Once a powerful Parisian presence, Ivanovic can craft a Roland Garros resurgence if she can play the first-strike tennis necessary to impose her aggressive baseline game on opponents.
Since her resounding run to the 2008 French Open title, Ivanovic has been quiet on clay. She’s posted an an 11-9 clay-court record, has yet to return to a dirt final and hasn't been to a Grand Slam quarterfinal in her last 11 majors.
Yet the two-time French finalist remains a threat against nearly any woman on the terre battue. Only three current Top 10 players own winning records against Ivanovic—Kim Clijsters (4-0), Li Na (1-0) and Maria Sharapova (3-2)—and of those three only Li has a clay-court victory over her.
If the Serbian power player can fire her forehand and serve with ambition and accuracy and compete with confidence, she is capable of dictating play and posing problems for almost anyone.
Source: Tennis.com
