Ivanovic, Serena open in style

sportal.com.au     Jun 24, 2008            

World No.1 Ana Ivanovic and two-time champion Serena Williams have begun their Wimbledon campaigns with straight-sets victories. Ivanovic dropped just three games as she crushed Paraguayan Rossana De los rios 6-1 6-2. "I think I played quite well today considering it's my first match on grass. It was great to be back on grass," said Ivanovic, who will play Frenchwoman Nathalia Dechy in the next round. "Coming in as the top seed means lots of people expect you to win. Becoming No.1 takes more pressure. But I see it as a positive thing. If you put yourself in a position to do something memorable then you feel pressure." Williams was a 7-5 6-3 winner of Estonian Kaia Kanepi, setting up a second-round clash with Pole Urszula Radwanska. Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova narrowly survived becoming the biggest women's casualty on the... [read full story]                    


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