Ivanovic hurries into French Open last 16


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 29 May 2015

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia serves to Donna Vekic of Croatia during their women's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - Former champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia raced into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-0 6-3 demolition of Croatian Donna Vekic on Friday.

The seventh seed, who won the Roland Garros title in 2008, suffered a minor glitch in the second set when she lost eight points in a row as Vekic rebelled to move a break up for 2-1.

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