Ana Ivanovic torneo

Moreover, the Spanish Anabel Medina and Carla Suarez will meet in the first round in Hobart.

Czech Lucie Safarova beat Serbia´s Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round in Sydney, Australia Open anteroom, and scoring for the ATP and WTA circuits which opened today.

On this first day, could only complete two games, the Safarova-Ivanovic, and Jelena Dokic match between Australia and Isabella Holla, with the first victory by a double 6-0, the first "cycle" of the year.

Rain interrupted the match between Slovakia´s Dominika Cibulkova and Australian Isabella Holland. Tomorrow starts the men´s tournament.

Medina-Suárez Duel in Hobart

The Hobart tennis tournament, the WTA circuit and endowed with $ 220,000 in prizes will have a Spanish duel in the first round with the Anabel Medina clash between second seed, and Carla Suarez.

At the conference today, two favorites were apeadas to the first change, the Romanian Monica Niculescu, third, and the Kazakh Ksenia Pervaz, seventh.

Hantuchova took two and a half hours imposed Ivanovic, which entrains the victory with the conquest of the first set but could not prevent the reaction of the Slovak, which turned the match.

Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, fourth favorite preclude the presence of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, second in his first final after a dominant course (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2) and played the tournament's title Birmingham to Germany Sabini Lisicki, who beat China's Peng Shuai, third, 6-3, 6-1.

Hantuchova took two and a half hours imposed Ivanovic, which entrains the victory with the conquest of the first set but could not prevent the reaction of the Slovak, which turned the match. Daniela Hantuchova, 28 of the world, seeking his second title of the year, following the successful in Pattaya City, and the fifth of his career. However, it has emerged defeated seven other finals.

Slovak accumulates more experience than his rival in the final. Lisicki, who ran over China's Peng Shuai in one hour (6-3 and 6-1), seeking his first hit of the year. Throughout his career has only succeeded in Charleston in 2007. It will be his fourth final in Birmingham. Fell in Luxembourg in 2009 and Tashkent, a year earlier.

Wins second tournament in three weeks Serbian

Ana Ivanovic won on Sunday the tournament in Bali to Russia's Alisa Kleybanova 6-2, 7-6, and sealed his second title of the season after victory in Linz three weeks ago, and his return to 'Top 20' the WTA ranking.

The first set was very comfortable for the former world number one, which break the Russian's serve allowed him to comfortably win the point. But the second task was more complicated. Neither of the two players gave in their service, even they did not tie the `break '. Kleybanova an error in the 3-3 advantage gave Ivanovic, who closed his victory in this tournament.

Serbian tennis star finished strong after the summer, when it reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and the fourth round of U.S. Open, but has been late this year when Ivanovic has regained his best, winning 13 of their last 15 games of the season Get One titles in three weeks. With them, and accumulates ten of the WTA gimped. Ivanovic, who turned 23 on Saturday, returns to the `Top 20 'after more than a year's absence.

The Serb, former world number one, recovered two and half years later, the feelings of the conquest of a title, after coiling in Linz final of the Swiss Patty Schnyder (6-1, 6-2).

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, former world number one, recovered two and half years later, the feelings of the conquest of a title, after coiling in Linz final of the Swiss Patty Schnyder (6-1, 6-2 .)

The player from Belgrade, who disputed, nineteen months then to a final of a tournament the women's tour, took 47 minutes to beat the Swiss, who failed in his attempt to win this tournament, rushing for the third time. Schnyder lost since the end of 2005 and 2007.

For Ivanovic, however, is the second title in Linz after achieved in 2008. And the tenth of his career. His last win was at Indian Wells in 2008.

The Serbian, who retired during a season of little competition after having been at the top of women's tennis, in June last year, returns to the first line of women's tennis. Linz achieved in its fifth win over Schnyder in nine games so far have played.

Russia's Nadia Petrova, the first favorite, easily surpassed the first round of tennis tournament in Seoul by winning the Australian Jarmila Groth, while Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, seeded seventh, also said goodbye to the Russian Vera Sushevina.

Russia's Nadia Petrova, the first favorite, easily surpassed the first round of tennis tournament in Seoul by winning the Australian Jarmila Groth, while Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, seeded seventh, took leave to another Russian Vera Sushevina. Besides Petrova, who won 6-3, 6-2, also spent the second and third favorite, Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Maria Kirilenko.

Ivanovic 6-2, 4-6 and 2-6. It was the only seeded it did in the day when all games were played on Tuesday postponed by rain, and also won the Spanish Maria Jose Martinez (4), the Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova (6) and the Hungarian Agnes Szavay (8).
Results of the day, first round:

Nadia Petrova (RUS, 1) Jarmila Groth (AUS) 6-3 6-2

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS, 2) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) by 7-6 (6), 6-1

Maria Kirilenko (RUS, 3) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3 6-1

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP, 4) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) by 7-6 (3), 6-4

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ, 6) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-4 7-5

Vera Dushevina (RUS) Ana Ivanovic (SRB, 7), 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Agnes Szavay (HUN, 8) to Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-1 6-2

Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) to Junrie Namigata (JPN), 6-2, 7-5

Dinara Safina (RUS) Simona Halep (RUM), 6-4, 6-4

Klara Zakopalova (CZE) Julia Goerges (GER), 7-5, 2-6, 7-5

Vania King (USA) Alberta Brianti (ITA) 6-4 7-5