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Australian Open: Gisela Dulko upsets Ana Ivanovic in Melbourne
Australian Open: Gisela Dulko upsets Ana Ivanovic in Melbourne
Just when Ana Ivanovic insisted it is time for tennis to be fun and rewarding for her again, the former world No 1 suffered the most agonizing of set-backs as she was pitched out of the Australian Open in only the second round.
Optimism was supposedly the order of the day for the photogenic Serb who looked a world beater just 18 months ago by winning the French Open. Not only has she recently found love with Australian golfer Adam Scott but she maintains her repeated injury problems are a thing of the past, and with renewed fitness she stressed a determination to return to women’s tennis elite.
However Gisela Dulko, Argentine and equally suited to monopolizing the photographers’ attention, has developed a reputation for ruining the comebacks of those tennis stars who are perfectly at home on the front page of a glossy magazine. Last year at Wimbledon she sent Maria Sharapova home in the second round and the story was the same for Ivanovic as the 2008 Australian Open finalist suffered her earliest exit at the tournament in six attempts.
Dulko required six match points to finish the job as tension pervaded after the unseeded player from Buenos Aires had allowed a double break of serve in the concluding set before finally rounding out her victory 6-7, 7-5, 6-4.
