"I think every player in one way or another goes through a tough time, and I think it is not how many times you fall but how many times you get back up, " Ivanovic, who this year has been working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Gunthardt, told reporters.

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But he might have been a bit-part player next season or had to move to another club and I think he wanted to go out at the very top.

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