Ana takes on Spain's Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino in the first round of the French Open on Sunday. It will be the first meeting between the pair.
Arruabarrena-Vecino is currently ranked 134 in the world. The 20-year-old soared into the world's top 150 courtesy of her surprise tournament win in Bogota earlier this year. She has never before played a Grand Slam main draw match.
The Spaniard qualified without dropping a set and that fact alone means that Ana won't underestimate her. "It's often said that qualifiers are tricky because they have already won three matches and they're comfortable with the conditions," said Ana.
"It's true, and obviously she is in good form. I haven't seen her play so the first few games we'll probably be trying to work out each other's games."
The match signifies the third time Ana has been scheduled on the opening day of the tournament since Roland Garros introduced Sunday starts in 2006. On the two previous occasions, in 2007 and 2008, she reached the final.
"I'm happy to be playing on Sunday again," said Ana. "I enjoyed it in the past and this year I feel ready and I'm just looking forward to competing."
The match is scheduled as the third of the day on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Play begins at 11am local time, so Ana is expected to take to the court sometime after 2.30pm local time
05:30hs Los Angeles (USA), Vancouver (Canada) 07:30hs Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala 08:00 Venezuela 08:30 Bolivia, Montreal (Canada), Paraguay, Miami, New York (USA) 09:30hs Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Uruguay 13:30hs Portugal, Tunisia, Morroco, London (UK) 14:30hs Switzerland, Serbia, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Egypt, Slovenia, Algeria, South Africa, Croacia, Polonia 15:30hs Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Finland, Ukraine, Baghdad, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Israel 16:30hs Abu Dhabi, Moscow (Russia) 18:30hs Bangladesh, Perm (Russia) 19:30hs Indonesia (Jakarta), Vietnam, Thailand, Omsk (Russia)
20:30hs Perth (Australia), China, Philippines, Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
21:30hs Japon, Irkutsk (Russia)
22:30hs Yatutsk (Russia), Melbourne (Australia)
Countdown of the sexiest male and female players, as voted for by readers of The Tennis Space:
At No 1 on the list of the sexiest female players, Ana Ivanovic:
One reader writes: “A beautiful face and a model’s body – simply a perfect woman.”
Another writes: “She is so happy. Furthermore, she is great with her fans, and is a joy to behold.”
A third writes: “She’s the most beautiful tennis player – she’s also the most graceful, elegant and self-confident, with a smile which captures people’s hearts all around the world, and that’s what makes some people sexy, don’t you agree?”
A fourth writes: “She’s naturally beautiful and doesn’t preen.”
Ana is seeded thirteenth at Roland Garros . Ana will face Qualifier in First Round , which begins in sunday
The winner of the contestwill face either Shahar Peer or Stephanie Dubois in round two
The No.21 seed Sara Errani could await in round three , while third seeded Agnieszka Radwanska or No 25 seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova is a posible opponent in round four
Potential quarter-finals opponents incluide No.8 Marion Bartoli or No 10 Anquelique Kerber. In the semi-finals Ana could face either the world No 1 Victoria Azarenka and No 5 seed Samantha Stosur
Ana is in the top half of the draw. The leading seeds in the top half , whom she cannot meet until the final are No2 Maria Sharapova No4 Petra Kvitova No5 Serena Williams and No 7 Na li among others
Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic was photographed last Saturday on a raft "Amsterdam" in hotel "Yugoslavia" to enjoy the afternoon sun. Beautiful athlete team show "Paparazzi hunt" she found that with my friend spends a pleasant afternoon, and what everyone on the raft was unusual was the fact that Ana did not have personal security.
How Press has learned, Ivanovic, who is one of the richest athletes in the world, has consistently refused to have bodyguards, even though her family since it requires the opposite.
Ana does not want to be accompanied as it considers to be threatened and wants to live a normal life. However, her family was worried about her because of this attitude because he thinks he has a lot of maniacs where it can be targeted for wealth, and beauty.
That's why they kept asking her to hire bodyguards, as she always refused - told Press well-informed source.
Providing a Nole, Ceca, and Stojkovic Jeca
The Serbian security are mostly politicians and heirs of wealthy families, but also some of showbiz stars and famous athletes. So the best tennis player Novak Djokovic world, wherever in Serbia, providing round the clock from an elite special forces unit of the Anti-Terrorist police. Because the program "Insider" and the theme that handles Brankica Stankovic received threats day and night, so she was given police protection. Personal bodyguards are still folk diva Ceca and Jelena Karleusa and Partizan goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic.
Ana's behavior on Saturday was just a proof of this claim our interlocutors - a beautiful player to behave like ordinary people.
It appeared about 15 hours on a raft in the company friends dressed in a white shirt and long skirt. The two spent two hours in pleasant conversation, and Ana's presence did not leave anyone indifferent. About 17 hours two of them were sent to the parking lot and instead of a bullet-proof jeep, which is normal for the rich, to Anna's apartment, which is located in New Belgrade, drove a white "Peugeot 307". Ivanovic is greeted outside the building with friend and sent to the apartment itself.
Ana's ranking continues to climb: she has moved up two spots to No.13 and is enjoying her highest position since October 2009.
With this ranking Ana could seeded at No. 13 in the Roland garros , which begins on next week
Ranking WTA TOP-20
1 Azarenka, Victoria BLR 9020
2 Sharapova, Maria RUS 8390
3 Radwanska, Agnieszka POL 7080
4 Kvitova, Petra CZE 6275
5 Williams, Serena USA 5695
6 Stosur, Samantha AUS 5440
7 Li, Na CHN 4965
8 Bartoli, Marion FRA 4870
9 Wozniacki, Caroline DEN 4586
10 Kerber, Angelique GER 3560
11 Zvonareva, Vera RUS 3440
12 Lisicki, Sabine GER 3012 13 Ivanovic, Ana SRB 2975 ♥♥
14 Schiavone, Francesca ITA 2940
15 Petkovic, Andrea GER 2921
16 Cibulkova, Dominika SVK 2635
17 Kirilenko, Maria RUS 2475
18 Hantuchova, Daniela SVK 2355
19 Vinci, Roberta ITA 2320
20 Pennetta, Flavia ITA 2315
