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Ana Ivanovic wins her match against Shenay Perry and moves to the second round at the Australian Open 2010 |
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Ana Ivanovic wins her match against Shenay Perry and moves to the second round at the Australian Open 2010 |
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Tuesday January 19, 2010 |
Ana Ivanovic wins her match against Shenay Perry and moves to the second round at the Australian Open 2010 Ana wins her match against Shenay Perry 6-2 6-3. Ana was wearing a nice new Adidas outfit in yellow like you can see. Ana served 3 aces with 5 df and 18 winners and 24 ue as for Shenay she did not serve any aces but had 4 df with 17 winners and 26 ue. Ana will face Gisela Dulko in her next match Below are indept information on both players
[Q] SHENAY PERRY (USA #107) vs. [20] ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #21) HEAD TO HEADS: Ivanovic leads 3-0 2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD R128 IVANOVIC, ANA 6-4 6-4 2006 INDIAN WELLS HARD R32 IVANOVIC, ANA 6-1 6-3 2007 TOKYO CARPET R32 IVANOVIC, ANA 6-4 6-2 MATCH FACTS: Ivanovic is 1 of 8 players in the draw to have held the No.1 ranking and 1 of 7 Grand Slam champions. She meets Perry for the fourth time, in a repeat of their 1r meeting in 2006. Ivanovic’s 1r loss at 2009 US Open represents her worst performance at a Grand Slam and the only time she has fallen in 1r. Perry has yet to win a main draw singles match in Melbourne.
About Shenay Perry
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making fourth main draw appearance at Australian Open; after qualifying for debut in 2004 fell in 1r (l. to Kuznetsova); also fell 1r in 2006 (l. to Ivanovic) and 2007 (l. to No.2 seed Mauresmo) 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: WON: ITF/Dothan, AL-USA ? Reached 2r at US Open (as a qualifier l. to K.Bondarenko) and Charleston (as a qualifier, d. No.15 seed Zahlavova Strycova, l. to Lepchenko) ? Won ITF/Dothan, AL-USA (d. No.8 seed Gullickson in 3s in final) ? Bowed out of qualifying at Roland Garros, Birmingham, Wimbledon, Stanford, Los Angeles and Cincinnati 2010 HIGHLIGHTS ? Playing first Tour event this year
CAREER SUMMARY ? In 2002 played first Tour qualifying at Miami and first Grand Slam qualifying at US Open, improved ranking from No.610 to No.268 ? Made Tour main draw debut at Sarasota and Grand Slam debut at US Open in 2003, also won first two pro titles at ITF/St Paul, MN-USA and ITF/Los Gatos, CA-USA ? Since then has reached four Tour quarterfinals: 2004 Auckland, 2005 Quebec City, 2006 Memphis and 2006 Quebec City ? Broke into Top 100 following 2r showing at 2004 Roland Garros (No.88 on June 7, 2004) and Top 50 shortly after Wimbledon in 2006 (No.49 on July 17, 2006) ? Has four wins over Top 20 players: No.20 Zuluaga (2004 Miami), No.14 Molik (2005 US Open), No.17 Hantuchova (2006 Stanford) and No.16 Groenefeld (2006 Montreal)
GRAND SLAM HISTORY ? 2010 US Open marks 18th Grand Slam singles main draw appearance ? Best result is 4r at 2006 Wimbledon ? Advanced to 3r twice: 2005 Wimbledon and 2006 Roland Garros OTHER FACTS ? Coached by father Ron Perry, formerly coached by Ola Malmqvist ? All-court player whose favorite surface is hard court and best weapon is serve ? Began playing tennis at age 4 when father introduced her to the game at neighborhood courts ? Mother is Debra; has one brother, Ronald Jr ? Tennis player most admired is Althea Gibson for opening door for African-Americans in tennis
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About Ana
TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS: 6th straight appearance at Australian Open; 2008 runner-up (as No.4 seed, l. to No.5 Sharapova in final); best other results were 3r finishes in 2005 (as unseeded debutante, d. No.32 seed Benesova in 1r, before l. to No.2 seed Mauresmo), 2007 (as No.13 seed, l. to No.22 Zvonareva) and 2009 (as No.5 seed, l. to No.29 seed Kleybanova 62 in third set); 2r defeat in 2006 (as No.21 seed, l. to Stosur) 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: R-Up (1): Indian Wells; QF (2): Brisbane, Dubai; 4r (2): Roland Garros, Wimbledon
2010 HIGHLIGHTS: ? As No.3 seed reached SF at Brisbane (l. to Henin); the furthest she has advanced at a Tour event since 2009 Indian Wells CAREER SUMMARY: Winner (8) most recently 2008 Linz; R-Up (4) most recently 2009 Indian Wells ? Eight-time Tour singles titlist, at 2005 Canberra, 2006 Montréal (Tier I), 2007 Berlin (Tier I), 2007 Los Angeles, 2007 Luxembourg, 2008 Indian Wells (Tier I), 2008 Roland Garros (Grand Slam), 2008 Linz (Tier II) ? Qualified for season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2007 (reaching SF) and 2008 (went 0-2 in RR before withdrawing with a cold) ? Won first Grand Slam singles title at 2008 Roland Garros ? Became 17th player to hold No. 1 ranking on 9 June 2008, after winning Roland Garros. Held top spot for 12 non-consecutive weeks ? Member of Serbian Fed Cup team in 2006, 2008-09, helping Serbia to first World Group spot in 2010 and Serbian Olympic Team in 2008 (withdrew with thumb injury)
GRAND SLAM HISTORY ? 2010 Australian Open marks her 21st consecutive Grand Slam singles main draw appearance ? At 2008 Roland Garros, became 2nd Serbian female Grand Slam singles champion (after Seles) and 2nd Serbian major winner of 2008 (after Novak Djokovic won men's singles title at Australian Open) ? Two-time runner-up at 2007 Roland Garros and 2008 Australian Open ? Appeared in 1 SF at 2007 Wimbledon and 1 quarterfinal at 2005 Roland Garros ? Runner-up in 2004 Wimbledon girls’ singles OTHER FACTS ? Trains with adidas Player Development Program – Darren Cahill, Sven Groeneveld, Gil Reyes and Mats Merkel. Fitness trainer is Damian Prasad ? Official website is www.anaivanovic.com ? Named a UNICEF National Ambassador to Serbia in September 2007 ? Alongside Hantuchova, featured in Sony Ericsson’s first ever tennis-themed TV commercial, ‘Never Miss A Shot’ ? Appears in Tour's "Looking For A Hero?" advertising campaign, launched on June 18, 2008 ? Winner of Tour Most Improved Player in 2006 (for 2005 achievements) and 2008 (for 2007 achievements); also won 2008 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award ------------------- Other Results Wednesday,
January 20, 2010 Singles
- First Round Doubles
- First Round
Tuesday,
January 19, 2010 Monday,
January 18, 2010 |
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