| So Paris has a new queen and her name is Ana | | | | retain for long as the Belgium Justin Henin was number |
| Ivanovic; her tennis history begins in Belgrade, Serbia | | | | one for more than 140 weeks. |
| where she was born 20-years ago...her early days in | | | | Nevertheless; Justin's announces her sudden |
| the sport were very difficult due to the constant war | | | | retirement and Sharapova becomes the world's |
| issues her country was going through but none of this | | | | number one tennis player but again her days were |
| could stop Ana from achieving her dream to become | | | | already counted as Ana fought her way to the finals |
| a professional tennis player. By the age of 5 she was | | | | at the recent Roland Garros where she defeated |
| already practicing tennis and some years later in 2004 | | | | Dinara Safina in three sets. This was a match that |
| Ana made her debut at the Junior Wimbledon | | | | many will call magical as both players Ana and Dinara |
| tournament where she caught the attention of many in | | | | produced the best tennis we could have expected. At |
| the tennis world. | | | | the same time we see how Ana keeps growing |
| As she moved forward Ana began to show her | | | | strong and her game unfolds smooth in all surfaces; |
| natural talent as she overcame players such Venus | | | | but it was Paris that delivered Ana's childhood dream a |
| Williams, Tatiana Golovin, Amelie Mauresmo and Nadia | | | | very well deserved one by the way. |
| Petrova; by the end of 2005 Ana had reached the | | | | Now that Ana is at the top there is obviously more |
| 16th position in the WTA world ranking. But it was in | | | | pressure on her and her game style as she will need |
| 2007 when Ana really had her breakthrough as she | | | | to prove she is good on all surfaces...and this is how |
| had an excellent performance at the Australian Open | | | | she approaches Wimbledon as she states "For sure, I |
| followed by her first Tier I clay court title at the Qatar | | | | want to go to Wimbledon and win the title, because |
| Telecom German Open and she reached her very | | | | every tournament you play you want to win," Ivanovic |
| first Grand Slam final at the French Open where she | | | | said. "Obviously, now a lot of players will play their best |
| played the recently retired Justin Henin who defeated | | | | tennis against me. But I still think I have a good chance. |
| Ana by 6-1, 6-2 and such performance catapulted her | | | | I've been working hard. So now I will relax a little bit, |
| to the world number four position by the end of 2007. | | | | recover and also prepare on the grass before |
| Then Ana began this year by participating in several | | | | Eastbourne and Wimbledon". |
| events as she approached the Australian Grand Slam | | | | Despite the very demanding schedule tennis players |
| where she reached the finals and played Maria | | | | such as Ana have to cope with...it is real pleasure to |
| Sharapova who defeated Ana in a very close match; | | | | see Ana behaving on and off court as she makes the |
| both women knew this to be of great importance for | | | | game look so easy while she tries to live a normal life |
| their careers as it would have been Ana's first Grand | | | | doing what it is very evident that she adores which is |
| Slam title and for Sharapova her true come back to | | | | to play good tennis and be the best she can. |
| the number one position which she was not able to | | | | |