Ivanovic progresses in Melbourne

Ana Ivanovic faced few problems as she downed Katarina Srebotnik 6-3 6-4 on the Vodafone Arena to progress to the fourth round of the Australian Open.

The 20-year-old Serb, the tournament’s fourth seed, broke early in the first set before holding serve throughout to take the lead.

She then broke the Srebotnik serve again in the third game of the second set but was forced to survive a break point from the Slovenian in the next before holding her own serve to consolidate her lead.

From there Ivanovic, who served seven aces throughout the 82 minutes of play, closed out the game to book her spot in the fourth round.

Ivanovic will now play the winner of the third-round clash between Sabine Lisicki from Germany and Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.