"Bastian Schweinsteiger and I are officially getting outnumbered" - Former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic announces she is expecting her third child
Former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic has announced that she is pregnant with her third child.
Ivanovic, who is married to World Cup-winning soccer player Bastian Schweinsteiger, is already the mother of two children. She gave birth to her first son in 2018 before welcoming another son in 2019.
Ivanovic shared an image of herself and Schweinsteiger holding her baby bump on Instagram on Friday, revealing the happy news to her fans.
"Now @bastianschweinsteiger and I are officially getting outnumbered," the former World No. 1 captioned the image.
Ana Ivanovic was a pretty formidable competitor in her prime and had a very good career, winning 15 singles titles. Her most notable title was the French Open, which she won in 2008 by beating Dinara Safina in the final. She previously reached the final of the clay-court Major in 2007 as well as the Australian Open final in 2008.
Ivanovic is also a former World No. 1 and was at the top of the WTA rankings for a total of 12 weeks. The Serb announced her retirement from tennis in 2016 after enduring a disappointing season that saw her win only 15 out of 29 matches.
A few months back in October 2022, Ivanovic was nominated for the 2023 International Tennis Hall of Fame. The other nominees included Carlos Moya, Daniel Nestor, Flavia Pennetta, Lisa Raymond, Cara Black, and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
"I felt like I could never get myself back in shape to be in the top" - Ana Ivanovic on her retirement
Ana Ivanovic spoke about her retirement from tennis in 2016 via an Instagram post during December. The 35-year-old said that while stepping back from tennis was a really tough decision, it wasn't something she regretted.
She also claimed that her injury issues made her feel that she could never get herself back at the top.
"A really tough decision that I made 6 years ago, but never regretted. Stepping back from my career was hard, but that doesn’t mean that tennis hasn’t remained my passion after all," Ivanovic said.
"I think it's always a very hard moment in your career when you make that decision but to be honest, last year or over a year, I was really struggling with lot of injuries and I felt like I could never get myself back in shape to be in the top and I really felt it was time for me to step back and to look for other opportuinites and other wishes that I had for starting a different career," she added.