Ana Ivanovic has entered into an exclusive three-year partnership with Verano Motors, the distributor of Peugeot automobiles in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia. This is probably the biggest ever endorsement deal for an athlete in Serbia.

Verano Motors will support Ana Ivanovic in all her sporting appearances in the next three years and will give her a Peugeot 207.

They chose Ana because of her outstanding qualities as a tennis player and as a person. In addition to being beautiful, kind, modest and popular at the same time, she's a fantastic tennis player with great prospects. (via Ana Ivanovic’s website)

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Maria Sharapova received two ESPYs Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, "Best Female International Athlete" and "Best Female Tennis Player."

Serena Williams, Justine Henin, and Jelena Jankovic were also nominated, but won no awards. (photo via Down the Line)

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First of all, I want to apologize for not posting for a few days. I was very tired because of a busy night life – there is a huge music festival going on in my hometown of Novi Sad, Serbia. Tonight I’m also going to the festival, but I’ve managed to have enough sleep today, thank God.

Here’s a story waiting to be published for quite some time. It may sound pathetic, but what can I do. I’m a huge tennis fan, and my mom gets the chance to meet a top tennis player.

Here’s what happened: My mother was at the Belgrade airport the morning after the three Serbian players (Ivanovic, Jankovic, and Djokovic) had been welcomed by thousands of people in front of the parliament in Belgrade due to their huge success at Roland Garros (remember that?). After a really short time spent at her birth city of Belgrade, Jelena Jankovic flew to Birmingham to play DFS Classic (which she happened to win, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final!).

My mom immediately recognized Jankovic and approached her. They chatted a little, and my mother congratulated her the fantastic results. Jelena was very kind, and right away accepted to take a photo with my mom (the woman wearing glasses) and her colleague. It was nice of Jelena to have been so friendly, because she can’t even imagine how her small gesture can brighten someone’s day, maybe even a week.

To conclude, I’m glad for my mother, but, why wasn’t I there?

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Serena Williams is pulling out of the United States' Fed Cup semifinal against Russia because of injuries sustained during her fourth-round victory at Wimbledon when she strained her left calf and hurt her left wrist and thumb. Williams will be replaced by Meilen Tu.

On Tuesday, the eight-time Grand Slam singles champion also pulled out of next week's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Ohio.

Russian team had some withdrawals as well: world No. 2 Maria Sharapova won’t play at this weekend’s Fed Cup due to her shoulder injury, and Russian media reported that world No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova would pull out, too.

Serena and her older sister Venus were part of the four-player team announced June 27 by U.S. captain Zina Garrison, along with doubles specialist Lisa Raymond and teenager Vania King. (source: ESPN)

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On Tuesday night, Maria Sharapova attended the ESPY awards pre party held at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Maria has been nominated for two awards: 'Best International Female Athlete' and 'Best Female Tennis Player'.

Other female tennis players nominated this year are Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic. (photo via Uppix)

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