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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Molik
2. Second-round draw (bottom half)
3. Third-round draw (top half)
4. Order of play for Thursday

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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Molik
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+ ANNA CHAKVETADZE [9,EF] d. Alicia Molik, 6-2 6-3

I was watching Maria Sharapova's match on BBCi, and only remembered
at 11:30 CEST that Anna was playing! :-o

Not much to say, really, as it was a pretty straightforward win for
Anna. Perhaps the most important point was the break-point that she
saved at *3-2 in the first set, and the most worrying aspect was that
she failed to serve out the match at 6-2 *5-2.


First set
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CHAKV _*@* *@* 6
MOLIK *___*___ 2

Molik serving 1-3: Ad Molik. Deuce. Ad Molik. Deuce #2. Ad Molik.
Held.
Anna serving 3-2: 0/15. 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 40/30. 40/40.
Ad Molik (BP). Deuce #2. Ad Anna. Held.
Molik serving 2-4: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40. Broken.
Anna serving 5-2: 30/15. Anna won the first set 6-2 at 11:45.


Second set
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CHAKV @* * *@ @ 6
MOLIK __* *__@_ 3

Molik serving 0-0: 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Broken.
Anna serving 1-0: 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Molik serving 0-2: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 2-1: 40/0. Held.
Molik serving 1-3: 15/0. 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 3-2: 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Molik serving 2-4: 0/15. 15/15. 30/40 (BP). Broken.
Anna serving 5-2: 0/15. 15/40 (2 BPs). Broken.
Molik serving 3-5: 0/40 (3 MPs). Anna won 6-2 6-3 at 12:14.


Statistics
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In points, Anna won 62-43 (first set 35-25, second set 27-18).

The ratios of winners and unforced errors look rather poor at face-
value: Anna 3:16 (all her winners came in the second set), Molik 3:18
(all her winners came in the first set).

But what the official statistics don't say /directly/ is that Anna
won 41 of the remaining points by forcing Molik into error, while
Molik only won 24 points by forcing Anna into error. On clay it's
harder to hit winners and easier to make unforced errors, so I don't
think their UE-counts are too bad.

Anna played predominantly from the baseline, winning 4 of 5 points at
the net, while Molik - who plays a serve & volley game on grass - won
7 of 8 points at the net.

Anna got 70% of first serves in, winning 79% of the points when she
did so, but only 43% on second serve. In the second set, she traded
her high percentage of first serves in (79% to 58%) for a slightly
higher percentage of points won when she did get it in (77% to 82%),
and also improved her second-serve percentage (33% to 50%).

Corresponding statistics for Molik were 66%, 55% and 35%.

Anna served 4 aces, Molik 3, and they made one double fault each.

Anna broke 5 times from 10 break-points (2 of 6 in the first set,
3 of 4 in the second), while Molik broke once from 3 BPs, but the
worrying thing is that it came when Anna was serving for the match at
6-2 5-2.

I've observed before that Anna holds serve reliably, but can get
nervous when she's serving for a set or a match. She might get away
with it against the likes of Molik, but not against the top players:
if you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.
t 34-29, second set 26-12).

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2. Second-round draw (bottom half)
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* ANA IVANOVIC [7,DF] v Sania Mirza [DF] (both nice; my loyalty is to
Sania)
* Tatiana Poutchek v Ioana Raluca Olaru [Q]
* ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [24] v Elena Likhovtseva
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] v Olga Poutchkova (both nice; my loyalty
is to Daniela)

* SHAHAR PE'ER [15] v Edina Gallovits (kadima Shahar!)
* KATARINA SREBOTNIK [17] v Vera Dushevina (dajmo Katarina!)
* Dominika Cibulková [Q] v MARTINA MÜLLER [32] (podme Dominika!)
* Meghann Shaughnessy v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [3]

* AMÉLIE MAURESMO [5] v Nathalie Dechy
* LUCIE ŠAFÁROVÁ [25,DF] v Nicole Pratt (pojdme Lucie!)
* AI SUGIYAMA [21] v Meilen Tu
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [9,EF] v Ágnes Szávay [Q] (davai Anna!)

* PATTY SCHNYDER [14] v Kateryna Bondarenko
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [22] v Karin Knapp (davai Alyona!)
* GISELA DULKO [29,DF] v Alla Kudryavtseva [Q] (ˇvamos Gisela!)
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [2,EF] v Jill Craybas

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3. Third-round draw (top half)
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* JUSTINE HENIN [1] v MARA SANTANGELO [28]
* SYBILLE BAMMER [20] v LI,NA [16]
* DINARA SAFINA [10] v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [23]
* Michaëlla Krajícek v (2r: Milagros Sequera v SERENA WILLIAMS [8])

* JELENA JANKOVIC [4] v VENUS WILLIAMS [26]
* MARION BARTOLI [18,S] v ELENA DEMENTIEVA [13] (allez Marion!)
* Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro [WC] v TATHIANA GARBIN [19]
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [6,EF] v SAMANTHA STOSUR [27] (pojdme Nicole!)

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4. Order of play for Thursday (Anna-filtered)
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Court 1 (start 11:00 CEST = 09:00 GMT = 10:00 BST)
1. MS 2r: MARCOS BAGHDATIS [16] v Kristian Pless
2. WS 2r: ANA IVANOVIC [7,DF] v Sania Mirza [DF]
3. MS 2r: CARLOS MOYÁ [23] v Florent Serra
4. WS 2r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [9,EF] v Ágnes Szávay [Q]

Full order of play:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/

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