Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic was almost dumped out of Wimbledon 2008 by France’s Nathalie Dechy in the second round on Wednesday. It has been the most thrilling women’s match at the tournament so far, and the peak of the encounter was on Dechy's second match point when Ivanovic had an immense stroke of luck having the net for an ally.

In the following video you can see match highlights, including the famous netcord point.

These two quotes of disappointed Nathalie Dechy additionally illustrate how fortunate Ivanovic was: Read more »

Top seed Ana Ivanovic won an epic battle against France’s Nathalie Dechy in Wimbledon second round. The Serb saved two match points as she battled to a 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-3) 10-8 victory.

World No.1 Ivanovic had a 5-2 lead in the first set, but in the end the tie-break was played and Dechy won it 7-2. Ivanovic’s struggle continued in the second set with the top seed facing two match points when serving at 4-5 down. The third set was also tough, but Ivanovic survived and clinched victory in three hours and 24 minutes.

The most thrilling moment was on world No.97 Dechy’s second match point when Ivanovic’s shot thumped into the net and just when it seemed that it would fall back towards her, the ball rolled over into her opponent's side of the court. After the match Ivanovic kissed the part of the net that saved her existence at Wimbledon.

"My heart skipped a beat because the ball was in the air for a while and I didn't know where it was going to bounce," said Ivanovic, who was a favorite heading into the encounter with Dechy. (source: BBC, photo: Getty Images via Yahoo)

More beautiful photos of Ana Ivanovic are out —this time she posed with Luca Carati diamond jewelry. Luca Carati was founded in Valenza, Italy in 1988.

Ana looks romantic in white and that's the way I picture her personality. Photo for the cover of FHM, on the contrary, was quite a shock for me (not that she doesn't look good there too). Two more images of Ana with diamonds after the cut. Read more »

Women’s tennis players dressed up and looked beautiful at pre-Wimbledon party held at the Kensington Roof Gardens and hosted by Sir Richard Branson.

Some of the tennis stars present: Venus and Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchova and Sania Mirza. Read more »

Seedings for the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon women's singles championship have been announced on Wednesday and top-ranked Ana Ivanovic of Serbia is No.1 seed.

Ivanovic is followed by countrywoman Jelena Jankovic at No. 2, former champion Maria Sharapova at No. 3, Svetlana Kuznetsova at No. 4, Elena Dementieva at No. 5, two-time winner Serena Williams at No. 6 and defending champion and four-time winner Venus Williams at No. 7.

They are followed by:

8. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) Read more »

Yonex, adidas and Rolex created special advertisements to congratulate their promoter, Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, on her French Open crown and ascent to No.1. The ads are shown here.

The adidas billboard is positioned in Porte d'Auteuil, close to Roland Garros. See the Rolex billboard after the cut. Read more »

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic is already at the top of the rankings, having officially reached the No.1 spot last Monday. Ivanovic’s compatriot Jelena Jankovic will reach career high of No.2 when the latest rankings are released on Monday, overtaking Russia’s Maria Sharapova. This means that next week the world's two highest-ranked players will be from Serbia. Read more »

Top-ranked women's tennis player Ana Ivanovic has agreed to do a Q&A segment with her fans.

To participate send your name and question to chat@onthebaseline.com. Unfortunately, you must hurry up with your submission because all questions must be sent in by the end of Thursday.

Ana will not be able to answer every question submitted, but the ones which are selected will be published at On the Baseline during the first week of the Wimbledon Championships. More info here.

UPDATE: Ana's answers to some questions are now available.