MELBOURNE: Ana Ivanovic buried the rift with fierce rival Jelena Jankovic at the Australian Open Friday before revealing her quest to lose weight and build strength to return to the top of women's tennis.
The former French Open champion defeated her fellow Serb 7-5, 6-3 to advance to round four, in a match that produced only shades of the animosity of past clashes between the pair.
At Madrid in 2010, Jankowicz complained about the constant fist pumps from Ivanovic, who in turn accused her fellow former world number one of lacking character.
Latent tension between the two was still evident as they exchanged baseline blows for 1hr 23mins, but Ivanovic claimed the intensity was to be expected at a Grand Slam.
Ivanovic has been patchy since winning the 2008 French Open, but she reached last year's US Open quarter-finals -- her best Grand Slam since the Paris victory -- and has made at least the fourth round in five of her last six major tournaments. (AFP)
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