The Open: Clijsters advances to the quarters!

Number two seed Kim Clijsters from Belgium returns against Ana Ivanovic from Serbia during their US Open 2010 match at the USTA Billie Jean King National ennis Center in New York September 52010. She emininated Ivanovic by score of 6-3, 6-1. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY

NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 05: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia returns a shot against Kim Clijsters of Belgium during her women’s singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) The defending US Open Champion Kim Clijsters proved to be too strong for Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, who lost the match but had a good tournament reaching the round of sixteen. Clijsters is one of the top favorites to win the tournament, and garner a consecutive US Open championship, and a third cumulative title. On the other hand Ivanovic played an aggressive tennis, and her attitude on the court has improved: she seems more relaxed and her game is showing an improvement that will take her to her rightful top ten ranking in the next months of the tour.

NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 05: Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts after defeating Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during her women’s singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 05: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia returns a shot against Kim Clijsters of Belgium during her women’s singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)