Ana Ivanovic dismantles Eleni Daniilidou to reach the third round – Wimbledon Championships 2011
World number eighteen, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia remains on course to defeat Eleni Daniilidou of Greece, with a gritty 6-3, 6-0 victory over the Greek in the second round of Wimbledon Championships 2011, being player here at the All
England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London.
Ivanovic and Daniilidou had already met each other in the fourth round at S-HERTOGENBOSCH and their head-to-head series is led by none other than the brilliant and intelligent Serbian.
After bargaining some early breaks, both women struggled to hold serve until the Serbian No.2 banked on some sloppy play from the Greek to break for 4-3. She further added fuel to fire with a love service hold, forcing Daniilidou
to serve to stay in the set. However, the Serbian continued to play tremendously and clinched the first set in just 33 minutes.
The 23-year-old Serbian wrapped up the first set with the help of a whopping sixteen winners while committing seven unforced errors. Furthermore, she clinched 63 percent of points on service, 57 percent of points on return and
a total of 14 of 30 points on return.
After losing the opener, the 28-year-old Greek looked to struggle with her game and quickly switched to all out attack, briefly putting the Serbian on her back foot. To the obvious displeasure of Daniilidous’s fans, Ivanovic soon
adjusted to this and started to ruthlessly exploit the Greek woman’s lack of mobility. Drop shots after drop shots went un-responded and the hollers became noisy as Ivanovic’s poker expressions were replaced with a delighted smile, clinching the final set
with a bagel.
The former world No.1 concluded the second set with a whopping 100 percent on her first serve, 56 percent on return, and a total of 14 of 24 on return. By contrast, Daniilidou finished off the match by scoring a meager five winners
while committing a whopping eight unforced errors.
With this win, the Serbian has improved her year-to-date win/loss mark to 15/11 matches and now moves on ahead to face either Czech Republic’s Petra Cetkovska or the thirteen-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the second round
of Wimbledon Championships.
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