Ana Ivanovic was interview by Rebecca Johnson and is featured in the Vogue's August book "The Age Issue" representing the 20-somethings in the world.

Here is an excerpt from the interview and you can read the whole article on Vogue.com.

"Unfortunately, life doesn’t always follow the script. Weeks after her career-changing victory at the French Open, Ivanovic lost at Wimbledon to a Chinese player ranked 133rd in the world. The New York Times called her “unrecognizable” as the girl who had kissed the trophy in Paris. It went from bad to worse later that summer at the U.S. Open, where she didn’t even make it past the second round, losing to a 188th-ranked French player who had considered dropping out of tennis altogether only weeks earlier. When Ivanovic returned to the French Open this year, hopes were high a new coach might help her pull off a repeat victory, but she lost in the fourth round.

Ana, Ana, Ana. Her fans have begun to wonder. What has happened?

Ivanovic smiles serenely at the question. (Imagine being 21 and grilled about your failures: “Why, exactly, did your last paper on Henry James suck so badly?”) “Becoming number one was great, but it was tough,” she answers in her rapid-fire English. “All of a sudden, everybody is chasing you. I wanted to stay there really badly, and I was thinking, Oh, now I have to work really hard to stay there.” The problem is, she was already working hard. She is the first to admit that she isn’t necessarily the most gifted player (growing up, she usually finished number two), but she has endured through sheer force of will. “Talent will only take you so far,” she says. “Tennis is all about personality. Sometimes you get bored. It can be really monotonous. But you have to see the big picture and keep working.”

It is, however, possible to work too hard. “Maybe I am a bit of a perfectionist,” she continues. “The pressure from the media was so intense, it was overwhelming, and that’s when I got injured.” It happened in Spain, where she had gone to recover after her lackluster Wimbledon performance by training with some male players. “Hitting the ball hard is a release of the tension for me,” she says. The more pressure, the more tension. The more tension, the more she needed the release. Something had to give. Her thumb, to be exact."

Here is behind-the-scenes video from the shoot.

Ana Ivanovic's interview for Vogue