However, regular success has been hard to come by in recent times, with Ivanovic being unable to beat top ten players on a regular basis and having not won a title, let alone reached a final, since November 2011, and having suffered many heavy defeats along the way (Ivanovic has suffered five 6–0 set losses since July 2012, including a double-bagel loss at the 2012 Rogers Cup).
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Sears was sacked as Ivanovic's coach following Wimbledon in 2013, in which Ivanovic was defeated in the second round by Eugenie Bouchard.
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At the French Open, Hantuchová lost a marathon second round match to Ashley Harkleroad in which she made over 100 unforced errors, which led to Sears publicly criticising her attitude.
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