Breaking the second-round exit curse in US Open 2008, Ana Ivanovic cruised her way to the third round of Australian Open 2009 by defeating Italian Alberta Brianti, 6-3, 6-3. Ivanovic took 92 minutes to end this match and has still managed to produced fives aces, two in first set and three in the second, even her serves are not consistently excellent. During the first set, her first serve was only 44% compared to Brianti's 64%. Yet, the World No. 5 Serbian took an improved plight in the second set, producing 79% in her serve.
It's too early to tell if Ivanovic will smoothly sail through the AO finals. She still needs to play two matches before reaching the quarterfinals. In the third round, she may face Alisa Kleybanova, the 29th seed and if she wins, she may again face Caroline Wozniacki, currently the eleventh seed and for the record, this Denmark's pride was only inches away of maiming US Serena Williams during the Sydney Medibank QF. That's cool but my vote still goes for Ana!
One last say before ending this post,
GOOD LUCK ANA and be extra careful with your serve...
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