Top seed Ana Ivanovic scored an unconvincing victory over Vera Dushevina of Russia in the first round of the US Open.

The Serb looked as if on a way to an easy and quick victory when leading 6-1 4-2 and 0-30 on the Dushevina serve, but in the end Ivanovic earned her spot in the second round after surviving a scare and playing three sets to eventually win 6-1 4-6 6-4.

BTW: Ivanovic is not wearing the dress we thought she would, so luckily she differs from Caroline Wozniacki (not much, frankly, but still…). Anyway, it's so funny, she's wearing the same outfit to the one she replaced her Wimbledon dress with (phew, in different color though!) — and remember that her Wimbledon dress was the white version of the dress she was supposed to wear at the US Open. Almost embarrassing! (photo: Getty Images)

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Not only is Ana Ivanovic’s adidas outfit nothing special considering she’s number one in the world, not only is it the same outfit she wore at Wimbledon and abandoned it after one day, but at the US Open Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki worked it before Ivanovic.

Ok, the shoes are unique, the Barricade V Summer Slams with Ivanovic's face, but there is something bizarre, Pilot Pen champion Wozniacki wore those same shoes in her first-round match at the US Open when she defeated Asha Rolle 6-2 6-1. Hahaha, what a mess!

Ivanovic starts her US Open campaign on Tuesday at 11am local time, and then we'll finally see whether she'll wear something else, which is more than welcome. (via Forty Deuce)

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I came across this video, and hahaha look at Ana. This could even go under my series Tennis Players When They Were Kids, even though this was not so long ago, Ana has changed so much (fortunately)! I mean, compare this! Her English sounds more like Serbian, she looks too nervous, and although she’s cute she’s way better now.

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At the 2008 US Open Ana Ivanovic will wear specially designed adidas shoes, a unique feminine version of the Barricade V - the Barricade V Summer Slam. In addition, the shoes will have this playful graphic of the world No.1, pearlized white on white, which stretches across the upper side of the shoe.

As for the outfit, I believe Ivanovic will wear the adidas piece shown in the photo after the cut. Read more »

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World No.1 Ana Ivanovic has been named as the top seed for the 2008 US Open which starts on Monday in New York.

The French Open champion will attempt to reach the quarterfinals at the final Grand Slam of the year for the first time.

By the way, Ivanovic was briefly not No.1 in the world after nine weeks at the top of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings as fellow Serb Jelena Jankovic took her place. Jankovic is now again No.2 after just one week of enjoying the top spot, and Ivanovic will stay No.1 for at least three weeks.

Here’s a list of the rest of the women's singles seeds (in brackets I added their best results at the US Open): Read more »

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