Ana Ivanovic wins opener in Birmingham

Good start of the grass campaign for Ana Ivanovic.

The Serbian beauty is seeded no.1 in Birmingham, an important warm-up tournament for Wimbledon. Ana struggled just in the very first game when she was broken, then she recovered the consequent 1-3 deficit to finally win 6-4 6-1. The Serbian scored 68 points s. Barthel’s 49.  Match Stats

Ana:  It’s difficult to adjust

Ana commented about how tricky is the transition from clay to grass “It’s the hardest adjustment we have to make. It’s a quick transition, but I’m slowly getting back into it, and I’m doing a lot of stuff in the gym to make this adjustment.”

Next vs. Davis

Ana will play world no. 61 Lauren Davis in the 3rd round. Head to head is 1-0 for Ana and that was a nasty 6-1 6-1.