This time last year Ivanovic reached the tennis stardom after claiming her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, after which she was promoted into the world’s number one player. The terrific result satisfied not only the financial aspect of her career, but also brought Ivanovic precious WTA points and lucrative deals off court, such as the one with Rolex, signed in May, 2008.
- “Luckily, the inflammation of the hamstring has subsided, and I’ve been able to practice for a couple of days. I feel good and I am optimistic about my chances of defending the Paris title. It’s obvious I didn’t have adequate preparations in the run-up to the French Open, but neither did I last year ahead of the event and still went on to win it,” said Ivanovic.
The Serb’s arrival in France means she will have the opportunity to defend the last year’s points and retain her rankings position among the top ten. Ivanovic is currently 8th and will aim to get to as many wins here. However, Ivanovic refuses to apply excess pressure on herself by the fact she is the title holder, and says she is acting as if this was any other tennis event.
- “Of course, it’s a great honour to enter a Grand Slam with the champion’s title, but this is just another big tournament in a row for me and I am really excited about it. This is a new event and a new opportunity to win the trophy,” says Ana.
Unlike Novak Djokovic, who is in great shape, which is more than could be said for Ana Ivanovic or Jelena Jankovic. The latter recently said she will have to change something in her game – most probably the coach – in order to return to the women’s tennis top-flight.
- “I expected more of myself at the Madrid tournament. That is history now and I won’t be returning to that and I’m just trying to prepare myself as well as I can for the French Open. I know what I need to work on and what has to radically change if I want to become the world’s number one again,” concluded the current WTA number four.
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