"It was impossible to play crosscourt because the wall was too close so we had to keep playing down the lines. That was the courts we had during the winter."
The 19 year old, whose country was still called Yugoslavia when she was born, eventually moved to Switzerland in search of a better infrastructure.
One of three Serbian players to have reached the semi-finals here with Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic, Ivanovic said growing up in a war-torn country had its difficult moments.
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