Ana Ivanović

STANFORD - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic failed to reać the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Stanford after losing to Serena Williams of the United States 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 early Saturday.

Despite the defeat, Ivanovic will be back in the WTA Top 10 next Monday after as many as five years.

STANFORD - Serbia's tennis player Ana Ivanovic reached the quarterfinals at the Stanford Classic in California, after defeating Carol Zhao of Canada 6-1, 6-1 on Friday morning.

Ana Ivanovic will next take on the first seed, American Serena Williams, who defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday.

German Sabine Lisicki fired the fastest serve ever recorded at a WTA event on July 29, unleashing a 210.8 kph (131 mph) bomb in her first round loss to Ana Ivanovic at the Stanford Classic.

STANFORD - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Stanford WTA tournament early Wednesday by beating Sabine Lisicki of Germany 7-6 (6-2), 6-1.

The Serbian will next face Carol Zhao of Canada, who reached the second round after her opponent, Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, withdrew from the match in the second set due to injury.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic announced on Wednesday that Nemanja Kontic would no longer be her coach.

An article on her website says that they had a friendly discussion and both agreed not to extend his contract.

Kontic became Ivanovic's coach in July last year and his contract with her expired after the last Wimbledon.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic failed to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon by losing to Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Monday.

The match was interrupted twice - first due to darkness on Sunday, and then due to rain on Monday.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of Wimbledon after a convincing 6-4, 6-0 win over Jie Zheng of China on Thursday.

The mentally stronger Ivanovic recorded three breaks of serve in the first set after which Zheng did not have the strength to stage a comeback.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic got off to a successful start at Wimbledon by beating Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in the tournament's first round late Tuesday.

The match lasted 92 minutes. Schiavone proved to be a difficult opponent, in particular in the first set, but Ivanovic claimed her sixth victory in as many matches against the Italian.

LONDON - Serbia's highest-ranking male tennis player Novak Djokovic will be the top seed at this year's Wimbledon, the organisers announced on Wednesday.

As the top favourite to win the tournament, Djokovic has been seeded ahead of world number one Rafael Nadal of Spain.

BIRMINGHAM - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 6-2 in the final of the WTA tournament in Birmingham on Sunday to take her first title at a grass court event.

This is Ivanovic's 14 title and third this year, following Oakland and Monterey.

This victory will push Ivanovic up to 13th spot in the WTA rankings next Monday.

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