wta

The fall of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, seeded 14 in the Dubai tennis tournament in the first round was one of the surprises of the day.

The fall of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, seeded 14 in the Dubai tennis tournament in the first round was one of the surprises of the day.

Ivanovic lost to Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. The Spanish María José Martínez ran the same fate as Serbia's, but with Israel's Shahar Peer 6-4, 6-1.

Among other results of the first round, overcame that instance, the Italian Flavia Pennetta, seeded 11, before the Australian Jelena Dokic 6-2, 6-2 and Estonian Kaia Kanepi, planted 12 to beat Australia's Jelena Dokic for 6 - 2, 6-2.

The Dubai tournament is played on hard surface and distributed 2.050 million dollars in prize money and ranking points for the WTA.

The official site of the women's competition conducted a survey to determine the most cherished rackets.

The official website of the WTA tennis professional circuit conducted a survey for your users to pick the most popular members of their records.

Thus the site already publishes the Top 20 players, according to the popular vote, which include the names of the Williams sisters and always present in these counts: Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki.

It also highlights the presence of Russian tennis player Elena Dementieva, who at the end of this year announced his retirement from professional tennis.

The 40th edition of the Stanford WTA tournament had a final highlight in a victory for Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm (who will turn 40 in few months) before the Russian Dinara Safina, former world number one.

The 40th edition of the Stanford WTA tournament had a final highlight in a victory for Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm (who will turn 40 in few months) before the Russian Dinara Safina, former world number one. However another former queen of the circuit, the Serbian Ana Ivanovic, went to second round.

Date Krumm, who had already surpassed Safina in the first round of Roland Garros in May to become the oldest player to beat a Top 10, rebounded after a setback in the first set to prevail 4-6, 7 -6 (0), 6-2 after two hours and 22 minutes.

For its part Ivanovic, who is trying to regain his best, beat Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-2. Jankovic, a semifinalist in Brisbane and Roma this season, had lost three of their last four games to Kleybanova. Ivanovic, who received a special invitation, expected in the second round by the winner of the match between France's Bartoli, 4th favorite, and the American Harkleroad.

The only seed that saw action in the first day was Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, third favorite, who beat South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers and advanced to the second round. Radwanska, world number 11, won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 14 minutes, and second-round clash with American Jill Craybas or classified.

The Belarusian Olga Govortsova, ranked 43 in the ranking, made August 7 break chances to crush the Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-1 in 58 minutes. Govortsova now awaits the winner of the match between Maria Sharapova, 5th favorite and former world number one, and China's Jie Zheng.

While the Slovakian Dominika U.S. defeated Cibulkova Hilary Barte 6-2 6-2 and will intersect with the taiwanwsa Yung-Jan Chan and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer.

Stanford WTA tournament is played on cement and distributed $ 700,000 in prizes.

The 40th edition of the Stanford WTA tournament had a final highlight in a victory for Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm (who will turn 40 in few months) before the Russian Dinara Safina, former world number one. However another former queen of the circuit, the Serbian Ana Ivanovic, went to the second round.

The 40th edition of the Stanford WTA tournament had a final highlight in a victory for Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm (who will turn 40 in few months) before the Russian Dinara Safina, former number one world. However another former queen of the circuit, the Serbian Ana Ivanovic, went to the second round.

Date Krumm, who had already surpassed Safina in the first round of Roland Garros in May to become the oldest player to beat a Top 10, rebounded after a setback in the first set to prevail 4-6, 7 -6 (0), 6-2 after two hours and 22 minutes.

For its part Ivanovic, who is trying to regain his best, beat Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-2. Jankovic, a semifinalist in Brisbane and Roma this season, had lost three of their last four games to Kleybanova. Ivanovic, who received a special invitation, expected in the second round by the winner of the match between France's Bartoli, 4th favorite, and the American Harkleroad.

The only seed that saw action in the first day was Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, third favorite, who beat South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers and advanced to the second round. Radwanska, world number 11, won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 14 minutes, and second-round clash with American Jill Craybas or classified.

The Belarusian Olga Govortsova, ranked 43 in the ranking, made August 7 break chances to crush the Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-1 in 58 minutes. Govortsova now awaits the winner of the match between Maria Sharapova, 5th favorite and former world number one, and China's Jie Zheng.

While Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia defeated Hilary Barte 6-2, 6-2, and will intersect with the taiwanwsa Yung-Jan Chan and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer.

Stanford WTA tournament is played on cement and distributed $ 700,000 in prizes.

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.