Ivanovic Closes Out King's Musical Run MELBOURNE, Australia - Vania King's quest for a berth in the Round of 16 ended without a victory song on Saturday when Ana Ivanovic of Serbia prevailed, 6-3, 6-4, in a closely fought match before about 8,000 fans at the 2012 Australian Open. King, whose previous victory ended with her singing "Dream a Little Dream of Me" to an American television audience, clawed her way to the edge of a comeback in this match, but couldn't contain Ivanovic's closing surge. "I'm really happy I managed to survive that last game," Ivanovic said, referring to a furious set of points in which she lost a 30-love lead on her serve, fought back to deuce, and then hit a prodigious cross-court forehand for a winner that set up match point. "I can't say I played bad, I played good," said King, "but I was just kind of disappointed I wasn't able to let go of other things that were surrounding me and just focus on the court." The atmosphere surrounding the match, played on a 10,000-seat arena, had distracted her, she conceded. "It was a big match for me," she said, "and being on a big stadium" had an unintended effect. As the second set began to play out, King led 2-1 and held a 40-love lead over Ivanovic. Had she been able to capitalize on her advantage, the result could have been different. But then King unaccountably lost seven consecutive points and trailed 3-2 within just a few minutes. One lost point, she said she discovered, was the result of the chair umpire's error, awarding the game to Ivanovic when another point remained to be played. She did not protest. Suddenly, however, Ivanovic, grimacing and bending over several times, seemed in need of a medical timeout on the changeover. She shook her head frequently while conferring with trainers who came to her side, then took two pills handed her before resuming play. In an on-court interview following the match, the Serbian, who won the French Open in 2008, fended off a question about the nature of her ailment. Later, she told reporters she had felt nauseous. I caught a bug a couple of days ago. The two tablets, Ivanovic said, "really helped to calm things down a bit" King, asked what song she might sung if she had won, smiled and said without hesitation, "We Are the Champions!" Ivanovic's opponent in the next round, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, the second seed, advanced when Maria Kirilenko of Russia withdrew with an injury after only 38 minutes of play.