Eighth seed Ana Ivanovic defeated Alisa Kleybanova in the second round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and in that way avenged the loss to the Russian in the third round of the Australian Open last month. The world number eight Ivanovic beat Kleybanova, ranked 27th, 7-5 6-4.
Ivanovic established a 3-0 lead in the first set, but Kleybanova managed to return from being one break down and eventually leveled at 4-4. Ivanovic, however, managed to break once again, in the 12th game, and take the first set 7-5. The second set saw no breaks of serve until the final game when Kleybanova surrendered to Ivanovic and lost the match on Ivanovic’s second match point.
The 21-year-old Serb, who is playing her first tournament since hiring coach Craig Kardon, will play either Urszula Radwanska or Camille Pin in the third round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.
Revenge is a dish best serve cold.
I have Ms. Ivanovic in the quater finals, how she plays against Ms. S. Williams will tell us where Ana’s game is.
wins in the next round
hope ana wins the next round too
Hope Ana wins the tournament
This victory was not an easy one for Ivanovic, but at least she won, and it was in two sets. I hope this new coach will be beneficial.