Ivanovic Reaches French Open Semifinal

Ana Ivanovic beats Patty Schnyder to reach French Open semifinals

When Ana Ivanovic hits an especially good shot, she celebrates with a combination leg-kick fist-pump, and she’s doing it a lot at the French Open. The No. 2-seeded Ivanovic beat No. 10 Patty Schnyder 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to become the first semifinalist at Roland Garros.

Ivanovic’s opponent Thursday will be the winner of the later match between No. 3 Jelena Jankovic and unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro.

Ivanovic has reached the semifinals at four of the past five Grand Slam tournaments, starting with her run at Roland Garros a year ago, when she lost to Justine Henin in the final.

She struggled against Schnyder only when trying to close out the victory, hitting her second and third double-faults of the match in the final game before smacking a service winner on the third match point