Glamour girl Ivanovic turns on style
(AFP) 25 June 2009

LONDON - Ana Ivanovic restored the reputation of Wimbledon’s glamour girls with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Italy’s Sara Errani in the second round on Thursday. After Russian beauty Maria Sharapova crashed out of the tournament against Argentine Gisela Dulko on Wednesday, Ivanovic, the 13th seed, appears to be relishing her status as the new queen of Wimbledon.
The 21-year-old, who regularly tops polls of the sport’s most attractive players, has endured a miserable time since her world number one and French Open title breakthrough last year and is now ranked outside the top 10 for the first time in two years.
There had been a small sign of improvement in the first round here as Ivanovic saved two match points before eventually winning a three-set thriller against Lucie Hradecka.
Ivanovic showed her grasscourt credentials when she reached the semi-finals here in 2007 and she proved she has substance as well as style against Errani to set up a third round clash against Australia’s Sam Stosur.
After a quick exchange of breaks at the start of the first set, Errani, making only her second visit to Wimbledon, regained the lead with another break.
But to her credit, Ivanovic dug deep and broke Errani as she served for the set. With the momentum back in her direction, Ivanovic went for her shots with some abandon and broke again at 6-5 to take the first set.
The Serb was a far more dominant force now and broke twice early in the second set to take a 3-1 lead before closing out the match in one hour 17 minutes.