No worries for Ivanovic
Reigning champion Ana Ivanovic continued her ruthless streak at the French Open with a straight-sets thrashing of Iveta Benesova in the third round today.
The Serbian’s 6-0 6-2 win over the Czech, ranked 35 in the world, means she has yet to drop a set at this year’s Roland Garros.
Indeed since her hard-fought triumph against Sara Errani in the first round, the eighth seed has conceded only five games.
Her first set today lasted a mere 23 minutes, Ivanovic – who continues to wear protective strapping on the front of her right knee – breaking in the second, fourth and sixth games, clinching the set at the first time of asking when Benesova sent a backhand long.
The pair traded early breaks in the second set but Ivanovic made the move in the sixth set, grabbing her fifth break of the match at the end of a long game to close in on victory.
That was clinched when she brought up match point with a wonderful sliced drop-shot and sealed it with an unreturnable forehand.
Ivanovic, who clobbered Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1 6-2 in round two, will play ninth seed Victoria Azarenka or 22nd seed Carla Suarez Navarro next.
