Ana Ivanovic

Big guns Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray successfully blasted their way into the Australian Open second round Jan. 19 but the Grand Slam dream of Ana Ivanovic was shattered.
      
Third seed Nadal and sixth seed Murray both enjoyed straight sets wins, with rising stars Simona Halep and Grigor Dimitrov also progressing comfortably on a cool and windy Melbourne day.
      

LONDON - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic kept hold of the fifth place while Jelena Jankovic is 15th in the new WTA rankings published Sunday, ahead of the start of the Australian Open.

Ivanovic has 4,845 and Jankovic 2590 points, while Bojana Jovanovski is back to 56th position with 910 points.

BRISBANE - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic did not manage to win the WTA tournament in Brisbane as she lost the finals to Russia's Maria Sharapova on Saturday, 2:1, 6:7 (4:7), 6:3, 6:3.

BRISBANE - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic advanced to the final of the WTA tournament in Brisbane after defeating Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in the semifinals Friday morning CET.

Ivanovic's opponent in the final of the tournament played for a prize fund of USD 1 million will be either Russia's Maria Sharapova or Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.

Top seeds Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic booked their places in the semi-finals of the Brisbane International in vastly contrasting fashion on Jan. 8.
      
While world number two Sharapova cruised past Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-3, Ivanovic was forced to recover from a horror start before edging Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
      

BRISBANE - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic qualified for the Brisbane WTA quarterfinal as she defeated Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova in the Wednesday match, 6-4, 6-1.

As the tournament's second seed, Ivanovic did not compete in the first round.

BELGRADE - Serbia's female tennis team will be shorter by Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic in the Euro/African zone matches at the Fed Cup in Budapest, February 4-7.

Coach Tatjana Jecmenica-Jeftic released that the Serbian team in the Fed Cup will comprise Aleksandra Krunic, Ivana Jorovic, Doroteja Eric and Vojislava Lukic.

BELGRADE - In the year that is about to end, Serbia has had the world's top-ranking male tennis player and the best men's water polo team in the world, with its athletes claiming many medals in swimming, athletics, kayaking and wrestling, but the silver medal won by the Serbian men's national basketball team at the Mundobasket in Spain is what the nation will remember 2014 for.

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic has been shortlisted for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year.

Ivanovic finished the season as No. 5, after claiming four titles (Auckland, Monterey, Birmingham, Tokyo) and with the score of 58-17 achieved the highest number of victories during the WTA tour.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic will finish the 2014 season with 4,820 points and ranked as WTA No. 5.

The Serbian has won four titles in 2014 and notched the highest number of wins on the WTA tour - 58, with 17 losses.