Ivanovic cuts ties with coach

Eurosport - Tue, 09 Jun 18:14:00 2009

Former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has cut ties with coach Craig Kardon after working with him for only four months.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reacts to play against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka at the French Open
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"I'd like to thank Craig for all his hard work," Ivanovic said. "He's a great guy and I enjoyed working with him."

The Serbian hired Kardon, a former coach of Martina Navratilova, Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce and Jennifer Capriati, in February but he has failed to halt her slide in form.

Twelve months after climbing to the top of the world rankings after winning her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, she dropped out of the top 10 this week and is now 13th.

She was beaten in the fourth round of this year's event which ended on Sunday.

Her management company said she would be trained on a part-time basis by her sponsor's elite coaching staff during the grasscourt season.

The set-up includes Sven Groeneveld, who helped her during the 2008 season.

Reuters

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  1. Crises of confidence are far more common than most­ players let on. A new coach may give her a renewed look­ at herself, new strategy and better results. It's­ worth a try! All the best Ana

    From neysmith.kevin, on Wed 10 Jun 4:02PM
  2. Ana needs to find a coach like Justine Henin had in­ Carlos he just made Justine play magic tennis all the­ time.She was number one for over a 100 weeks Ana was­ there for only a few weeks.
    Hope her play picks up soon­ as the young guns are coming ie Vika dominikia­ Radwanska etc.
    Good luck Ana.

    From AJ, on Wed 10 Jun 4:02PM
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  5. Ivanovic's tennis is not down the the coach rather­ down to her lack in confidence, ever since she won­ French open she has not kicked on the pressure and all­ that attention got worse for her and has no coped and­ in turn her tennis has suffered. Its about finding the­ rgith balance and finding a way to cope because until­ that changes the tennis will continue to suffer, she­ also tends to panic a lot and wastes so much energy­ fisting pumping when its doesn't help her.
    Her­ @#$% on those serves is all over the place, often­ strike the ball late no plan B if swating the ball is­ not working. She needs to stop doing adverts and just­ do tennis sort out the shot selection and know in her­ heart that she is better than some of the players and­ player with that abandment she used to have because hse­ is a great stirker of the ball but too me needs a lot­ more variation to her game, when to take the pace of­ when to come in and slice and to ahve a great body­ serve how to change things up when plan a is not­ working that too me makes a better player.

    From janice m, on Wed 10 Jun 12:25PM
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    This is not the start of the end, as anna has never­ started to end. She is a one-slam wonder and she is­ blaming everyone and everything but herself. She is no­ match to Sharapova in any side, play, toughness,­ determination, beauty...

    From Half A Brain, on Wed 10 Jun 12:12PM
  7. I think that her coach miss to change Ana's defense­ playing. He should teach her to play defense better and­ how to turn over defense stroke into attack. He should­ help her to be mentally stronger for it is obvious she­ does not have confidence in herself, but he didn't.­ Results show she is at 13 place, she should not waste­ her time with him but to find some other coatch who­ will know how to improve her playing as Svetlana and­ Safina succeeded with their new coaches.

    From mirjanav2000, on Wed 10 Jun 10:55AM
  8. Don`t know if this is a good decision.. should have­ wait after Wimbledon at least.. changes all the time­ are not good..
    but she was playing almost at her level­ if you ask me.. Serve was better, strokes more­ confident,, better moving… I think she was on her way­ of improving..
    .. yes she lost pretty early on RG..­ lost from very good Azarenka, that played magnificent­ match, hitting hard with only 7 unforced errors..
    But­ at the end Ana should know better…

    From Igor K, on Wed 10 Jun 8:58AM
  9. 18, are serious? the willims sisters always focussed on­ tennis is a joke, they have always said that tennis was­ 3rd on their priorities, had it been top i beleive­ serena would have won many more titles.

    From ajpbolton, on Wed 10 Jun 8:50AM
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    she was last seen sniffing around Federa. Evidently­ wanting a good rogering to get her back on track..

    From JOHN B, on Wed 10 Jun 8:43AM
  11. she has to first get her mind back on tennis, and not­ be sidetracked by other things, such as modelling. she­ revealed she was hoping to buy a WTA tournament for­ Belgrade just like Novak. all these things are­ distractions, and truly great players like the Williams­ and Henin, were always focused on tennis only, and that­ is why they accomplished so much. i think this was a­ mistake, for Kardon has much experience coaching at the­ top level. but nevertheless, i have faith in Ana. she­ is still young, and can get back to her best.

    From aleksicn93, on Wed 10 Jun 8:31AM
  12. She is HOT!

    From M Ferreira, on Wed 10 Jun 2:57AM
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    Ana and JJ are so yesterday,Sveta is the girl of the­ moment .Ana is not very strong mentally she was­ schooled by Azarenka in the fourth round.
    The tour has­ young strong players in Wozniacki,Azarenka,Cibulkova­ nearly double bagelled pova.There is a group of young­ strong players in their teens who are going to take­ over from the Williams when they retire and its not­ Safina or THE SERBIANS.

    From susan, on Tue 9 Jun 10:55PM
  14. Yes Ana needs to regain confidence, this goes beyond­ tennis, she needs a more positive weltanschauung. May I­ suggest a date with someone handsome, intelligent and­ modest could do the trick!!

    From Chemical Ali, on Tue 9 Jun 10:53PM
  15. Her coach isn't on the court with her.f
    It's­ her mental state which is causing her to lose.

    From dianabc44, on Tue 9 Jun 10:37PM
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    is this the start of the end for Anna?

    From mh_lionel, on Tue 9 Jun 10:31PM
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    From rc_allcock, on Tue 9 Jun 8:47PM
  19. @8,no need for bashing Serbia,it's being racist!!!!

    From cero, on Tue 9 Jun 8:45PM
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    From rc_allcock, on Tue 9 Jun 8:42PM
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