Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Shares Throwback Pictures Of Former Tennis Star Ana Ivanovic
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia reacts during her Ladies' Singles first round match against Francesca Schiavone of Italy on day two of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on June 24, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
Former tennis star Ana Ivanovic posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue back in 2010.
At the time, she was one of the game's rising stars - a No. 1 ranked player who had won the French Open in 2008 and appeared in the Australian Open final the same year.
SI Swimsuit is taking a trip down memory lane and sharing a few throwback photos from Ivanovic's appearance in the issue.
Ivanovic said she was "honored" to appear in the issue back in 2010. She said that it made her "feel like a different person out there," and that she tried to feel as comfortable as she could with the new experience.
After retiring from tennis in 2016, Ivanovic married former German soccer star Bastian Schweinsteiger. They have two boys together and Ivanovic announced that she is expecting a third child earlier this year.
“Being a mother has, of course, its beauties, but it also has its challenges,” she said in an interview with Olympics.com.
There are so many moments when you are just really exhausted and you are talking the edge of survival, and you’re like, how do I do it? How can a little human make three, or two, or four adults super tired?
But then you really pull from that, what you had in the past, and how you pulled through tough moments and long matches and exhaustion and so on.”
