Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic has won German Tennis Magazine's Michael Westphal Award which is given to the best tennis personality each year as voted for by readers.

Ivanovic is the first women’s tennis player to receive the award named after German tennis player Michael Westphal who tragically died at the age of 25.

In March the tennis star also won the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (voted for by players), while in July she was named Women's Tennis Player of the Year 2008 by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). (source: Ana Ivanovic's website)

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This hurts! Still no winning streak for former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic. The Serb suffered yet another early loss, this time to Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova.

The fourth-seeded Ivanovic had a first round bye, and was upset 3-6 6-2 7-6 (4) right away in the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, falling to the world No.20 Cibulkova.

To make things worse, Ivanovic had two match points in the 10th game of the deciding set, but failed to convert them.

More bad news for Ana's fans: At the 2008 Kremlin Cup, Ivanovic played her first doubles match in tournament play since June 2007. On Wednesday, after her singles defeat, she also lost in the doubles competition, paired with Italy's Francesca Schiavone. They were beaten 6-2 4-6 10-7 by top seeds and world No.1s Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the quarterfinals. (via Ana Ivanovic's website, photo: ivanovic-ana.com)

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Carlos Rodriguez, best-known as the former coach of once dominant women’s tennis player Justine Henin, was interviewed by Matt Cronin for FOXSports.com and gave harsh reviews of some currently top WTA players.

Ok, the Williams sisters and Maria Sharapova can be satisfied, but Jelena Jankovic could feel more than offended. However, we can’t blame Carlos for being honest; I doubt he wanted to insult anyone. Read more »

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Ohohoho, this story is becoming juicer than I had expected.

Earlier today we saw photos of Fernando Verdasco in Ana Ivanovic’s player box, as well as the ones where the ATP player is watching Ana’s practice. Their closeness at the China Open party was also noticed. All these things led to speculations that they are the latest tennis couple, or will soon become one.

We didn’t have to wait for long for more details to get caught. The tennis beauty from Serbia and her Spanish colleague were seen together on one more occasion (see the photo), and it’s not an official gathering. Who knows what we’ll witness tomorrow.

After the cut you can see more photos of Fernando sitting with Ana’s mother Dragana while Ana practices. Read more »

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Well, well, this seems to be more than just a rumor. Men’s tennis player Fernando Verdasco from Spain, ranked 15th in the world, seems to be in love with women’s tennis beauty Ana Ivanovic. Read more »

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