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Serbian Ana Ivanovic - Out of the Beijing Olympics

Serbian Ana IvanovicFrench Open Champion Serbian Ana Ivanovic is out of the Beijing Olympics 2008 as she could not recover from her injured thumb. Ivanovic's pull-out came on a rain-hit day at the Women tennis tournament where only nine of a scheduled 45 matches were completed.

The Serbian player was due to face Mariya Koryttseva of Lithuania in her first round match. She was carrying the right thumb injury since the Rogers Cup in Montreal and since she arrived at Beijing Olympics she didnt hit a single ball.

On Sunday, she said, she hope to play at the U.S. Open in New York to be held on 25th August.