At 22, Ana Ivanovic wants to regain the road to success, which split road this season because of injuries and a terrible store of results • The Serb has worked with four coaches in the last year-· Back to Top Ten-first goal
Ana Ivanovic wants to shelve a 2009 season to remember and relive past successes next season. For this, the tennis player from Belgrade has turned to his former mentor, Sven Groeneveld, whom works in the preseason to try to recover, who knows, the reign of the WTA that one day he had.
After a season that has signed a discreet background matches 24 wins and 13 defeats, Ana Ivanovic has finished in 22nd place in the WTA ranking, with a best result in the loss at Indian Wells final. The first objective of Belgrade is to regain a place in the world-TopTen-.
"I feel rested and ready to start all over again. The most important is to stay injury free and train the best possible way. I will work again with Sven and that gives me confidence on how well we worked together two years ago, "the tennis player in the Serbian daily Sportski Zurnal. The once number 1 in the hand of the Swede, has been undermined morale after going to stumble after stumble over the past year, where he has come to withdraw temporarily from the circuit. "Instead of being patient and accept that it could not be formed acceptable physical because of my physical limitations, I have always sin of giving too many things around. The season was a continual disappointment after another. Nor have I been able to get adequate rest during the last year because of injuries and that has affected my performance on the track. When I was on vacation he always had some kind of fitness or recovery work and I could not disconnect from tennis, "he said.
It was a season in which Ivanovic split with his coach Scott Byrnes to go to work with Craig Kardon, with whom he only lasted four months. He also worked part time (on the grass season) with the working group Adidas (Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill and Gil Reyes). Groeneveld precisely with whom the Serbian esd achieved his best results, becoming the world number 1 and getting the title at Roland Garros. "She likes us to be part of its work plan and are trying to maximize the potential she has. But let's be honest and I hope to get back to where Ana get the results they want and Adidas would like to see, "said Groeneveld.
Ivanovic, who was forced to change the service routine to relieve their pain in the shoulder, aims to regain its effectiveness with the serve. It will be only one change to the Serbian plan for the next season. The second is to get back among the ten Best of the moment, something he knows will be difficult, even more so with the return to the circuit of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin.
"It is difficult to make predictions about the ranking or whether or not I will win tournaments, but it sure will be a very interesting season. Obviously, the Williams sisters are always strong players to consider, but we will also look at the back Kim and Justine, and other players already consolidated as Safina and Dementieva "he said.