BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, who admits to a dislike of competing on grass, moved within one win of her first final on the surface with her third confident win in a row at the Aegon Classic on Friday.
The top-seeded Serbian beat the sixth-seeded Czech, Klara Koukalova, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Wimbledon warmup event.
Ivanovic has described playing on grass as “like being stuck to the ground all of a sudden,” but there was little wrong with her movement nor any evident lack of self-belief as she forcefully completed her win in 72 minutes.
