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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Grand Slam)
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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Errani
2. Second-round draw

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1. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Errani
(Tuesday 24th June)
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+ DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] d. Sara Errani, 7-6 (7/5) 6-4

Daniela made an understandably rusty start to her first match since
Amelia Island in April, going 0-3* down, then recovering from *1-3
(0/40) only to go *2-4 down.

But she made a terrific recovery to turn the first set around,
surviving Errani serving for the first set at 5-4, and winning the
tiebreak despite letting *3/1 become 3/3*.

Daniela raced to a 5-1* lead in the second set, but let Errani hold,
break and hold again before she closed it out.

I'm very pleased with this win, as I didn't know whether to expect a
humiliating defeat or even a retirement, not knowing the current
state of Daniela's right foot.


First set
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HANTUC ___@* *@ @* T 7(7)
ERRANI @*@__*__@__*_ 6(5)

The match was fourth on Court 6, and started at 18:14 BST.

Daniela serving 0-0: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40 to 40/40. Ad Errani (BP #3).
Broken.

Such a rusty start is only to be expected after Daniela's injury lay-
off.

Errani serving 1-0: 30/0. 30/15. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Errani. Held.
Daniela serving 0-2: 15/0. 15/40. 30/40. Broken.

This could get very embarrassing. I'm already having visions of the
dreaded double bagel! :-o

Errani serving 3-0: 15/15. 15/30... broken.

Well, at least Daniela has avoided that particular humiliation.

Daniela serving 1-3: 0/40 to 40/40. Ad Daniela. Held.

Excellent recovery from 0/40! Now I'm starting to entertain the
possibility that Daniela might actually win this.

Errani serving 3-2: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 2-4: 40/0. Held.
Errani serving 4-3: 0/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Daniela
(BP). Broken.

Daniela serving 4-4: 0/15. I saw this point in a BBCi court-circular:
Daniela served out wide, but netted a down-the-line backhand on the
third stroke. 0/30. 0/40. Broken.

Errani serving 5-4: 0/40. Broken.

Daniela serving 5-5: 40/0 to 40/40. Ad Daniela. Held.
Errani serving 5-6: 15/0. 30/15... held.

6-6 tiebreak (all scores Hantuchová/Errani): *0/0. 1/0*. 2/0*. *2/1.
*3/1. 3/2*. 3/3*. *4/3. *5/3. 5/4*. 6/4* (SP #1). *6/5 (SP #2).
Daniela won the first set 7-6 (7/5) at 19:10 (56 minutes).


Second set
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HANTUC _*@*@*___* 6
ERRANI *_____*@*_ 4

Errani serving 0-0: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 0-1: 40/0. 40/30. Held.
Errani serving 1-1: 0/40. 15/40. Broken.
Daniela serving 2-1: 40/0. Held.
Errani serving 1-3: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40. Broken.
Daniela serving 4-1: 15/0. 15/30. 30/40. 40/40. Ad Daniela. Held.

Errani serving 1-5: 15/0. 15/30. 40/30. 40/40. Ad Errani. Held.
Daniela serving 5-2: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30... broken.

Errani serving 3-5: 15/0. 15/15... held.
Daniela serving 5-4: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15 (MP #1). 40/30 (MP #2).
Daniela won 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 at 19:49 (second set 39 minutes, match
1h35m).

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2. Second-round draw
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2.1 Top half: Nicole Vaidišová and Anna Chakvetadze
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* ANA IVANOVIC [1,DF] won
* Zheng,Jie [WC] won
* Anabel Medina Garrigues won
* ÁGNES SZÁVAY [15] won

* Casey Dell'Acqua won
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [18,EF] won
* Evgeniya Rodina won
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [8,EF] won

* SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [4] won
* Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová [Q] won
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won
* AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [14] won

* MARION BARTOLI [11,DF,S] won
* Bethanie Mattek won
* AMÉLIE MAURESMO [29] won
* SERENA WILLIAMS [6] won


2.2 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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3. Order of play for Thursday
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Court 3 (start 12:00 BST = 11:00 GMT)
MS 2r: NICOLAS KIEFER [27] v Martin Vassallo Arguello
WS 2r: Gisela Dulko [DF] v LINDSAY DAVENPORT [25]
MS 2r: Rainer Schüttler v JAMES BLAKE [9]
WS 2r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Alisa Kleybanova

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

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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