Shock!! Ivanovic ousted at Wimbledon

The top-seeded Serb was upset, 6-1, 6-4, by Chinese wild card Jie Zheng in third-round action at the grasscourt major Friday.

“It’s tough, but she played well today,” Ivanovic said. “It was a tough match for me, but I just look at it as a learning learning experience.”

Ivanovic had reached this stage after surviving scare on Wednesday, when she escaped with a 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-3), 10-8 victory over Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy.

The reigning French Open champion saved a pair of match points in the second set of that match. On the second of those match points saved, the top-ranked Ivanovic caught a break when a return shot clipped the top of the net and dropped softly to Dechy’s side of the court.