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The Billie Jean King Cup in the BNP Paribas Showdown took place on Monday night in New York, and the winner is seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, who defeated Kim Clijsters 6-4, 3-5, 7-5.

The event began with the one-set, no-ad semifinals played at the Madison Square Garden. Kim Clijsters defeated Serena Williams’ replacement Ana Ivanovic 7-2, while Venus Williams took care of Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4.

Serbian tennis beauty, Ana Ivanovic, will be wearing adidas products for a long, long time after extending her agreement with German sportswear brand Adidas AG for the remainder of her tennis career and beyond..

The twenty-two year old former Roland Garros champion has also relaunched her personal website which, according to web traffic monitor Alexa, is the most-visited official website of any sportswoman. Her website has been updated with a brand new look, feel and plenty of additional content.

Popular Serbian tennis star, Ana Ivanovic , left the court in tears today at the 2010 Australian Open after losing a heart breaker in three sets to Argentinian Gisela Dulko 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-4.

Ivanovic was pitted against No. 36 ranked Dulko in a 2nd round match. It was an early exit for the 20th seed, Ivanovic, who continues to struggle with her serve, having to constantly re-toss the ball and serving far too many double-faults. Ivanovic won the French Open in May 2008 and was world No. 1 a month later. However, she had an up-and-down year in 2009 while struggling with some injuries.

WTA player, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, is looking for redemption. The 22-year-old former No. 1 ranked player was plagued with injuries and illness during the 2009 season and dropped to No. 21, her lowest year-end ranking since 2004, her 2nd year as a pro, when she ended the year at No. 97.

Ivanovic blames her injuries on “over-training”, and believes some of the changes she is making will translate into a return to the top 10 in 2010.

The current world No. 2, and 3-time Grand Slam finalist, Dinara Safina of Russia, is pulling out of the Brisbane International scheduled for January 3-10, 2010, because of a lingering back injury. The back pain forced Safina to quit in tears after just 12 minutes and two games into a match against Jelena Jankovic at the WTA Championships at Doha in October. Going into the tournament she was ranked No. 1, and was working to end the year at that spot. The meltdown caused her to eventually lose the top WTA ranking to Serena Williams.

Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, is through to the 3rd round of the 2009 French Open after a decisive 6-1, 6-2 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Ivanovic started off with a somewhat close match against No. 44 ranked Sara Errani of Italy. Errani took the 1st set to a tie-break, which Ivanovic won 7-3. Ivanovic then settled down to business, closing out the final set 6-3. Final score: 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.

Ivanovic then faced No. 52 ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn of the USA. Ivanovic was all business in this match, winning easily in two sets, 6-1, 6-2.

Serbian tennis cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, had a good showing in the WTA BNP Paribas Open March 11-22, 2009 in Indian Wells, California, USA, making it all the way into the Final match. Unfortunately, the No. 7 ranked player’s run was cut one match short of the championship by the No. 5 ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia.

Ivanovic won quite easily through the first rounds. After a BYE, she defeated Anastasia Yakimova of Belarus, 6-4, 6-3, and then Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-3, 6-3.

Sexy, Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. The tournament was held Feb. 15-22, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ivanovic, seeded 8th, had a BYE into the 2nd round where she defeated No. 26 ranked Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 7-5, 6-4. The 3rd round was a rather close match, with Ivanovic winning 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) over No. 92 ranked Camille Pin of France.

In the quarterfinals, she ran into the world’s No. 1 ranked player, Serena Williams of the USA. Williams won the match 6-4, 6-4.

Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic plays a return stroke during her women’s singles match against Alisa Kleybanova of Russia at the 2009 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2009. Ivanovic made it into the 3rd round with an easy straight-sets win over 169th ranked Alberta Brianti of Italy, 6-3, 6-2. Ivanovic had a straight-sets win in the first round over Julia Georges 7-5, 6-3.

Ivanovic struggled in her first two matches, especially with her serve toss. She had several dozen tosses that she just let drop because they were so far off, usually way inside.

This is how Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, should look – hot, sweaty, determined, and winning!

Ivanovic. the No. 1 seed in the tournament, is through the first round of the 2009 WTA Brisbane International being played in Brisbane, Australia. She defeated No. 48 ranked Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic convincingly in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.

Ivanovic is currently ranked No. 5. She needs a strong showing to prove her down-ward year-end slide is over. She need to convince herself and many of her disappointed fans that she belongs at the top.