MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Ana Ivanovic has won her second-round match at the Australian Open.
The fifth-seeded Ivanovic beat Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday to advance to a third-round match against either Russian Alisa Kleybanova or Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France.
Brianti received treatment from a trainer for a lower back injury trailing 3-0 in the second set and took a medical timeout. She returned to break Ivanovic's service in the next game, but Ivanovic returned the favor in the seventh game and then served out the match.
Ivanovic lost last year's Australian Open final to Maria Sharapova, who is not defending her title due to a shoulder injury.