05/05/2011 19:35 CEST - INTERVIEWS

Ivanovic - Rolex (5.5.2011)

MANOLO SANTANA.-
Thank you for being here at this presentation we are doing with our traveling partners which they have been for a long time and hopefully for a long time after this, with Rolex and with Ana who is here with us. Thank you Ana for being here this morning. Speaking from the tournament point of view, we are really delighted to be associated with Rolex and now I'm going to let the CEO of Rolex Spain talk.

ROLAND SCHULER.-
Thank you very much Manolo. Well, I am delighted to tell you that we are going to be present in the tournament 3 more years as the official watch and then it will have been 10 times that we have collaborated together if I am not mistaken. I still remember when we started, it was in the old location and I have to say that the work we have done together is really tremendous. In just a short time, we have a done a lot in Madrid, we have reached very high level on a global scale in an athletes world. And effectively, we both share 2 very common qualities; one is the love for tennis and the second is the passion for excellence. If we join these two ingredients, the best decision and the most intelligent will be to join these two things and to continue working together and I hope it will be for many more years. We have a lot of admiration, especially for Ion Tiriac's vision, please congratulate him. But all this happens through an organization, direct from the tournament, Gérard Tsobanian director of the tournament, congratulations to for your day to day work with Manolo. Without all of you this wouldn’t be possible. And of course Ana, thank you for coming, its been an honor , we wish you a lot of success and a lot of luck and all the best. Thank you.

MANOLO SANTANA.-
I don’t know if you have any questions. Do any of you have any question to ask to this beautiful woman and she is a wonderful tennis player as well. She would be delighted to answer you.

ANA IVANOVIC.-
Q. I would like to ask Ana what her plans are from here to Roland Garros, she mentioned earlier to me that she was playing in Rome, so after Rome are you going to play anywhere else?
A. Yes, I am going to Rome in a couple of days and I still haven’t decided if I'm going to play something the week before Paris. I definitely feel I need to play a lot more matches, its been a lot of stopping and going, but I feel good about where my game is at the moment and I just need to go out there and compete more.

Q: I wanted to ask her, I've been reading these days her columns in 'Marca newspaper' and if she likes to write or if you have a diary?
A. Yes, sometimes its hard to write about the games, but I like to write and I think Madrid is a great city and this is a great week and lots of fun things are happening and also it's a great way to bring fans closer to the game and also show them what´s happening behind the scene a little bit and yes give them a bit of insight about we have been up to.

Q. I wanted to ask what objective do you have in your game for this season and if you hope to be ranked among the top 10, if you keep dreaming about being number one?
A. Definitely that is my goal and I do think I have quality and potential to do that and do feel good about taking advantage of the moment and I've been working very hard also on and off the court and to keep healthy and get my body stronger. But like I said, I feel like I just need a lot of matches and that’s what I've been lacking the last few years. It just hasn’t been automatic for me to compete and I'm very keen to get more matches and to get out there and put myself in a position to win big tournaments.

MANOLO SANTANA.-
Well thank you very much for being with us and thank you Rolex for collaborating with us once again