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Ivanovic returns to elite after Bali victory

ESPN staff
November 7, 2010
Ana Ivanovic will return to the top 20 on Monday © Getty Images
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Ana Ivanovic ended her season on a high after winning her second title in a month at the Tournament of Champions in Bali.

The former world No. 1 showed signs of a return to her best as she beat Alisa Kleybanova 6-2 7-6(5). Three weeks after winning the Ladies Linz title in Austria, where she won her first title since the 2008 French Open, Ivanovic secured a return to the world's top 20 with her second title of the year.

Having dropped outside the world's top 60 earlier in the year, Ivanovic was riding high after winning 12 of her last 14 matches, and she made it 13 from 15 with a confident display in Indonesia.

After a breaking to go 4-2 up, Ivanovic won 11 straight points to wrap up the opening set. But she was soon on the back foot after Kleybanova snatched an early break in the second set.

Ivanovic broke back immediately, and saved two break points at 5-5 before edging her Russian opponent in a second-set tiebreak, sealing the victory with her eighth ace.

In the play-off for third place, Kimiko Date Krumm edged Daniela Hantuchova 7-5 7-5.

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