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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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1. Photos
2. Second-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Kanepi
3. Women's Doubles

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1. Photos
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For completists:
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2. Second-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Kanepi
(Thursday 29th May 2008)
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- ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF] lt. Kaia Kanepi, 4-6 6-7 (2/7)

An incredibly wasteful display from Anna: she converted only 3 of 11
break-points, including 4-4* (15/40) in the first set, and at least
two at 3-3* in the second. She was actually up *3-2 in the second,
and squandered a set-point as she served for it at *5-4. And she had
a woeful W:UE ratio of 5:38.

It's so sad to see a player with so much talent and so little
confidence right now. And it's even sadder not to be able to see her
play.

So another Grand Slam passes by without Anna being televised by the
BBC. I can only hope she'll make a late entry into Birmingham now
[edit: she didn't] - I missed her there last year, and she could
certainly do with the match-play on grass as she prepares to
defend 's-Hertogenbosch and play Wimbledon.

Anna means so little to the BBC that there isn't even a headline on
CEEFAX about her loss, as there is for the men's 6th seed David
Nalbandian and women's 22nd seed Amélie Mauresmo - just a little
paragraph at the bottom of that report. :-||


First set
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CHAKVE _*___*@*__ 4
KANEPI * *@*___*@ 6

The match started at 18:53 CEST. I followed live scores at
www.rolandgarros.com, which sadly was updating only every few points.

Kanepi serving 0-0: 0/30. 40/30. Held.
Anna serving 0-1: 0/15... held.
Kanepi serving 1-1: 30/0. 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 1-2: 15/15. 15/30. 15/40. 30/40. Broken.
Kanepi serving 3-1: 0/15. 15/30. 30/40... Ad Kanepi. Held.

Very disappointing from Anna so far. I would expect a player of her
calibre not to waste break-point at 1-3 down, or at least somehow
find a way to break back immediately against a player ranked #49.

Anna serving 1-4: 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. Held.
Kanepi serving 4-2: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40. 30/40. Broken.

That's more like it! Anna just needs to consolidate that break with a
hold, and she'll have the momentum.

Anna serving 3-4: 40/0. 40/15. Held.
Kanepi serving 4-4: 15/0. 15/40 to 40/40. Held.

What a waste of two break-points. Anna often struggles to close sets
out this year.

Anna serving 4-5: Broken. Kanepi won the first set 6-4 at 19:28 (35m).


Second set
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CHAKVE _* *@__*@__*_ 6(2)
KANEPI * *__@*__@* T 7(7)

Kanepi serving 0-0: 30/0. 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 0-1: 15/15. 40/15. 40/30.
Kanepi serving 1-1: 40/0. 40/30. Held.
Anna serving 1-2: 15/0... held.

Kanepi serving 2-2: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30. Broken.
Anna serving 3-2: 0/15. 30/15. 30/40. 40/40. Broken.

We are not amused!

Kanepi serving 3-3: 15/0. 15/30. 30/40. 40/40. Ad Anna. Deuce #2.
Ad Kanepi. Held.

Two more break-points go begging. Anna's been so wasteful with her
opportunities today.

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

At last! The most important break-point of the match so far, and
finally Anna converts.

Anna serving 5-4: 0/15. 15/15. 15/30. 30/40. 40/40. Ad Anna (SP #1).
Deuce #2. Ad Kanepi (BP #2?). Deuce #3. Ad Kanepi (BP #3?). Deuce #4.
Ad Kanepi (BP #4?). Broken.

Typical of how this year has been for Anna - I might have known it
wouldn't be enough to get the break.

Kanepi serving 5-5: 15/0. 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Anna serving 5-6: 15/0. 15/15. 40/30. Held.

6-6 tiebreak (all scores Chakvetadze/Kanepi): 0/0*. *0/1. *0/2. 0/3*.
0/4*. *0/5. *1/5. 1/6* (MP #1). 2/6* (MP #2). Kanepi won 6-4 7-6
(7/2) at 20:31 (second set 1h03m, match 1h38m).

Sam Smith announced the result while commenting on Maria Sharapova v
Bethanie Mattek on BBCi. She said Anna's father Djambuli had been
watching Ágnes Szávay v Sabine Lisicki - Anna could have met the
winner in the fourth round - and that Szávay and Lisicki were the
future of women's tennis.

Apparently, Anna has hired Carlos Rodríguez, who coached Justine
Henin for Henin's whole career.


Articles
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Kanepi Ousts Chakvetadze; Jankovic Advances on Day 5
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2295
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For the most part it was a good day for seeded players at Roland
Garros, but for a few choice exceptions, there was little to
celebrate.

It was an early exit in particular for Anna Chakvetadze: the No.6
seed at the second Grand Slam event of the year, and a second-round
upset victim to Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.

Chakvetadze has had a scratchy season in 2008, winning her seventh
WTA Tour singles-trophy at Paris [Indoors], but winning back-to-back
matches just three times apart from that: most recently en route to
the semis at Rome.
On the terre battue on Thursday, she never looked to be in her
comfort-zone, though, with five winners being heavily outweighed by
38 errors during a 6-4 7-6(2) loss to the big-serving Kanepi, who had
to save a set-point down 4-5 in the second set for a straight-set win.

It was her first-ever win over a top-ten player; Chakvetadze is also
just the second top-ten player to be ousted from the tournament so
far - after Marion Bartoli was beaten by Casey Dell'Acqua in three
sets on Wednesday.
<<<

France's Santoro wins all of 1 game against Ferrer
By Chris Lehourites: AP Sports Writer
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MOVING ON: Justine Henin's coach, Carlos Rodríguez, didn't take long
to move on.

Henin retired this month - the first woman to quit tennis while
ranked No.1 - and Rodríguez is going to be coaching Anna Chakvetadze.

"Right now, I'll go back to Belgium to practise there with him," the
sixth-seeded Chakvetadze said on Thursday after losing to Kaia Kanepi
of Estonia 6-4 7-6(2) in the French Open's second round.
<<<

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3. Women's Doubles (Friday 30th May)
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- Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Jelena Jankovic pulled out before the first
round.

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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