Ana Ivanovic is on a roll!
The Serbian Beauty is playing a very good tennis also on grass and she is 2 steps away from winning in Birmingham.
Ana reached the semifinal trashing all players without conceding more than 5 games in each match. Ivanovic was in full control of the match against Koukalova to win the first set with a smooth 6-1. The second set was much more even, but eventually it was the Serbian to won it 6-4 recovering from a 3-4 deficit. Match Stats.
Ana: I am happy to win in two sets
The world no.13 commented “I expected a tough match so from the first moment on I was trying to be really aggressive. I tried to dominate her and put pressure on her, and I played really well in that first set.
“The second set was a lot tougher. She’s a tough competitor. I’m really happy to win in two sets.”
Next vs. Zhang
Ana will play Shuai Zhang in the final 4. The Chinese has demolished Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-1 in the quarters. Head to head is 1-0 for Ana.
In the other semifinal Dellacqua will face Zahlavova Strycova.
