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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. Anna Chakvetadze preview
3. Andrew's wishes
4. Order of play for Monday

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1. First-round draw
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1.1 Top quarter: Nicole Vaidišová and Anna Chakvetadze
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* ANA IVANOVIC [1,DF] v Rossana de los Ríos (ajde Ana!)
* Nathalie Dechy v Yuan,Meng
* Elena Baltacha [WC] v Angelique Kerber
* DOMINIKA CIBULKOVÁ [30] v Zheng,Jie [WC] (podme Domi!)

* Tamira Paszek v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [20] (gemma Tamira!)
* Yan,Zi [S] v Anabel Medina Garrigues (jia you Zi!)
* Magdaléna Rybáriková [Q,DF] v Monica Niculescu [S] (my loyalty is
to Magda)
* Tathiana Garbin v ÁGNES SZÁVAY [15]

* PATTY SCHNYDER [12] v Casey Dell'Acqua
* Akgul Amanmuradova v Pauline Parmentier
* Ioana Raluca Olaru v Samantha Stosur [WC] (hai Ioana Raluca!)
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF] v Zuzana Ondrášková [Q] (POJDME NICOLE!!)

* VIRGINIE RAZZANO [27] v Evgeniya Rodina
* Elena Vesnina v Nuria Llagostera Vives (davai Elena!)
* Yvonne Meusburger v Edina Gallovits
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Stéphanie Dubois (DAVAI ANNA!!)


1.2 Second quarter
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* Mathilde Johansson [Q] v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [4] (allez Mathilde!)
* Kateryna Bondarenko v Rika Fujiwara [Q]
* Camille Pin v Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová [Q]
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [28] v Melanie South [WC] (davai Alyona!)

* ALIZÉ CORNET [17] v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (allez Alizé!)
* Anastasia Rodionova v Li,Na
* Marta Domachowska v Jill Craybas (dawaj Marta!)
* Iveta Benešová v AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [14] (pojdme Iveta!)

* MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S] v Sabine Katharin Lisicki (my loyalty is
to Marion)
* Tatiana Perebiynis v Petra Kvitová (davai Tatiana!)
* Séverine Brémond v Bethanie Mattek (allez Séverine!)
* MARIA KIRILENKO [19,DF] v Vera Dushevina (davai Maria!)

* Ashley Harkleroad v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [29] (go Ashley!)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual v Milagros Sequera (Ąvamos Virginia!)
* Klára Zakopalová v Urszula Radwanska [WC] (pojdme Klára!)
* Kaia Kanepi v SERENA WILLIAMS [6]


1.3 Third quarter: Maria Sharapova and Lucie Šafárová
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* Maria Elena Camerin v ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5] (forza Maria Elena!)
* Timea Bacsinszky v Julie Ditty (hopp Timea!)
* Gisela Dulko [DF] v Aravane Rezaď (my loyalty is to Gisela)
* Renata Vorácová v LINDSAY DAVENPORT [25]

* SHAHAR PE'ER [24] v Katie O'Brien [WC] (my loyalty is to Shahar)
* Lucie Šafárová [EF] v Emilie Loit (POJDME LUCIE!!)
* Hsieh,Su-Wei [S] v Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (jia you Su-Wei!)
* Chan,Yung-Jan v DINARA SAFINA [9]

* Tsvetana Pironkova [DF] v VICTORIA AZARENKA [16] (aide Tsvetana!)
* Ekaterina Bychkova v Sorana Cîrstea (davai Ekaterina!)
* Maret Ani v Mara Santangelo (go Maret!)
* Olga Govortsova v NADIA PETROVA [21] (davai Olga!)

* SYBILLE BAMMER [26] v Sofia Arvidsson
* Peng,Shuai [S] v Viktoriya Kutuzova [Q] (my Reason says Shuai, but
my Passion says Viktoriya)
* Ekaterina Makarova v Alla Kudryavtseva
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [3,EF] v Stéphanie Foretz [Q] (DAVAI MARIA!!)


1.4 Bottom quarter: Daniela Hantuchová and Vera Zvonarëva
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* VENUS WILLIAMS [7] v Naomi Cavaday [WC]
* Anne Keothavong v Vania King
* Martina Müller v María José Martínez Sánchez [Q]
* SANIA MIRZA [32,DF] v Catalina Castańo (go Sania!)

* FLAVIA PENNETTA [22,DF] v Julia Vakulenko (my loyalty is to Flavia)
* Yanina Wickmayer v Ai Sugiyama (komaan Yanina!)
* Alisa Kleybanova v Tzipora Obziler
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Sara Errani (PODME DANIELA!!)

* VERA ZVONARËVA [13,EF] v Aiko Nakamura [S] (DAVAI VERA!!)
* Petra Cetkovská v Tamarine Tanasugarn (pojdme Petra!)
* Michaëlla Krajícek [DF] v Marina Erakovic (my loyalty is to
Michaëlla)
* Julia Görges v KATARINA SREBOTNIK [23] (my Reason says Kata, but my
Passion says Julia)

* CAROLINE WOZNIACKI [31] v Eva Hrdinová [Q] (my Reason says
Caroline, but my Passion says Eva)
* Aleksandra Wozniak v Mariya Koryttseva
* Galina Voskoboeva v Carla Suárez Navarro [WC]
* Olga Savchuk v JELENA JANKOVIC [2] (davai Olga!)

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2. Anna Chakvetadze preview
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It's been a strange year so far for Anna, after her run-in with the
burglars last December. She won WTA Paris in February, but her other
2008 results have been pretty mediocre - even when she struggled
through an easy draw to reach the semi-finals at Rome.

Anna followed up her second-round loss at the French Open by
attempting to defend her title at 's-Hertogenbosch, but she struggled
past Angelique Kerber 6-3 3-6 7-6(1), then lost 6-2 3-6 6-2 to Alyona
Bondarenko in the quarter-finals. I fear for her ranking when she has
to defend Cincinnati and Stanford next month.

But first, Anna must try to improve on her career-best Wimbledon-
result of reaching the third round - in 2006 she was pretty unlucky
to draw Justine Henin, but her 2007 third-round loss to Michaëlla
Krajícek was very disappointing to me.

Anna used to list grass as her favourite surface, but she has done
better in the other three Grand Slams, with quarter-finals at the
Australian and French Opens, and a semi-final at the US Open, all in
2007. She can definitely improve her Wimbledon-record, but can she do
so in her slump-year, with Virginie Razzano in her third-round draw?


Nick Bollettieri: "Chakvetadze has yet to really break through at a
Grand Slam, especially at Wimbledon. She is coming off a second-round
loss at the French Open, and so far in 2008, her results have been
inconsistent. She can become ill-tempered at times, which has a
negative effect on her game. She must stay positive throughout the
tournament. There are going to be ups and downs, and it is the player
that can best negotiate through them that will be standing last."
<http://nickstennispicks.com/>


2.1 First round
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Anna has never played Stéphanie Dubois before, but will go into this
match as a huge favourite, as Dubois is 9:16 for 2008 so far, and is
currently on a 4-match losing-streak.

Dubois tried to qualify for Wimbledon in 2005-2007, but lost in the
first qualifying-round each time; in fact she has never even won a
match on grass in her life AFAICT, so why start by beating Anna?



2.2 Second round
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#84 Edina Gallovits or #85 Yvonne Meusburger? It's tough to pick a
winner, with Gallovits having won their only meeting in three sets
this year. I would certainly prefer it to be Gallovits if their
wtatour.com profile-photos are anything to go by!

Gallovits is 15:11 in 2008. She reached the quarter-finals of Hobart
as a qualifier, then had rather mediocre results, then reached the
quarter-finals of Barcelona, beating Julia Vakulenko 6-2 0-6 6-3 and
Klára Zakopalová 6-2 6-0, before losing 7-6 6-1 to eventual champion
Maria Kirilenko. She's won 5 matches in Wimbledon-qualifying over the
years, but never been past the first round of the main draw. I can
imagine her giving Anna a good match, but not beating her.

Meusburger is 10:14 in 2008. She lost 6-0 6-0 to Katarina Srebotnik
at Prague, and 6-0 6-2 to Caroline Wozniacki at the French Open. She
was runner-up at ITF Rome-Tiro a Volo, as Tathiana Garbin beat her
6-4 4-6 7-6 (8/6), but lost 1-6 6-4 7-6 (8/6) to Polona Hercog in the
first round of ITF Zlin, so she should be easy pickings for Anna.


2.3 Third round
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How worried should we be about Virginie Razzano? Quite worried I'd
say, as she pushed eventual champion Agnieszka Radwanska to 3-6 6-3
6-4 in the second round of Eastbourne, and upset Svetlana Kuznetsova
in the first round of Wimbledon 2004.

On the other hand, Razzano is only 14:14 for 2008 so far, and nothing
really scary jumps out of her results for this year.

Anna leads Razzano 2:1 head to head, although Razzano's win came by
Anna's retirement at Toronto 2007.


2.4 Fourth round
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I don't have time for detailed second-week previews at this stage,
but I don't see why Anna couldn't beat Patty Schnyder in the fourth
round, though I wouldn't fancy her chances against Ana Ivanovic in
the quarter-finals.

However, a very dangerous floater lurks in Anna's fourth-round draw:
Samantha Stosur, who looked very impressive on the grass at
Birmingham and Eastbourne.

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3. Andrew's wishes
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ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF]:
1r + Stéphanie Dubois
2r + Edina Gallovits
3r + Elena Vesnina
4r + NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF]
qf + Magdaléna Rybáriková [Q,DF]
sf + MARIA KIRILENKO [19,DF]
_f + MARIA SHARAPOVA [3,EF]

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4. Order of play for Monday
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Court 3 (start 12:00 BST = 11:00 GMT)
WS 1r: Ioana Raluca Olaru v Samantha Stosur
MS 1r: Robby Ginepri v FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ [15]
WS 1r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Stéphanie Dubois
MS 1r: MICHAËL LLODRA [32] v Mario Ancic

Full order of play:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/schedule/

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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