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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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1. Second-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Poutchkova
2. Third-round draw (bottom half)
3. Fourth-round draw (top half)
4. Order of play for Saturday

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1. Second-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Poutchkova
(Friday 1st June)
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Nice winner, nice loser:
+ DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] d. Olga Poutchkova, 7-6 (8/6) 6-3

The match was scheduled second on Court 3, and started at 13:18 CEST.


First set
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HANTUCHOVÁ *__@ @* *__@T 7(8)
POUTCHKOVA _*@ @__* *@__ 6(6)

Daniela serving 0-0: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15. Held.
Olga serving 0-1: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 1-1: 15/0. 15/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Daniela. Deuce #2.
Ad Olga (BP). Broken.

Well, I'm surprised that Olga got the first break, after her terrible
claycourt-season and Daniela's fine-form of the first round! I still
feel very confident of Daniela winning this match.

Olga serving 2-1: 0/40 (3 BPs). Broken.

But I'm not surprised that Daniela broke back immediately.

Daniela serving 2-2: 30/0 to 30/40 (BP). Broken.

Broken by Olga from 30/0 up - I certainly wasn't expecting that!

Olga serving 3-2: 0/40 (3 BPs) to 40/40. Ad Daniela (BP #4). Broken.

Back to Daniela's bad old habit of squandering break-points -
thankfully not forever!

Daniela serving 3-3: Held to love.
Olga serving 3-4: Held to love.
Daniela serving 4-4: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (2 BPs) to 40/40. Ad Daniela.
Held.

Well recovered from 15/40 - Olga could have been serving for the set
now!

Olga serving 4-5: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 5-5: 0/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad Daniela. Deuce #2.
Ad Daniela. Deuce #3. Ad Olga (BP). Deuce #4. Ad Daniela. Deuce #5.
Ad Olga (BP #2). Broken.

And now Olga /will/ serve for the first set! This is a very different
first set from what I expected.

Olga serving 6-5: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (2 BPs). Broken.

6-6 Tiebreak (all scores Daniela/Olga): *0/0. 0/1*. 1/1*. *1/2. *1/3.
2/3*. 2/4*. *2/5. *3/5. 4/5*. 5/5*. *5/6 (Olga SP #1). *6/6. 7/6*
(Daniela SP #1). Daniela won the first set 7-6 (8/6) at 14:23 (1h05m).

A much, much closer set than I expected. It'll be interesting to see
how Olga reacts in the second set, because she can sometimes have an
immature attitude and tank matches when they're not going well.
According to Iroda Tulyaganova, the key to playing Olga is to show
her that you have twice her self-belief.


Second set
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HANTUCHOVÁ _*@* * *@ 6
POUTCHKOVA *___* *__ 3

Olga serving 0-0: 40/0. 40/30. Held.
Daniela serving 0-1: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Olga serving 1-1: 0/40 (3 BPs). 15/40. Broken.

At last it looks plain sailing for Daniela at a set and a break up.

Daniela serving 2-1: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. 40/30. Held.
Olga serving 1-3: 0/15. 15/15. 15/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Daniela (BP).
Deuce #2. Ad Olga. Held.

Ferrero v Youzhny has just finished on Court 2, so soon Vaidišová v
Stosur will be competing for my attention!

Daniela serving 3-2: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Held.
Olga serving 2-4: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad Olga. Deuce #2.
Ad Olga. Deuce #3. Ad Olga. Held.

Good for Olga. It really would have been the final nail in her coffin
if she had dropped serve after 5 game-points. (Vaidišová v Stosur has
just started.)

Daniela serving 4-3: 40/0. 40/15. Held.
Olga serving 3-5: 0/15. 40/15 to 40/40. Ad Daniela (MP #1).
Daniela won 7-6 (8/6) 6-3 at 15:04 (second set 41m, match 1h46m).


Statistics
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Daniela got 64% of first serves in, winning 62% of the points when
she did so, and 57% on second serve. Her first-serve percentages
could be better, but they did improve from (61%, 53%) in the first
set to (73%, 81%) in the second! :-)

The corresponding percentages for Olga were 68%, 61% and 32%.

Daniela served 3 aces and 2 double faults, Olga 2 aces and 8 DFs.

Daniela had a negative W:UE ratio of 12:29, but Olga's was an abysmal
5:46 - which is quite surprising, given that she achieved a close
score. Their W:UE ratios were similar in the first set, but in the
second set, Daniela's was 6:7 to Olga's 0:19.

Daniela won 8 of 10 points at the net, while Olga won all 5 of /her/
points at the net.

Daniela broke 5 times from 10 break-points (3 times in the first set,
twice in the second), Olga 3 times from 6 BPs (all in the first set).

In points, Daniela won 85-72 (first set 49-45, second set 36-27).

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2. Third-round draw (bottom half)
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* ANA IVANOVIC [7,DF] v Ioana Raluca Olaru [Q] (ajde Ana!)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] v ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [24] (podme
Daniela!)
* SHAHAR PE'ER [15] v KATARINA SREBOTNIK [17] (both nice; my loyalty
is to Shahar)
* Dominika Cibulková [Q] v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [3] (podme Dominika!)

* LUCIE ŠAFÁROVÁ [25,DF] v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [5] (pojdme Lucie!)
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [9,EF] v AI SUGIYAMA [21] (davai Anna!)
* PATTY SCHNYDER [14] v Karin Knapp
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [2,EF] v Alla Kudryavtseva [Q] (davai Maria!)

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3. Fourth-round draw (top half)
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* JUSTINE HENIN [1] v SYBILLE BAMMER [20]
* DINARA SAFINA [10] v SERENA WILLIAMS [8]
* MARION BARTOLI [18,S] v JELENA JANKOVIC [4] (allez Marion!)
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [6,EF] v TATHIANA GARBIN [19] (pojdme Nicole!)

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4. Order of play for Saturday (Daniela-filtered)
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Court 2 (start 11:00 CEST = 09:00 GMT = 10:00 BST)
1. MD 2r: Michael Kohlmann/Rainer Schüttler v (MARTIN DAMM/LEANDER
PAES)[3]
2. WS 3r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] v ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [24]
3. MD 1r: Daniele Bracciali/Ivan Ljubicic v Gaël Monfils/Josselin
Ouanna
4. MS 3r: Fernando Verdasco v DAVID FERRER [12]

Full order of play:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/

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