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Ana Ivanovic conquers Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinal – Tournament of Champions 2011

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Ana Ivanovic conquers Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinal – Tournament of Champions 2011
Defending Champion Ana Ivanovic whipped Italian Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinal of the Tournament of Champions 2011.
The two competitors took up the gauntlet on indoor hard courts of Bali International Convention Centre in Bali, Indonesia and it took Ivanovic only one hour and ten minutes to get rid of the fourth seeded Italian in Straight sets of 6-3, 6-3 on the 3rd of
November 2011.
Ivanovic had won the toss and opted to serve for the first round of the match. The former world number one (Ivanovic) got off to a great start as she reeled straight two games to place herself on the scoreboard at 2-0 by capitalizing on a breakpoint in the
second game. She further increased her lead to four-love by capitalizing on her second breakpoint in the fourth game.
It was in the fifth game that Vinci made a return by breaking back and even though, she tried to reduce the deficit to 2-4 by the end of the sixth game, she was unable to completely mitigate the deficit.
At the end of the seventh game, Ivanovic had held her serve and was only a game away but she was unable to close the set in the following game. Nonetheless, as she served for the set in the ninth game, she smashed a backhand winner to clog the opening set
and go one up in the match.
Commencing the second set of the match was Vinci and this time she held her service game to kick open the scoreboard at 1-0. Following behind her was the defending champion and she too skilfully held her serve to place herself on the scoreboard at 1-1.  The
two once more held their serves and at the end of the fourth game the score had tied at 2-2.
During the fifth and the sixth games, the two broke each other back to back and as they matched a blow for a blow the score tied at 3-3. However, in the seventh game Vinci came under pressure and she double faulted on her second serve to endorse a crucial
game to her adversary. During the last two games, Ivanovic held her serve and then broke her adversary for the last time to seal her victory of the set and the match.  
The Serbian reserved a berth in the semi final of the tournament and will be facing Russian Nadia Petrova. 

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