Wimbledon 2008 - The Battle for the Heart of Ladies’ Tennis

The grass courts of the All England Club will witness the beginnings of a ‘majors’ onslaught this week by the top women in international tennis - the incumbent number 1 and French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic and her Russian counterpart, Maria Sharapova, currently ranked number 2 in the world.

Neither woman has had the opportunity of testing her grass skills out prior to the start of the Wimbledon Championship today, as both opted to recover fully from slight injuries picked up during their campaign for the French Open title in Paris.

It is not only the race for the most celebrated title in world tennis that is going to be fascinating watching, but it will be the ‘gloves-off’ battle for the number 1 position as well that will keep the pundits firmly in their seats. There are only 482 points separating the two women and Sharapova, for one, has made no bones of the fact that she wants to be back on top as soon as possible.

Although Ivanovic’s self confidence must be soaring right now, Sharapova does have the added advantage of having clinched the title in 2004 and has an impressive 23/4 career record at Wimbledon. Ivanovic, on the other hand, has never won a title on grass and she has lost three of the five matches contested against the Russian number 2.

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