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DFS CLASSIC (Edgbaston, Birmingham, England; grass; WTA Tier III)
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1. Photos
2. Second-round eyewitness report: Hantuchová v Govortsova

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1. Photos
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1.1 My photos
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I have uploaded all my photos for Tuesday 12th June 2007, in one big
zip-file, to:
http://www.divshare.com/download/1012525-599

Tuesday's players:

Daniela Hantuchová (35 photos)
Maria Kirilenko (32)
Olga Poutchkova (13)
Yaroslava Shvedova (11)
Alicia Molik (10)
Séverine Brémond (9)
Ayumi Morita (6)
Yuliana Fedak (5)
Olga Govortsova (5)
Angelique Kerber (4)
Li,Na (3)
Jamea Jackson (2)
Tsvetana Pironkova (1)
Michaëlla Krajícek (1)
Vasilisa Bardina (1)

Permission to copy my Birmingham photos is granted provided that:
(a) no money is exchanged;
(b) they are labelled as "Copyright 2007 Andrew Broad".
Please let me know if you do use them on another website.


1.2 Other photos
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http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=hantuchova
Search Getty Images for "hantuchova"

Various players off-court, including Daniela:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/photogallery/?Event=birmingham

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2. Second-round eyewitness report: Hantuchová v Govortsova
(Tuesday 12th June)
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+ DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [3,EF] d. Olga Govortsova, 6-2 6-4

Olga Govortsova is tall, blonde and mildly attractive, with a grunt
like Karolina Šprem's. IMO, she plays ordinary WTA tennis. In her
first-round match against Eva Birnerová, she saved five match-points,
including *4-5 (0/40) in the third set!

Daniela made a dreadful start, spraying unforced errors left, right
and centre as she lost 9 of the first 10 points. However, she soon
got into her stride, and from 0-2* down she reeled off six games in a
row (saving two break-points at *1-2) to take the first set 6-2 with
a brilliant display of groundstrokes of flairsome power, and an
amazing backhand drop-volley winner at 4-2*!

The second set was decided by a single break of serve in the third
game, but although Daniela had to save a break-back point at *3-2,
the outcome never seemed in doubt as she romped to a 6-2 6-4 victory.

My full match-report, with a description of every point, can be found
at:
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/hantu/reports.html

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

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