Rolex is one of Ana Ivanovic’s sponsors and the tennis star recently took part in a photo shoot for their new advertising campaign. This is the first image from the shoot, more will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Ivanovic signed with Rolex back in May, and is the only active female tennis player to serve as an ambassador for the brand. (source: Ana Ivanovic's official website)

Ana Ivanovic has been honored with two next month’s magazine covers. The world number five will grace the cover of January 2009 issue of Inside Sport and Australian Tennis Magazine.

Inside Sport will feature an article called "THE ANA OFFENSIVE
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Australian Tennis Magazine, on the other hand, feels Ana partly belongs to Australia calling her "Aussie" Ana and adding: "Ana Ivanovic may be Serbia’s pride but with a special affinity for our local culture and events, she’s also Australia’s joy."

Ana Ivanovic is now in Australia preparing for the start of the 2009 tennis season, and to our surprise, her boyfriend Fernando Verdasco still hasn’t joined her, at least it seems so.

Ivanovic is calling the Sunshine Coast home for the next two weeks and was seen running kilometers with her Sydney trainer Scott Byrnes through Noosa's national park.

While Ana and Fernando were spotted training together in Spain, he still hasn’t been seen next to Ana in Australia, although we’re expecting him to arrive since he’s playing January’s Brisbane International as well as Ana. (source: Queensland Newspapers, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Since my retrospections of players’ 2008 outfits have been well-received (so far we've featured Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko), I decided to experiment a bit and make videos out of them. The first one to get the honor was Ana Ivanovic with her adidas designs. Enjoy!

Of course, I’m still working on my retrospections in the text form. Don’t worry I didn’t forget about your wishes to see Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Amelie Mauresmo, but I just couldn’t resist the urge to experiment with video a bit. I hope you like it.

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As you know Ana Ivanovic is currently in her hometown of Belgrade where she unveiled the 2009 Verano calendar. We’ve already shown you a sneak peek at the calendar, and as promised, here are some more images from the photo shoot.

Ana is satisfied with the outcome, and said the photo shoot was a challenging task since they were limited to only one day. Read more »