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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Grand Slam)
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1. Second-round TV-report: Chakvetadze v Gallovits
2. Third-round draw
3. Andrew's wishes
4. Order of play for Friday

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1. Second-round TV-report: Chakvetadze v Gallovits
(Wednesday 25th June)
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+ ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] d. Edina Gallovits, 6-4 6-2

At last the BBC had the decency to televise Anna again! (apart from
part of the last game of her first-round win). I saw the whole match
on BBCi.

Anna was brilliant at times, with her flairsome power and deceptive
placement, but in windy conditions, it was a far-from-convincing
performance against a player who didn't seem to understand where she
was winning and losing points. Almost every time Gallovits sliced the
ball to Anna's forehand, Anna made an error, so why didn't Gallovits
use slice much more?

Anna won the first set by virtue of a single break in the third game,
and did well to keep the momentum after squandering three points at
4-2* that would gave given her a double break. She was 0/30 down in
the next game (*4-3), but recovered with great serves.

Anna was very emotional during the match - and not just upset and
looking miserable as I've come to expect from her, but angry. After
squandering a break-point in the first game of the second set, she
reacted "like it was 6-5 in the third", shouting at the umpire,
throwing her racket, and looking close to tears.

SIMON REED: "The thing with Chakvetadze is: you never know who's
coming onto court."

ANNABEL CROFT: "She's so emotional. She's really suffered mentally
since that US Open 2007 semi-final when she could hardly get a ball
in the court."

SIMON REED: "She can be well on top of the match, and then suddenly,
all the toys go out of the pram."

ANNABEL CROFT: "I used to think of her as being really solid from the
baseline - a bit like Hingis, like a chess-player - but she's a lot
more erratic these days."

SIMON REED: "She always has a worried expression on her face. I
remember going to see her at junior-Wimbledon, when she was 16.
One point it was exclamations of joy, the next point tears, then
frustration, then some more joy, then some more tears.
I thought, 'This girl's heart-attack material.' It's slightly toned
down now, but every now and again..."

Anna had to save break-point at *1-2 in the second, but came through
that game and then breezed through the last four games, each to 15.

I'll post my full TV-report at a later date.

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2. Third-round draw
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* ANA IVANOVIC [1,DF] v Zheng,Jie [WC] (ajde Ana!)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues v ÁGNES SZÁVAY [15] (ˇvamos Anabel!)
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF] v Casey Dell'Acqua (POJDME NICOLE!!)
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Evgeniya Rodina (DAVAI ANNA!!)

* Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová [Q] v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [4] (pojdme
Barbora!)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [14] (davai
Anastasia!)
* MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S] v Bethanie Mattek (allez Marion!)
* SERENA WILLIAMS [6] v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [29] (crush her, Serena!)

* Gisela Dulko [DF] v ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5] (ˇvamos Gisela!)
* SHAHAR PE'ER [24] v DINARA SAFINA [9] (kadima Shahar!)
* VICTORIA AZARENKA [16] v NADIA PETROVA [21] (davai Victoria!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v Alla Kudryavtseva (jia you Shuai!)

* María José Martínez Sánchez [Q] v VENUS WILLIAMS [7] (ˇvamos María
José!)
* Ai Sugiyama v Alisa Kleybanova
* Marina Erakovic v Tamarine Tanasugarn (go Marina!)
* CAROLINE WOZNIACKI [31] v JELENA JANKOVIC [2] (kom sĺ Caroline!)

So I'm now down to just two members of my Eternal Fanship - Anna
Chakvetadze and Nicole Vaidišová - but they're both slumping, and
either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can reach the
quarter-finals while the other survives.

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3. Andrew's wishes (updated after Thursday)
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ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF]:
3r + Evgeniya Rodina
4r + NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF]
qf + ANA IVANOVIC [1,DF]
sf + MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S]
_f + Gisela Dulko [DF]

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4. Order of play for Friday
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Court 11 (start 12:00 BST = 11:00 GMT)
WS 3r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] v Evgeniya Rodina
WS 3r: MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S] v Bethanie Mattek
MS 3r: Mischa Zverev v STANISLAS WAWRINKA [13]
XD 1r: Samantha Stosur/Bob Bryan v Bethanie Mattek/Eric Butorac

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

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/chakv/