Ordina Open – Women's Doubles

SINGAPORE - Serbian World No. 7 Ana Ivanovic suffered a defeat at the start of the WTA Finals in Singapore, losing to American Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4 in their Red Group opener on Monday.

Top seed Williams notched up her eighth victory against Ivanovic in one hour and 20 minutes.

TOKYO - Serbian No. 1 Ana Ivanovic advanced to the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Tokyo, after defeating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) on Friday.

Safarova could not keep up with the third-seeded Ivanovic, who played at a consistent level throughout the match.

NEW YORK - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic qualified for the U.S. Open women's doubles third round as they defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Saturday match, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

CINCINNATI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic are both through to the quarter-finals of the USD 2.56 million WTA Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.

Jankovic beat Sloane Stephens of the United States 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 late Thursday, while Ivanovic defeated Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) early Friday.

CINCINNATI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have reached the third round of the USD 2,567,300 Cincinnati WTA Masters 1000 tournament.

In the second round, Jankovic beat Annika Beck of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (7-0) early Thursday, while Ivanovic defeated Christina McHale 6-4, 6-0.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Montreal WTA Premier tournament late Tuesday by beating Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-1, 6-2.

The Serbian will next play Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat China's Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4.

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.

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 - 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.

MADRID - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic is through to the quarterfinals at the WTA Premier Mandatory event in Madrid, after beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday.

Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Jelena Jankovic in a marathon match Wednesday evening, did not stand a chance against the more focused and motivated opponent.