Ivanovic looking for luck in Beijing after Olympic withdrawal

Short of a major victory since winning the French Open in May, world No 4 Ana Ivanovic aims to overturn her run of bad luck at the China Open, starting yesterday in Beijing.

The leggy Serbian retired from the Beijing Olympics with a right thumb injury in August but she believes her second trip to China's capital city will be different.

"My second visit to Beijing is quite different," she said yesterday. "I'm happy to see that tennis is popular here.