Monday, July 14, 2008

Sweet Serbians!

Currently, two of my favorite tennis icons are Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic But it seems that Federer is slipping down the spotlight but don't worry, there's still Novak, the World's third seed and he and Ana will be a blast!

These two of the best World-known Serbian players are bringing the house down and will surely be the next Tennis Champions.

Watch this video I got in YouTube. They seem a perfect couple.


Read this interesting personal info about Ivanovic and Djokovic from Wikipedia

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Ivanović's mother, Dragana, a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball. Other hobbies include shopping, watching movies and playing Sudoku. She chooses not to have a permanent coach. Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade, and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles, and she also admires Roger Federer.

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."

Ivanović is a fan of all sport clubs competing under the name of Partizan Belgrade.

Ivanović is friends with former doubles partner Maria Kirilenko, as well as other professional tennis players Daniela Hantuchova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sanja Ancic, Rafael Nadal, Tatiana Golovin and fellow Serbians Novak Djokovic (whom she has known since the age of 5) and Janko Tipsarević.

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Djokovic was born May 22, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia. He was born to father Srdjan and mother Dijana, and is the oldest of their three sons. His two younger brothers, Đorđe and Marko, are also tennis players with professional aspirations. Djokovic started playing tennis at the age of four, and when eight was spotted by Yugoslav tennis legend Jelena Gencic, who stated "This is the greatest talent I have seen since Monica Seles."

At twelve, he spent three years at Nikola Pilić's tennis academy in Munich, Germany, and at fourteen his international career began as he won European championships in singles, doubles, and team competition. He resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco and is coached by a former Slovak tennis player, Marian Vajda. Djokovic speaks Serbian, German, Italian, and English.

Djokovic often does humorous off-court impersonations of his fellow players, many of whom are his friends. This became evident to the tennis world after his 2007 US Open quarterfinal win over Carlos Moya, where he entertained the audience with impersonations of Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova.

In February 2008, Djokovic conveyed his support via video link to a mass rally in Belgrade against Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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