Ivanovic Ousts Veteran Frazier

Fourteenth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia built large leads in both sets and then held off American veteran Amy Frazier, 6-3, 6-2 in a second-round Acura Classic match.

Playing the second match on Stadium Court, the 18-year-old Ivanovic showed that her game is more than just about power. She mixed up her game with a combination of power and touch as she kept the 33-year-old Frazier off balance.

Down 3-0 in the first set, Frazier hit three double faults to lose serve and make the score 4-0. Ivanovic increased her score to 5-0 as she held serve at love, smacking an ace on game point.

Frazier staged a brief rally as she captured the next three games in a row only to have Ivanovic serve out the set at 5-3 as the Serbian won her serve at love and hitting another ace on set point.

For Frazier the second set must have seemed like déjà vu as she fell behind 4-0 before she held serve and came back to break Ivanovic to make the score 4-2.
Serving at 30-30 in the next game, Frazier sent a short crosscourt forehand wide to give Ivanovic a break point.

That was all Ivanovic needed as she slammed a backhand down the line service return to earn the break and take a 5-2 lead.

Ivanovic took a 40-15 lead as she served for the match. After she double faulted and hit a down the line backhand into the net, the score stood at deuce.

The hard serving Ivanovic hit a 98-mph service winner to get to match point and then surprised Frazier  with a 78-mph serve wide to her backhand which Frazier sent into the net.

• Ivanovic will play the winner of the Nadia Petrova / Anna Chakvetadze match in the third round.
• Ivanovic is ranked 20 in the world.
• Ivanovic is making her Acura Classic debut.
• Ivanovic improves her match record to 21-11 in 2006.
• Ivanovic reached the Roland Garros quarterfinals in 2005.
• Ivanovic began playing tennis at age 5.
• Ivanovic is now tied 1-1 in career head-to-head meetings with Frazier.
• Frazier was playing in her 10th Acura Classic. In 2000, she defeated Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals before losing to Venus Williams in the semifinals.
• Frazier is ranked 55 in the world.
• Frazier has been ranked as high as 13th in the world.
• Frazier turned pro in January 1990.
• Frazier represented the United States in Fed Cup play in 1995.
• Frazier reached the quarterfinals of the 1995 US Open.

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