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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Grand Slam)
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Contents
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1. Photos
2. First-round TV-report: Chakvetadze v Dubois
3. Second-round draw
4. Order of play for Wednesday

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1. Photos
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Many players including Anna:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/gallery?pg=1&cap=1

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2. First-round TV-report: Chakvetadze v Dubois (Monday 23rd June)
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+ ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] d. Stéphanie Dubois, 2-6 6-1 8-6

The match was third on Court 3, and started at 15:57 BST. BBC were
showing men's tennis on all three Freeview-channels at the time, so I
had to make do with following live scores at www.wimbledon.org -
until the very last game, when BBCi finally started showing it.


First set
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CHAKVE _@___@__ 2
DUBOIS @ @*@ @* 6

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

Not an encouraging start!

Dubois serving 1-0: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40. Broken.

Great champions break back immediately - and there are few greater
than Anna in this year's Wimbledon-draw.

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

Well, everyone talks about first-match nerves in a Grand Slam.

Dubois serving 2-1: 0/15. 40/15. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Dubois. Held.
Anna serving 1-3: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30... broken.

Double break - what the h*** is going wrong? The Statistics tell of
13 unforced errors and 3 double faults for Anna so far.

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

Anna just can't hold serve today. :help:

Dubois serving 5-2: 30/0. 30/15... Dubois won the first set 6-2 at
16:24 (27 minutes).

I can't believe I'm going to lose Anna today - and to the total
ignoration of the BBC since Wimbledon 2007. :-||


Second set
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CHAKVE *@*@* * 6
DUBOIS _____*_ 1

Anna serving 0-0: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad Dubois (BP). Deuce
#2. Ad Anna. Held.

Anna's first hold of the match, and the baggage of a wasted break-
point for Dubois. Could this be the turning-point?

BBC 1 just did a round-up during a changeover. They mentioned that
Lleyton Hewitt [20] and Svetlana Kuznetsova [4] were in trouble, but
they didn't deign to mention that Anna had dropped the first set
too! :-||

Needless to say, they're still showing men's tennis on all three
channels! :-||

Dubois serving 0-1: 0/40. 15/40. Broken.
Anna serving 2-0: 0/15. 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). 40/40.
Ad Anna. Held.

A very important game - Anna's had to face BPs in every single one of
her service-games so far. To hold on there could make the difference
between winning and losing today.

Dubois serving 0-3: 0/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). 40/40. Ad Dubois.
Deuce #2. Ad Anna (BP #2). Broken.

It's like Anna is determined to win every single game after her first-
set scare.

Anna serving 4-0: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15... held.

And the first convincing hold of the match for Anna! :-)

Dubois serving 0-5: 40/0. Held.
Anna serving 5-1: 15/15. 40/15 (SP #1). Anna won the second set 6-1
at 16:52 (second set 28 minutes, match so far 55 minutes).

Anna has achieved a massive momentum-shift from the first set to the
second, but can she carry it into the third?

I'm a firm believer that a new set is a new story, so the start of
the third is going to be crucial, especially as the starts of the
first two sets set the tone for the whole set.


Third set
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CHAKVE _* *@___@* *@* 8
DUBOIS * *__@*@__*___ 6

Dubois serving 0-0: 15/0. 30/15. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). 40/40. Ad Anna
(BP #2). Deuce #2. Ad Dubois. Held.

I'm very disappointed that Anna squandered two break-points there.
It's essential that she makes up for that with a good service-game.

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

Yay! The second point of that game - the one that gave Anna 0/30 -
could well have been the key point of the match.

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

Oh no! How could Anna let that happen? She hadn't dropped serve since
the first set, then that break-point just came out of the blue.

Dubois serving 3-3: 0/15. 40/15. 40/30. Held.

Essential for Anna to hold next, or Dubois could be serving for the
match at *5-3.

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

Another break-point after 30/15, and it looks like I'm going to have
egg on my face after my arrogant preview of this match. :-o

Dubois serving 5-3: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15 (Dubois MP #1). 40/30 (Dubois
MP #2). 40/40. Ad Anna (BP). Broken.

Wow - two match-points and she couldn't make it! It will be very
difficult for Dubois to put that disappointment behind her, but still
Anna's going to have the pressure of serving to stay in the match...

Anna serving 4-5: 0/15. 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (Dubois MP #3).
40/40. Ad Anna. Held.

Phew - three match-points in the last two games!

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

Two points from defeat at 15/30, Anna still holds on...

Dubois serving 6-6: 15/15. 30/15. 30/40. Broken.

Davai Anna! Now serve it out...

I'm not sure exactly when BBCi started televising it. Of course I was
keeping an eye on how the prior matches on BBCi were progressing, but
I didn't notice that the Bogdanovic v Bolelli match finished just as
BBC 2's evening-coverage was starting up at 17:50, and I switched
over to BBCi in a flash as soon as I heard that it had.

Anna serving 7-6: 0/15. 15/15. 30/30. 40/30 (Anna MP #1). 40/40.
Ad Dubois (BP). Deuce #2. Anna on the third stroke hit an off-
backhand wide. Ad Dubois (BP #2). Anna saved it with a high forehand
drive-volley winner crosscourt just inside the sideline. Deuce #3.
Anna ran down a short return and hit an off-forehand winner onto the
sideline. Ad Anna (MP #2). Anna forced a floater and hit a high
forehand drive-volley winner crosscourt. Anna won 2-6 6-1 8-6 at
17:55 (third set 1h03m, match 1h58m). She looked up at the sky and
made the Sign of the Cross.

David Mercer: "We've seen that so many times - players get to the
verge of victory against a top player, but they can't close it out."


Articles
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Kuznetsova survives scare [Teletext 498]
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Eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze survived match-points before overcoming
Canada's Stéphanie Dubois 2-6 6-1 8-6 in their marathon first-round
clash.
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Russians Pushed to Limit
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2367
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Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze, seeded No.4 and
No.8, respectively, were pushed to the limits in their first matches
of the tournament, but still advanced to the next round.

Kuznetsova fought back from 1-3 down in the third set to beat
qualifier Mathilde Johansson 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3, while Chakvetadze saved
three match-points in the third set - two down 5-3, one down 5-4 - to
beat Stéphanie Dubois 2-6 6-1 8-6.

Both Russians struggled mightily with unforced errors, with
Kuznetsova hitting 30 and Chakvetadze a whopping 55 (and mainly off
her normally dependable backhand side).
<<<

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3. Second-round draw
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3.1 Top half: Nicole Vaidišová and Anna Chakvetadze
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* ANA IVANOVIC [1,DF] v Nathalie Dechy (ajde Ana!)
* Elena Baltacha [WC] v Zheng,Jie [WC] (go Elena!)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [20] (ˇvamos Anabel!)
* Monica Niculescu [S] v ÁGNES SZÁVAY [15] (hai Monica!)

* Casey Dell'Acqua v Pauline Parmentier
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF] v Samantha Stosur [WC] (POJDME NICOLE!!)
* Elena Vesnina v Evgeniya Rodina (davai Elena!)
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Edina Gallovits (DAVAI ANNA!!)

* Kateryna Bondarenko v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [4] (davai Kateryna!)
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [28] v Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová [Q] (davai
Alyona!)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Li,Na
* Marta Domachowska v AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [14] (dawaj Marta!)

* MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S] v Tatiana Perebiynis (my loyalty is to
Marion)
* Bethanie Mattek v Vera Dushevina
* Virginia Ruano Pascual v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [29] (ˇvamos Virginia!)
* Urszula Radwanska [WC] v SERENA WILLIAMS [6] (dawaj Urszula!)


3.2 Bottom half: Sharapova, Hantuchová, Zvonarëva
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* ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5] v Timea Bacsinszky
* Gisela Dulko [DF] v LINDSAY DAVENPORT [25] (ˇvamos Gisela!)
* SHAHAR PE'ER [24] v Emilie Loit (kadima Shahar!)
* Hsieh,Su-Wei [S] v DINARA SAFINA [9] (jia you Su-Wei!)

* VICTORIA AZARENKA [16] v Sorana Cîrstea (my Reason says Victoria,
but my Passion says Sorana)
* Mara Santangelo v NADIA PETROVA [21] (forza Mara!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v SYBILLE BAMMER [26] (jia you Shuai!)
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [3,EF] v Alla Kudryavtseva (DAVAI MARIA!!)

* VENUS WILLIAMS [7] v Anne Keothavong
* SANIA MIRZA [32,DF] v María José Martínez Sánchez [Q] (go Sania!)
* FLAVIA PENNETTA [22,DF] v Ai Sugiyama (forza Flavia!)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Alisa Kleybanova (PODME DANIELA!!)

* VERA ZVONARËVA [13,EF] v Tamarine Tanasugarn (DAVAI VERA!!)
* Marina Erakovic v Julia Görges (my Reason says Marina, but my
Passion says Julia)
* CAROLINE WOZNIACKI [31] v Aleksandra Wozniak (kom sĺ Caroline!)
* JELENA JANKOVIC [2] v Carla Suárez Navarro [WC] (ajde Jelena!)

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4. Order of play for Wednesday
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Court 2 (start 12:00 BST = 11:00 GMT)
WS 2r: Elena Baltacha [WC] v Zheng,Jie [WC]
MS 2r: LLEYTON HEWITT [20] v Albert Montańés
WS 2r: Urszula Radwanska [WC] v SERENA WILLIAMS [6]
WS 2r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Edina Gallovits

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

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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