
Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovich went to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Championship, defeating the first racket of the world to American Seren Williams with a score of 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3. Before that, Ivaniovich never won a formidable rival.
“Serena is a great athlete. When I went to the court, I hoped to show my best game,” Ivanovich quotes the official website of the competition. “I acted all the time by circumstances, tried not to think about whom I play. I believed in my strength, and this faith brought me success.”
“I made a huge number of mistakes. I’m not used to acting like that,” Serena commented on my game. “It seems that I have not missed so much since the late 80s. The opponent made several incredible blows, and I could not match her.”
In the 1/4 finals, the 26-year-old native of Belgrade will meet with Canadka Eugene Bushar. We add that the Russian Ekaterina Makarova could not at the same stage to resist Lee from China, losing in two sets (2: 6, 0: 6).