Sixth seed Ivanovic overcomes Czink at Wimbledon

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) French Open finalist Ana Ivanovic overcame Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-0 7-6 in the first round at Wimbledon today.

The Serbian sixth seed with the powerful serve raced through the first set in 19 minutes.

Left-hander Czink, who had lost both their previous meetings, rallied at the start of the second set, breaking Ivanovic when she sent the ball long.

Ivanovic broke back in the fourth game, which was interrupted for 40 minutes for rain but the 1.86 metres tall Serb was made to work for her points from then on.

Czink, ranked 133 in the world, forced the set to a tiebreak, only to give Ivanovic the match when she put a forehand out.

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