Ivanovic withdraws from Tennis

(BEIJING, August 10) -- Top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia has withdrawn from Women's Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a right thumb injury.

"I've been struggling with it. For the past month I've been receiving so much treatment and I've been doing everything to recover after Montreal where I really wasn't able to play. After there it was so painful. I took some time off and haven't played a tournament in 10 days. Even yesterday we flew a doctor in from Australia to help with my hand. I've had really great doctors and we've tried all kind of treatments. It's just nothing could get my hand back to be ready to play and it was one of the hardest decisions," said Ivanovic in explanation.

"It's one of the hardest moments in my career. I've tried to recover and play but it was just impossible. This kind of injury takes time and that's what I just didn't have enough of. I'm very disappointed but I'm young and will have another chance," she added hopefully.

Women's Tennis is set to resume on Monday, August 11, after several matches were postponed by rain.