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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Major)
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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Lisicki
2. Women's Doubles: First round
3. Women's Doubles: Second round
4. Mixed Doubles: First round

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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Chakvetadze v Lisicki
(Tuesday 23rd June 2009)
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- ANNA CHAKVETADZE [32,EF] lt. Sabine Lisicki [DF], 6-4 6-7 (4/7) 2-6

Anna led 6-4 *5-4, then 'Chokevetadze' reared her pretty head: she dropped the
second set after leading *4/2 in the tiebreak, and never recovered from dropping
serve at the start of the third set.

Sabine dominated the match with a W:UE ratio of 37:30 to Anna's 19:32 (and
Sabine's W:UE ratio improved from set to set, while Anna's deteriorated). Her
first serve was much faster than Anna's: fastest 122-104 mph, average 103-93
mph.

Anna broke 3 times from 6 BPs, but Sabine broke 4 times from 9 BPs. Anna won the
first set by a single break, but the second set featured 2 breaks apiece, and
Sabine won the third by 2 breaks to 0.

The other statistic that jumps out at me is that Anna's second-serve
winning-percentage deteriorated from 71% in the first set to 32% for the second
and third combined.


First set
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CHAKVET _* * *@* * 6
LISICKI * * *___*_ 4

The match was third on Court 18, and not being among the BBC's Freeview-options
(it was showing Llodra v Goodall on both BBC 1 and BBC Red Button, instead of
showing Anna on one of them :fiery:),
I had to make do with live scores.

The match started at 15:36 BST, although I missed the first game as Nicole
Vaidišová finished losing to Rossana de los Ríos. :sad:

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

The BBC has finally realised that it was showing Llodra v Goodall on two
channels, but is now showing Chardy v Roddick instead of this mouthwatering
match. The only women's option at this time is that minger Safina v DoMÍNGuez
Lino. :mad:

Anna serving 2-3: 0/15. 40/15. Held.
Sabine serving 3-3: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (BP). Broken.

First blood to Anna! :hearts:

Anna serving 4-3: 0/15. 30/15. 30/40 (BP). Deuce. Ad Anna. Held.

Well saved! :hearts:

Sabine serving 3-5: 30/0. 30/40 (SP #1). Deuce. Ad Sabine. Held.

One set-point saved.

Anna serving 5-4: 40/0 (SP #2). 40/15 (SP #3). 40/30 (SP #4).
Anna won the first set 6-4 at 16:18 BST (42m).

The mistake was made today. It did not go out to the public.
You'll never know what it was... :D

Now the BBC is showing Chardy v Roddick on both BBC 1 and the Red Button instead
of joining this match! :fiery: Apart from not being able to watch Anna, it will
also be a shame if Sabine goes out here without ever having been televised by
the BBC.

It makes you wonder whether the buffoons controlling the Red Button service are
really that incompetent that it takes them half an hour to realise that the same
match is on two channels, or whether they've had complaints about interrupting
matches "to give you maximum choice", which they've already apologised for a
couple of times.


Second set
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CHAKVET @* *___*@__*_ 6(4)
LISICKI __* *@*__@* T 7(7)

Sabine serving 0-0: 0/30. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Broken.

A set and a break! :hearts:

Anna serving 1-0: 40/0. Held.
Sabine serving 0-2: 0/15. 30/15. 40/30. Held.
Anna serving 2-1: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15. Deuce. Ad Anna. Held.

Sigh... BBC Red Button has finally realised that it was televising Chardy v
Roddick on two channels, but instead of joining this match, it's now showing
that loser Alex Bogdanovic v Lucie Šafárová's boyfriend Tomáš Berdych.
:rolleyes:

Sabine serving 1-3: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Held.
Anna serving 3-2: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (BP #1). 30/40 (BP #2). Broken.

I do hope 'Chokevetadze' isn't rearing her pretty head here! :eek: Sabine is a
great fighter, so Anna has much to worry about now.

Sabine serving 3-3: 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Deuce.
Ad Sabine. Held.
Anna serving 3-4: 0/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Held.

An important hold for Anna, because Sabine has the momentum (not so much now),
and I could smell a break at 0/15.

Sabine serving 4-4: 15/15. 30/15. 30/40 (BP). Broken.

Anna will serve for the match - yay! :hearts:

Anna serving 5-4: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Broken.

Nothing like serving for the match to make 'Chokevetadze' rear her pretty head!
:sad:

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

6-6 tiebreak (all scores Chakvetadze/Lisicki): 0/0*. *1/0. *1/1. 1/2*. 2/2*.
*3/2. *4/2. 4/3*. 4/4*. *4/5. *4/6 (SP #1). Sabine won the second set 7-6 (7/4)
at 17:09 BST (second set 51m, match so far 1h33m).


Third set
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CHAKVET __* *___ 2
LISICKI @* * *@* 6

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

From *4/2 in the tiebreak, to a break down in the third set just five minutes
later! :sad:

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

Long delay here... Anna is taking a medical time-out according to the
live-scores thread <http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=382942&page=29>.

Sabine serving 2-1: 0/15. 40/15. 40/30. Held.
Anna serving 1-3: 40/0. Deuce #1. Ad Anna. Deuce #2. Ad Anna. Held.

A very important hold after 40/0. Anna certainly couldn't afford to go two
breaks down against Sabine, who has one of the biggest serves in women's tennis.

Sabine serving 3-2: 30/0. 30/30. 40/30. Deuce. Ad Sabine. Held.
Anna serving 2-4: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15. 30/40 (BP #1). Deuce #1.
Ad Sabine (BP #2). Deuce #2. Ad Sabine (BP #3). Broken.

Sigh... looks like it's going to be 3:5 for my Eternal Fanship in the first
round. :(

Sabine serving 5-2: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Deuce. Ad Sabine (MP #1).
Sabine won 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 at 17:50 BST (third set 41m, match 2h14m).

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2. Women's Doubles: First round (Wednesday 24th June 2009)
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+ Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Maria Elena Camerin
d. Edina Gallovits/Katalin Marosi, 5-7 7-6 (7/4) 6-4

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3. Women's Doubles: Second round (Friday 26th June 2009)
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- Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Maria Elena Camerin
lt. (SAMANTHA STOSUR/RENNAE STUBBS)[3], 3-6 5-7

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4. Mixed Doubles: First round (Saturday 27th June 2009)
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- Anna Chakvetadze [EF]/Andy Ram
lt. Maria Kirilenko [DF]/Igor Andreev, 2-6 6-3 2-6

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Dr. Andrew Broad
http://tinyurl.com/andrewbroad-chakv

P.S. Sabine Lisicki's run to the quarter-finals - and especially her third-round
win over Svetlana Kuznetsova - was not a bad return for Anna's first-round loss!
;)