Ana Ivanovic extended her unbeaten run to 8 matches in the 2013 Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions with her second victory in 2 days in Sofia. The two-time champion of the tournament defeated with 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 Samantha Stosur and is favorite from the “Sredets” group to qualify for the semifinals. Yesterday the Romanian Simona Halep from the "Serdika" group secured her spot in the final four. Ivanovic crushed Stosur on hard court for the first time in their fifth clash on this surface.
The Serbian saved three breakpoints in the first game of the opening set. She was very aggressive and grabbed the first set in just 30 minutes. In the stands of the Arena Armeec hall were present the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport Yordan Yovchev and Bulgarian football legend Yordan Letchkov.
The tv cameras caught fans with Serbian and Australian national flags in the public. In the second set Stosur broke Ana's serve to get a 5-3 lead, but the Serbian leveled at 5-5.
Then Samantha broke again, saved two breakpoints in her next service game and closed the set with 7-5 in 45 minutes. The third set was no one-way street also. Ivanovic got the early break at 2-0 and leaded 40-0 on her serve, but somehow allowed Stosur to make a re break.
Even so, Ana showed no mercy for the rest of the set and rocketed her way to the 6-2 victory. Ivanovic already has 8 wins in 8 matches in the Tournament of Champions.
She also survived the first 3-set match in this year's edition of the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament
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