Ana Ivanovic

 

DUBAI // Ana Ivanovic, as she confesses, all the time has a tune playing in her mind during matches. Last night, she should have most likely started with a candy melody, but then switched to some gloomy strain as she misplaced in three sets to Patty Schnyder.

Ivanovic was up a set and main three-zero in the second, when the music changed for her. A plethora of unforced errors followed and he or she ultimately bowed out of the Dubai Obligation Free Girls's Tennis Championship 6-four, 6-7, 2-6.

"I especially like the best way I came back," Schnyder stated after her win. "I stuck to my recreation plan. I could not execute it though in the first set and a half I guess.

"She is such a troublesome player. She puts a variety of stress together with her serve. It is like up and down, however when it is in, it's actually a big weapon. So I just tried to play the rally the way in which I wanted."

Schnyder started the match with an ace, but lost her serve within the fifth game. The Swiss, 32, however, fought back to stage at 3-three, but Ivanovic obtained the break she wanted within the ninth game after which served out for the set.

In the second set, Ivanovic received a break within the third, however dropped her serve within the sixth as Schynder took 12 of the 15 points in successful three video games in a row. The set finally went into the tiebreaker, which the Swiss gained 7-2.

At 5-2, Ivanovic challenged a line name, but the chair umpire ruled she was late. The Serb obtained into an argument over it and from then on never looked the identical player.

 

 

Maria Sharapova

 

Maria  sharapova  born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. In a career marred by critical injury, Sharapova has gained 22 WTA singles titles, three WTA doubles titles and three Grand Slam singles titles, consisting of the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She was additionally runner-up on the 2007 Australian Open. She has additionally won the 12 months-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004. Since her shoulder damage in 2008, she has not recovered her championship form.

The Girls's Tennis Affiliation has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on 4 separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fourth time on Could 19, 2008. She became the World No.1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005. She is at the moment (as of January 2011) ranked World No. 13.

Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 when, at age 17, she upset two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon remaining for her first Grand Slam singles title. She entered the top ten of the WTA Rankings with this win. Regardless of not successful a significant in 2005, Sharapova briefly held the primary rating, and reached three Grand Slam semifinals, shedding to the eventual champion each time. She in the end won her second major on the 2006 US Open defeating then-World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo within the semifinals and World No. 2 Justine Henin within the final. Sharapova's 2007 season was plagued with a continual shoulder damage, and saw her ranking fall out of the highest 5 for the primary time in two years. She ultimately gained her third Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Henin in the quarterfinals and Ana Ivanovic in the final. After reclaiming the primary ranking in May 2008, Sharapova's shoulder problems re-surfaced, in the end requiring surgery in October and forcing her out of the game for practically ten months. Sharapova returned in Might 2009 and was ranked No. 126 on this planet attributable to her in depth lay-off. Since her comeback, Sharapova has received three singles titles (bringing her career whole to 22) and improved her ranking.

 

 

Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980 in Košice, Slovakia, then Czechoslovakia) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). She also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in 2002 at the age of 22. After several surgeries and long recuperations, Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006. She then climbed to world number 6 and won three singles titles. On 1 November 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis after testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug, but decided not to appeal the imminent ban