Ana Ivanovic???

[sonya]

A little late,but still a nice read



Happy New Year! / December 31, 2006
I would first of all like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. I hope that in 2007 everyone can be healthy and achieve their goals.

Everyone here is so nice. They are taking such great care of us, it is very humbling. I have said before how much I like the Australian mentality, and I am seeing their friendliness a lot here. They invited me to go to this theme park Dreamworld a couple of days ago. Maria Kirilenko came with me and we had a great time.

Unfortunately it seems like we brought the European weather with us because they told me that this is one of the coldest Australian summers for a long time. Luckily the main court is covered, otherwise I would have had to miss practice.

Hopefully this bad weather won’t affect the tournament – that would be very frustrating because there is so much excitement about the new season. Everyone has trained hard and just wants to start playing again.

My goal for the coming year is to reach the top 10 and qualify for the Masters. I’m sure there are going to be many tough experiences along the way, but I am confident I will achieve these targets.

The support you gave me last year was unbelievable. I hope you can support me this season too!

Love
Ana

[sonya]

Some random on-court pics













from official site

[sonya]

Off-court

[sonya]

[sonya]

January 10, 2007 / Sydney

Ana was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by world No.11 Nicole Vaidisova in the quarter-finals of the Medibank International.

It was a disappointing performance from the 19-year-old, who served seven double faults and was never able to get her ground game going.

Ana heads to Melbourne for the Australian Open having won four of her six matches so far in 2007.

[alleva]

[safinbgfan]

Great pics ;D

[Annie]

From Ana's official website

Short break, then onto Asia
September 03, 2009

It's no secret that this is the most difficult time of my career so far. Losing in the first round of the US Open hurt a great deal, I can tell you that.

I feel mentally exhausted. This season has been very difficult in terms of my health and form: even though I'm in great shape in terms of my stamina and speed, I've been picking up so many small injuries. Just when I felt like I was close to getting back into my rhythm, I would feel pain in a new place, and then I'd feel like I'm starting all over again.

It's obviously affected my confidence and I've overanalysed it too, and let if affect me far too much - not just the injuries, but my desire to get back to the top.

I feel like I haven't had a proper break in such a long time. Now I think the best thing to do is to take a week or two off, to totally switch off from tennis, and come back refreshed for my next tournament, which is in Tokyo at the end of the month.

After that I will play in Beijing: they're two big tournaments, so there is still a lot to play for. It would be great to end the season on a high, going into next year.

Thanks a lot for all your messages of suport. It has been very touching to read them in the past couple of days. At the same time, I would like you all to know that I am fine! Of course, I am very disappointed, but I am really optimistic for the future too!