Nara (奈良市, Nara-shi^?) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture. Eight temples, shrines and ruins in Nara, specifically Tōdai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and the Heijō Palace remains, together with Kasugayama Primeval Forest, collectively form "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

According to the most complete extant historical record of ancient Japan Nihon Shoki the name "Nara" derived from the Japanese verb narasu "to flatten".

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784, lending its name to the Nara period.

The temples of Nara, known collectively as the Nanto Shichi Daiji, remained powerful even beyond the move of the political capital to Heian-kyō in 794, thus giving Nara a synonym of Nanto (南都, "The Southern Capital"^?).

In 2010, Nara celebrated the 1,300th anniversary of its ascension as Japan's imperial capital.

Ana Ivanovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић, Ana Ivanović; Serbian pronunciation: [âna iʋǎːnoʋitɕ] ( listen)) (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of May 28, 2012, she is ranked 14th on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. Competing as a professional since 2003, she has won 11 WTA Tour singles titles. When on form, Ivanovic is known for her aggressive style of play.

Ivanovic's mother Dragana (Драгана), a lawyer, supports her daughter during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav (Мирослав), a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš (Милош), with whom she loves to play basketball.

Aside from her tennis career, Ivanovic also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles, who at that time played for Yugoslavia.

Kurumi Nara (Japanese: 奈良くるみ, born December 30, 1991 in Osaka, Japan) is a tennis player. She reached the third round of the 2008 US Open Girls singles tournament, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4). She advanced to the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2010 French Open with a 4–6, 7–6(3), 10–8 win over Monica Niculescu. At four hours and 42 minutes, it was said to be the longest women's Grand Slam qualifier or main draw match in history. She would go on to lose her first round match to Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–2. She also qualified for Wimbledon, and won her first Grand Slam main draw singles match with a 6–4, 6–2 win over Mariana Duque Marino

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