Rejuvenated Ivanovic hungry for more success at French Open

Paris: Ana Ivanovic, whose career went into freefall following her 2008 Roland Garros triumph, is now enjoying a tennis resurgence and is hungry for more success at this year’s French Open.

The Serbian 13th seed romped to a 6-2 6-2 second-round win over Israel’s Shahar Peer and is now hopeful of making it past the last 16 of a grand slam for the first time since her 2008 success.

She thought she had hit rock bottom when she was knocked out in the first round of the US Open in 2009 but last year’s opening-round defeat in Paris was also hard to swallow.

“Last year probably has been the hardest one for me ever. To come back here this year and play better and go through to the third round, it means a lot,” said the former World No 1, who has struggled with injuries and confidence issues.

Ivanovic, however, did not want to put too much pressure on herself.

“That has been the hardest part. Acceptance, whatever it is. Acceptance that I’ll make mistakes,” she told a news conference.