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Ivanovic's drought ends with berth in quarterfinals
Updated: September 4, 2012, 9:04 AM ET
By
Jane McManus
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. -- Ana Ivanovic had not reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal in four years. It was 2008, the year she won the French Open and was No. 1 in the world, a 20-year-old with wits, beauty and a fearless confidence that it would always be like this.
Had she known it would be a long four years of injuries, during which her ranking dipped to No. 65, before she would again reach a quarter with a win over Tsvetana Pironkova at the U.S. Open on Labor Day, she might ...
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