Ana Ivanovic reaches fourth round at Indian Wells

Ana IvanovicDefending champion Ana Ivanovic beat Argentina's Gisela Dulko 6-3 6-3 to advance at the BNP Paribas Open.

The Serbian fifth seed didn’t score a too convincing victory, but was good enough to advance to the fourth round where she’ll face Italian 12th seed Flavia Pennetta.

"When it was very close on both sets I stepped up a little bit more and I just went for my shots and followed my instincts. I played really well," Ivanovic told reporters.

Ivanovic’s new coach, Craig Kardon, is definitely helping her game.

"I had lots of doubts about my game in the past six months," said the world No.7. "So finally I feel like I have strategy and also a plan in place again. It gives me a lot of security and confidence." (source: Reuters, photo: ivanovic-ana.com)

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18 Comments so far

  1. Elise on March 18th, 2009

    Good luck against Pennetta tonight, Ana! Ajde!

  2. jacob on March 18th, 2009

    she looks really pretty in that photo :)

  3. jacob on March 18th, 2009

    (it'll be great if ana could go back to number 1!)

  4. jacob on March 18th, 2009

    i dont understand
    i thought she lost?

    http://www.bnpparibasopen.org/4/assets/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/4/assets/pdfs/draws/09WTA_MDS9.pdf

    are they different tournaments or something?
    arnt we up to semi finals with dinara vs victoria? :(

    so conufsed in australia!

  5. Bróna on March 18th, 2009

    Ana won against Pennetta in 3 sets in the 4th round yesterday, Tuesday. Safina and Azarenka play in the quarter finals today. So do Zvonareva and Wozniacki. The other two quarter finals are tomorrow. Hope that helps!

  6. Marija on March 18th, 2009

    Hehe, Bróna, thanks for helping the community here. :)

  7. Bróna on March 18th, 2009

    Not a problem!! I've nothing better to do anyway!

  8. apple on March 19th, 2009

    ok i get it now. haha, thanks! :)
    so, ana lost in the quarter finals?

  9. Carlos on March 19th, 2009

    Ana got abducted by aliens in the middle of the fifth set, of her quarterfinal match. Bigfoot told me so. :)

  10. Marija on March 19th, 2009

    Hey Jacob, you're totally lost. :D Ana didn't lose, she's about to play a quarterfinal against Sybille Bammer.

  11. jacob on March 19th, 2009

    haha. i am so confused.
    i know, victoria is versing vera
    and ana is now versing?

  12. Marija on March 20th, 2009

    hi lost jacob :) semifinals: vera vs. victoria and ana vs. anastasia pavlyuchenkova.

  13. jacob on March 20th, 2009

    haha. im still so lost.
    i think the internet site is screwed cause it says the final is between victoria and vera

    ana is no where to be seen :(

  14. Marija on March 20th, 2009

    jacob, read my site, you won't be confused :) the final is still not set.

  15. jacob on March 21st, 2009

    i get it now.
    i read the indian wells draw, but i was reading only the top half. hahaha

    sorry everyone! no longer lost!!!

  16. Marija on March 21st, 2009

    haha, jacob, you've learned your lesson now! :)

  17. Simonn on March 22nd, 2009

    Very interesting article, i have bookmarked your blog for future referrence. Best regards

  18. Marija on March 22nd, 2009

    Thank you, Simonn.

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