Sick Ana Ivanovic sits out opening singles of the Fed Cup, her replacement Ana Jovanovic scores victory for Serbia
Serbia’s world No.2 Ana Ivanovic wasn’t able to play the opening singles of the Fed Cup tie against Croatia due to viral infection.
However, her much less experienced compatriot, Ana Jovanovic, ranked 268th in the world, managed to defeat Croatia’s world No.152 Jelena Kostanic-Tosic 6-4 7-5. The second singles on Saturday included Serbia’s world No.5 Jelena Jankovic and Croatia’s world No.150 Nika Ozegovic. The Serb won 6-1 6-2.
This means that Serbia leads 2-0 against Croatia after the opening day. (image via Great Tennis Photos)
[...] illness forced Ivanovic to skip her Saturday's match, she was replaced by much less experienced Ana Jovanovic who managed to score the first point for Serbia. Later in the day, world No.5 Jelena Jankovic also [...]