Ivanovic: I was not prepared for Wimbledon

LONDON: Ana Ivanovic admitted her decision to take time off after winning the French Open had backfired as she was dumped out of Wimbledon by Chinese wild ard Zheng Jie.

Ivanovic, 20, opted not to play the pre-Wimbledon tournaments at Birmingham and Eastbourne because victory in Paris had left her mentally and physically drained.

But the Serbian world No 1 conceded she was completely under-prepared for the grass-court season, leading to Friday's shock 6-1, 6-4 third-round defeat to an opponent ranked 132 places below her.