PARIS — At the scene of her greatest triumph, Ana Ivanovic is revisiting the sort of winning she has not achieved since.
The seventh-seeded Ivanovic defeated 19th-seeded Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 6-2, Tuesday afternoon, advancing to the semifinals of the French Open. It is Ivanovic’s first Grand Slam semifinal in seven years, since winning her lone major title here in 2008.
“I don’t know if I should feel really old or really happy,” Ivanovic, 27, said in her on-court interview.
A resurgent season a year ago carried her back into the top five, but Ivanovic had struggled this year since hurting her toe in Australia in January.