Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, last year's Australian Open runner-up, has won her second-round match at the season's opening Grand Slam.
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 when trailing 3-0 in the second set and took a medical time out. 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.
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Ivanovic lost last year's final to Maria Sharapova, who is not defending her title due to a shoulder injury.
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