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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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1. Photos
2. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Llagostera Vives
3. Second-round draw
4. Women's Doubles
5. Order of play for Thursday

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1. Photos
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Anna Chakvetadze:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=chakvetadze
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/wta310623.html
Search Getty Images for "chakvetadze"

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2. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Llagostera Vives
(Wednesday 28th May 2008)
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+ ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF] d. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6-3 5-7 6-1

The match started at 14:17 CEST, which gave me barely enough time to
recover from the scary marathon that Maria Sharapova had put me
through! I followed live scores at www.rolandgarros.com, although
sadly the scoreboard wasn't running smoothly at the time.


First set
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CHAKVETADZ *@__*@* * 6
LLAGOSTERA __@*___*_ 3

Anna serving 0-0: 30/0... held.
LV serving 0-1: 15/15. 30/15. 30/30... broken.

A relaxed, easy-going start compared to how I felt during Maria's
third set!

Anna serving 2-0: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40... broken.
LV serving 1-2: 15/15. 15/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad LV. Held.

But I said this could be a tough one, and so the early scores would
suggest.

Anna serving 2-2: 30/15. 40/15. Scoreboard froze for ages... Anna
held.
LV serving 2-3: 15/0. 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40. Broken.
Anna serving 4-2: 40/0... held.
LV serving 2-5: 15/30. 40/30... held.
Anna serving 5-3: 15/0. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Anna (SP #1).
Anna won the first set 6-3 at 14:50 (33m).


Second set
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CHAKVETADZ @ @ @__* *__ 5
LLAGOSTERA _@ @ @* * *@ 7

LV serving 0-0: 15/15. 15/40. Broken.
Anna serving 1-0: 0/30. 15/30... broken.
LV serving 1-1: 0/15. 30/30. 30/40... Ad LV. Deuce #2. Ad Anna...
broken.
Anna serving 2-1: 0/15. 15/30. 15/40. Broken.
LV serving 2-2: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad Anna (BP). Deuce #2.
Ad Anna. Broken.

Well pegged back from 40/15 by Anna!

Anna serving 3-2: 15/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad LV. Broken.

But the same can now be said for Llagostera Vives. Anna's had trouble
closing out matches this year - will this be another such match?

LV serving 3-3: 15/0. 15/40. 30/40... held.

And another lead in a game goes begging, and Llagostera Vives becomes
the first player to hold serve in this set.

Anna serving 3-4: 0/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40... ad Anna. Held.

Phew - break-point saved, and Anna's first hold of the set! Can she
close out this match before Vera Zvonarëva, who started at the end of
Anna's first set but is already 6-2 3-0* up?

LV serving 4-4: 30/0... Held.
Anna serving 4-5: 0/15. 30/15. 30/30... held.
LV serving 5-5: 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 5-6: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40 (SP #1). Llagostera Vives won
the second set 7-5 at 15:42 (second set 52m, match so far 1h25m).

And Vera Zvonarëva, who started her match during the last game of
Anna's first set, is already in the locker-room with a 6-2 6-1 win.


Third set
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CHAKVETADZ @ @*@*@ 6
LLAGOSTERA _@_____ 1

LV serving 0-0: 15/40. 30/40. Broken.

Well, first blood to Anna in the third set, but since she was up
three separate breaks in the second, I wouldn't put too much stock on
that.

Anna serving 1-0: 0/40. Broken.

Here we go again. Why do my players have to make it so hard for me,
when all four of my Eternal Fanship survivors are on today's order of
play?

Whoever holds serve first will win the match - that's my prediction
for this third set.

LV serving 1-1: 15/15. 15/40. 30/40. Broken.
Anna serving 2-1: 40/0. Held.

And it's Anna! :-) She's done what she never managed to do in the
second set: win two games in a row.

LV serving 1-3: 15/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Scoreboard froze... even
Rafael Nadal's going to beat Anna to the locker-room at this rate!
(not the /same/ locker-room, obviously).

LV serving 1-5: 15/0. 30/15. 40/30... Ad Anna (MP #1). Deuce #2.
Anna won 6-3 5-7 6-1 at 16:12 (third set 30m, match 1h55m).

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3. Second-round draw
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3.1 Top half
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* MARIA SHARAPOVA [1,EF] v Bethanie Mattek [Q] (DAVAI MARIA!!)
* Olivia Sánchez [WC] v KARIN KNAPP [32]
* MARIA KIRILENKO [21,DF] v Zheng,Jie [Q]
* Magdaléna Rybáriková [Q,DF] v DINARA SAFINA [13] (podme Magda!)

* VERA ZVONARËVA [11,EF] v Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (DAVAI VERA!!)
* Akgul Amanmuradova v Aleksandra Wozniak
* Olga Govortsova v AI SUGIYAMA [31]
* Marta Domachowska v ELENA DEMENTIEVA [7] (my loyalty is to Marta)

* SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [4] v Vania King
* Alisa Kleybanova v NADIA PETROVA [25]
* FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [18] v Sanda Mamic
* Sorana-Mihaela Cîrstea v VICTORIA AZARENKA [16]

* Sabine Lisicki v ÁGNES SZÁVAY [12] (komm jetzt Sabine!)
* Petra Kvitová v Samantha Stosur [WC]
* Tsvetana Pironkova v ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [29]
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF] v Kaia Kanepi (DAVAI ANNA!!)


3.2 Bottom half
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* VENUS WILLIAMS [8] v Selima Sfar [Q]
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [Q] v FLAVIA PENNETTA [26,DF]
* AMÉLIE MAURESMO [22] v Carla Suárez Navarro [Q]
* Nathalie Dechy v Casey Dell'Acqua

* AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [14] won
* Gisela Dulko [DF] v ALIZÉ CORNET [19], 0-6 6-4 3-3*
* DOMINIKA CIBULKOVÁ [28] v Milagros Sequera (podme Dominika!)
* Marina Erakovic v JELENA JANKOVIC [3]

* SERENA WILLIAMS [5] won
* Ekaterina Makarova v KATARINA SREBOTNIK [27]
* Emilie Loit won
* PATTY SCHNYDER [10] won

* Iveta Benešová [Q] v Peng,Shuai [S]
* Galina Voskoboeva v Petra Cetkovská
* CAROLINE WOZNIACKI [30] won
* ANA IVANOVIC [2,DF] won

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4. Women's Doubles
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4.1 First-round draw
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* Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Jelena Jankovic v (IVETA BENEŠOVÁ/JANETTE
HUSÁROVÁ)[13]

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5. Order of play for Thursday
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Court 7 (start 11:00 CEST = 09:00 GMT = 10:00 BST)
MS 2r: Bobby Reynolds v Nicolas Lapentti
WS 2r: ÁGNES SZÁVAY [12] v Sabine Lisicki
WS 2r: Kaia Kanepi v ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF]
MS 2r: Alejandro Falla v Julien Benneteau

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

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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