Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic believes that she is on the right way to win the Grand Slam title and able to reach the world number one rankings in future after her slump to the top seed Justine Henin of Belgium 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final on Saturday.
"For sure, I have ambitions to win Grand Slams and reach a position of number one, but I think this was a great experience for me. And in order to reach that, I have to go through these situations and through lot of tough matches, and also dealing with the nerves and the pressure," said the world number seven.
"I think I am working on the right way and I will keep doing what I am doing."
Appearing in the first Grand Slam final of her young career, Ivanovic just posed challenge towards Henin in the first two games of the match and struggled poorly throughout the remaining time, making 31 unforced errors to 14 of Henin and five double faults to just one of her opponent.
"She's been there before, and she won grand slams many times before so she knew how to deal with the nerves. For me, that was the first time.
"And obviously, I wanted to perform well. And I felt really good through the whole tournament, so I wanted to show my best again today. And I was little bit overexcited, and maybe even trying to do too much.
"I can actually learn from Justine, because she's such a great champion. And I'm sure she was nervous as well, but she just dealt with that better than I did today. And I can learn from her."
Ivanovic said that she struggled with her ball toss in her opening service game and that got her concentration completely off her mind.
"On 40-15 in that game I, all of a sudden, started feeling nervous, and my ball toss was going everywhere, so I couldn't really control it. I start to think more about that instead of my game."
"Even when I had some chances to come back, and I played a few good points, she was there. She didn't give me much of a window, and it was tough."
Ivanovic has high hopes for the grass season after reaching her best-ever result in a grand slam and proving this year to be one of the best young players on the WTA tour with a title in Berlin.
"I think my game can be really good on grass. And especially now, I try to come more often to the net," she said. "So hopefully, that will be very good for Wimbledon."
"Obviously, this result here and in Berlin is going to help me a lot with my confidence, and also getting into big tournaments again." (Xinhua)
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