Ana Ivanovic número uno

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.

The Serb, former world number one, defeated Sweden's Johanna Larson 6-3, 6-0.

Ivanovic will be the next rival of the Spanish Arantxa Parra Santonja.

The Spanish were eliminated Carla Suarez, played on hard courts and distributed $ 220,000 in prize money, losing to Germany's Julia Goerges 6-2, 6-1.

Smith stayed on the track less than an hour in a game that had little chance of victory. It is the third consecutive tournament after Beijing and Linz (Austria), where the canary is eliminated in second round.

The Slovenian Polona Hercog, beat Croatia's Ivana Lisjak 6-2, 1-1 and abandoned due to injury and will be the rival of the Russian Elena Dementieva, top seed.

Another favorite of the China Open, the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fourth, defeated Croat Marin Cilic with a double 7-5.

The top seed of the China Open, Serbian Novak Djokovic, qualified for the quarterfinals by the absence of his rival, the American Mardy Fish, while Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki is ranked the victory of world number one ranking after beat Italy's Sara Errani.

Djokovic moved into the next round without playing because Mardy Fish, injured his left ankle, could not play the game.

The Serb played on Tuesday a first-round match that also earned him a lot of effort, as his opponent, Chinese Mao-Xin Gong, ranked 356 in the ATP world rankings and won in one hour and ten minutes by 6-1 6-3.

Djokovic's next opponent will be Frenchman Gilles Simon, who beat German Michael Berrer, by 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4), in three hours and six minutes into the game, time that the Frenchman signed 16 aces.

Another favorite of the China Open, the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fourth, defeated Croat Marin Cilic with a double 7-5.

Davydenko will play the quarter-final against American John Isner, who, with 2.05 meters in height and serves more than 200 kilometers per hour, beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (3), 3-6 and 6 -3. The American had 20 aces before the Teutonic, which in the previous round defeated Spanish Fernando Verdasco, seeded sixth.

In the women, the first favorite, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament with a win over Italy's Sara Errani 6-4, 6-2.

Wozniacki, 20, will face the next round over Czech Petra Kvitova, who comes to beat the Estonian Kaia Kanepi 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2.

If he wins, Wozniacki will become the new world number one in the WTA rankings and move from that position to the American Serena Williams, who played just six tournaments so far this year.

Zvoraneva not fail

The second-seeded Russian Vera Zvoraneva, also spent the quarter-finals after winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to compatriot Maria Kirilenko.

In the next phase, Zvoraneva will face Italian Francesca Schiavone, fifth seed, who eliminated Vera Dushevina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Shahar Peer of Israel agreed to the quarterfinals by winning without difficulty to the Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1, 6-2.

In that round will face Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, who beat Russian Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3.

The former world number one recognizes that it needs a vacation to unwind and recuperate tennis

Ana Ivanovic announced it temporarily withdrew from tennis to regain strength. The former WTA number one has taken this decision after being eliminated in the first round of U.S. Open by Ukraines Katerina Bondarenko, number 52 in the world ranking.

I will separate myself from the world of tennis for a while and then return to winning ways. I disappointed because I made blunders throughout the game. I also missed my right, my best weapon. Everything has to do with my loss of confidence, he said.

Years ago I had no real vacation, so I can hardly wait to disconnect a little tennis. It will help me return to the path of success, he said.

Exactly one year ago Ivanovic ranked womens tennis ladder up but it all started to go wrong after being eliminated from the last U.S. Open in the second round. His greatest success was his victory at Roland Garros in May last year.

New York (United States), Sep 1 (EFE) .- The Ukrainian Bondarenko left the U.S. Open without one of their main demands, a former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, which overcame a 2-6 6-3, 7-6 (7), which had a match point in the final set.

New York (United States), Sep 1 (EFE) .- The Ukrainian Bondarenko left the U.S. Open without one of their main demands, a former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, which beat 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7), which had a match point in the final set.

The Ukrainian tennis player, once settle the Balkan explosion of the first set, he grew up in the crash. Tute rival, unable to assert its theoretical superiority. The tie was full of alternatives. The Ukrainian beat vertigo for the victory and beat Ivanovic, who could not return on match point that ordered it and was unable to close the crash.

Ivanovic finishes off this financial year. Far from the level a year ago, when seated on the heights of WTA ranking became world number one, no success in this course.

Bondarenko will play the second round against American Shenay Perry, who beat Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-2.