NEWS ROLAND GARROS 2014: ANA IVANOVIC VS CAROLINA GARCIA

Ana Ivanovic will have to be on her guard and on her game on Tuesday. The draw was unkind to the 2008 French Open champion as the world No.12 drew Caroline Garcia (No.43) Lonely at the top.

 The Ana Ivanovic story may not be what you think: Teen star rockets up the rankings en route to a Grand Slam title, settles into a long and fruitful career. By 20, she had in fact notched her first major, the 2008 French Open, but struggled to embrace her newfound fame. Not only does she not enjoy the limelight... she has fled it. The introvert sank to outside the top 60 by the summer of 2010 and it has been five years since she was ranked in the top 10. She tinkered with different coaching staff, switching to a much lower-profile coach in 2013 in the person of Nemanja Kontic. “I was always very shy, and for me it was very hard to have that much attention,” she told the New York Times before the tournament.
 “I wanted to go somewhere where no one knows me.” The antithesis of the modern self-branded superstar (she has only recently opened a Twitter account, OMG!), she prefers, as she put it, “lots of barbecue and red wine” with her family and friends, especially after a tough loss. Serbian renaissance. Staying true to herself has worked. Her resurgence began last year and immediately carried over to 2014, opening with a title in Auckland over Venus Williams in the final followed by a probing win over a wounded Serena in the fourth round of the Australian Open. She won again in Monterrey and has had solid results on clay making the semis in Rome, quarters in Madrid and the final in Stuttgart. 
 Caroline Garcia is also on a tear this year and is finally living up to the potential she showed when coming within two games of defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets here in 2011. Now coached by her father, she beat Sara Errani in a three-setter in Madrid and defeated Jelena Jankovic for her maiden singles title on the Bogota clay before adding a doubles win in Colombia. In the Fed Cup, she was the saviour for the French squad, winning both her singles ties and the doubles to clinch the recent win over the United States. Expect a tight one when Garcia and Ivanovic take to the clay.