Ana Ivanović

BIRMINGHAM - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated China's Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-2 in Birmingham on Saturday to reach the final of that WTA tournament.

Ivanovic has so far kept her performance at a high level in Birmingham and is on course to her first title on grass.

BIRMINGHAM - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the semifinal of the WTA tournament in Birmingham beating Czech Klara Koukalova in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 on Friday.

Top seed Ivanovic will next take on China's Shuai Zhang, who outlasted Sloane Stephens of the U.S. 6-3, 6-1.

The Serbian player leads the head-to-head with 1-0 after a 6-1, 6-1 victory in Toronto three years ago.

BIRMINGHAM - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic sailed through to the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Birmingham, after beating American Lauren Davis in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday.

Top seed Ivanovic proved worthy of the role of favorite after defeating the young U.S. player, for the second time this season, in just 67 minutes.

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BIRMINGHAM - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic made a winning start at the WTA tournament in Birmingham, after defeating Mona Barthel of Germany 6-4, 6-1 in a second-round match on Tuesday.

Ivanovic has been seeded first for the tournament in Birmingham so she skipped the first round.

PARIS - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic on Saturday failed to reach the fourth round of the Roland Garros tennis tournament by losing to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.

Ivanovic was no match for in-form Safarova, who dominated both sets with power and accuracy.

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PARIS - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the third round of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tennis tournament on Thursday by beating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-5, 6-2.

Ivanovic eased past her second opponent in Paris with a good performance that suggested that she might go far at the tournament.

PARIS - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated France's Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the 2nd round of Roland Garros.

Ivanovic dominated the match from the very start, denying Garcia any chance of a comeback.

She will next face Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, who got into the 2nd round after Petra Martic of Croatia retired from their match.

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ROME - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic qualified for the Rome WTA semifinal as she defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the Friday match, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

This is Ivanovic's second victory against Navarro out of the two matches they played so far.

ROME - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Rome on Thursday by beating Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-1, 6-4 in the third round.

The win was Ivanovic's first against Sharapova after seven consecutive defeats.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Ivanovic will face Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, who beat Romania's Simona Halep 2-1.