Top 5 victories of Ana Ivanovic

#3. Australian Open 2008 vs Daniela Hantuchova

Australian Open 2008 - Day 11

The 3rd victory in our list helped Ivanovic reach her 2nd Grand Slam final.

Ana Ivanovic was off colour at the beginning, being outplayed in the first set to lose 6-0. Hantuchova, the 8th seed playing her first Grand Slam semi was striking the ball powerfully, winning a further 2 games in the 2nd set. Trailing 0-2, the Serb held her service well before getting a break of her own in the 10th game of the match. For the 2nd time in her career, she won 6 games out of 7 to take the set.

Both the players were comfortably holding serve at the beginning of the 3rd set. But, Ivanovic's serve was put under huge pressure when she had to save a break point during the 6th game which had 7 deuces. She then broke Hantuchova's serve in the 9th game. Ana Ivanovic held her nerve and her serve to win the Australian Open semifinal.