Hot Ivanovic reaches the third round in Madrid

Ana Ivanovic keeps her march in Madrid.

The world no.12 has dismissed world no. 40 Bojana Jovanovsky in just 75 minutes 6-4 6-2. The critical part of the match was the 9th game of the first set that gave the decisive break to Ana for winning the opener.

In the second a set Ivanovic won 5 consecutive games (from 0-1 to 5-1) to grab the second set 6 at 6-2. Match Stats.

Ivanovic : It was a tough first set

Ana commented “It’s always strange playing someone from your own country, and actually we’d never played before, though we have practiced a lot and played Fed Cup together. It was a tough match today, especially in the first set, but I’m happy I was able to get through this one.”

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Ana will play either Pavlyuchenkova or compatriot Jelena Jankovic in the 3rd round.