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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Grand Slam)
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Contents
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1. First-round draw
2. Women's Doubles: First-round draw
3. Order of play for Tuesday
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[Rihanna, "Umbrella"]
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1. First-round draw (Monday's losers removed)
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1.1 Top quarter: Daniela Hantuchová
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* JUSTINE HENIN [1] won
* Vera Dushevina
* Sun,Tiantian v Emilie Loit
* Elena Vesnina v OLGA POUTCHKOVA [30] (may the better win!)
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [24] v Jill Craybas (davai Alyona!)
* Eva Birnerová v Ágnes Szávay [Q] (pojdme Eva!)
* Roberta Vinci won
* PATTY SCHNYDER [15] won
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [WC] (podme
Daniela!)
* Maria Elena Camerin v Elena Likhovtseva (both nice; forza Maria
Elena!)
* Nika Oegovic [Q] v Anna-Lena Grönefeld
* KATARINA SREBOTNIK [19] v Elena Baltacha [WC] (dajmo Katarina!)
* SAMANTHA STOSUR [27] v Kristina Brandi [Q]
* Milagros Sequera v Julia Schruff
* Alicia Molik won
* SERENA WILLIAMS [7] won
1.2 Second quarter: Anna Chakvetadze
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* JELENA JANKOVIC [3] v Anne Keothavong [WC]
* Meghann Shaughnessy v Jarmila Gajdoová
* Gisela Dulko [DF] v Eleni Daniilidou, 7-5 3-6 *0-0 (15/30)
* LUCIE AFÁROVÁ [25,DF] won
* MARION BARTOLI [18,S] won
* Olga Govortsova [Q] v Greta Arn, 6-7 (5/7) 0-0*
* Kaia Kanepi won
* SHAHAR PE'ER [16] won
* MARTINA HINGIS [9] won
* Aiko Nakamura [S] won
* Laura Granville won
* SYBILLE BAMMER [20] won
* MICHAËLLA KRAJÍCEK [31] v Tzipora Obziler, 6-2 6-7 (6/8) *0-0
* Sandra Klösel v Katie O'Brien [WC], *3-5
* Viktoriya Kutuzova [WC] v Tatiana Poutchek
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Angelique Kerber (davai Anna!)
1.3 Third quarter: Nicole Vaidiová
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* ANA IVANOVIC [6,DF] v Melinda Czink (ajde Ana!)
* Edina Gallovits v Meilen Tu
* Aravane Rezaď v Shenay Perry (allez Aravane!)
* Anne Kremer v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [29] (dajee Anne!)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual v ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [22] (Ąvamos
Virginia!)
* Tatiana Perebiynis [Q] v Emmanuelle Gagliardi (davai Tatiana!)
* Sania Mirza [DF] v Yaroslava Shvedova (both nice; chal Sania!)
* Vania King v NADIA PETROVA [11]
* NICOLE VAIDIOVÁ [14,EF] v Karin Knapp (pojdme Nicole!)
* Nicole Pratt v Casey Dell'Acqua [Q]
* Victoria Azarenka v Jelena Kostanic Toic
* Yan,Zi [Q,S] v TATHIANA GARBIN [21] (jia you Zi!)
* Ayumi Morita [Q,S] v MARA SANTANGELO [28] (ganbatte Ayumi!)
* Caroline Wozniacki [WC] v Anastasiya Yakimova (kom sĺ Caroline!)
* Virginie Razzano v Yvonne Meusburger
* Jamea Jackson v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [4] (anyone but Mauresmo!)
1.4 Bottom quarter: Maria Sharapova
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* Julia Vakulenko v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [5] (davai Julia!)
* Bethanie Mattek v Vasilisa Bardina
* Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova v Agnieszka Radwanska (aide Tsvetana!)
* Anna Smashnova v MARTINA MÜLLER [32]
* TATIANA GOLOVIN [17,DF] v Hsieh,Su-Wei [Q,S] (allez Tatiana!)
* Tamira Paszek v Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová [Q] (auf jetzt Tamira!)
* Iveta Beneová v Catalina Castańo (pojdme Iveta!)
* ELENA DEMENTIEVA [12] v Nathalie Dechy (davai Elena!)
* Kateryna Bondarenko v DINARA SAFINA [13] (davai Kateryna!)
* Akiko Morigami [S] v Alberta Brianti (ganbatte Akiko!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v Hana romová (jia you Shuai!)
* Alla Kudryavtseva v VENUS WILLIAMS [23]
* AI SUGIYAMA [26] v Melanie South [WC]
* Maria Kirilenko v Alizé Cornet [LL] (both nice; davai Maria!)
* Séverine Brémond v Ekaterina Bychkova (both nice; allez Séverine!)
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [2,EF] v Chan,Yung-Jan (davai Maria!)
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2. Women's Doubles: First-round draw (Andrew's selections)
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* Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Victoria Azarenka
v Hsieh,Su-Wei [S]/Alla Kudryavtseva
Kirilenko/Vesnina is a very nice pairing, but whatever happened to
Chakvesnina and Dulkirilenko?
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3. Order of play for Tuesday
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Court 13 (start 12:00 BST = 11:00 GMT)
1. MS 1r: Rik de Voest v MARAT SAFIN [26]
2. WS 1r: MICHAËLLA KRAJÍCEK [31] v Tzipora Obziler, 6-2 6-7 *0-0
3. WS 1r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Angelique Kerber
4. MS 1r: Jonathan Marray [WC] v Sébastien Grosjean
5. WS 1r: ANA IVANOVIC [6,DF] v Melinda Czink
Court 13 /is/ one of the televised courts, but I get the feeling that
Anna means nothing to the BBC after they failed to televise her this
year despite her Australian and French Open quarter-finals! :-||
Full order of play:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/schedule/
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Dr. Andrew Broad
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