{"id":31192,"date":"2016-12-29T09:41:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31192"},"modified":"2016-12-29T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:41:14","slug":"former-world-no-1-ana-ivanovic-quits-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31192","title":{"rendered":"Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic quits tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-20786\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"157\" alt=\"Ana Ivanovic 26\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26.jpg 259w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>Belgrade: Serbian tennis player <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1370-ana-ivanovic\">Ana Ivanovic<\/a>, who became the world No. 1 in 2008, has announced her retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve decided to retire from professional tennis. It has been a difficult decision, but there is so much to celebrate,&#8221; Ivanovic said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Ivanovic, who started playing when she was five years old, noted that she won 15 titles on the WTA Tour and the 2008 French Open championship.<\/p>\n<p>She played in three Grand Slam finals and a Federation Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I began dreaming of tennis when I was five and saw Monica Seles play on TV. My parents backed me all the way, and by the time I was ranked No.1 in the world and won Roland Garros in 2008, I&#8217;ve seen the heights I&#8217;ve never dreamt of achieving,&#8221; Ivanovic said.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Ivanovic said recent injuries had prevented her from competing at the highest level and that it only made sense to play if she was in top form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can only play if I can perform up to my own high standards, and I can no longer do that. So it&#8217;s time to move on,&#8221; the former world No. 1 said.<\/p>\n<p>Ivanovic, who has served as Unicef National Ambassador to Serbia since 2007, said she planned to be an ambassador for tennis and to promote healthy lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"hot-picks\/42795-2016-in-retrospect-legends-bloom-india-s-gloom-and-dope-doom-in-rio-olympics\">2016 in Retrospect: Legends bloom, India&#8217;s gloom and dope doom at Rio Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ivanovic played her last match at the 2016 US Open, losing in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>The former French Open champion married German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger, who plays for Manchester United, on July 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-20786\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"157\" alt=\"Ana Ivanovic 26\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26.jpg 259w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ana-Ivanovic-26-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>Belgrade: Serbian tennis player <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1370-ana-ivanovic\">Ana Ivanovic<\/a>, who became the world No. 1 in 2008, has announced her retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve decided to retire from professional tennis. It has been a difficult decision, but there is so much to celebrate,&#8221; Ivanovic said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Ivanovic, who started playing when she was five years old, noted that she won 15 titles on the WTA Tour and the 2008 French Open championship.<\/p>\n<p>She played in three Grand Slam finals and a Federation Cup final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2054,5250,466,12894,19967],"class_list":["post-31192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-ana-ivanovic","tag-bastian-schweinsteiger","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tennis-news","tag-wtf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic quits tennis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31192\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic quits tennis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Belgrade: Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, who became the world No. 1 in 2008, has announced her retirement. &quot;I&#039;ve decided to retire from professional tennis. 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