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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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1. Photos
2. Third-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Medina Garrigues

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1. Photos
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http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/wtah394.html
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=hantuchova
Search Getty Images for "hantuchova"

Various players including Daniela:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/photogallery/ (3r, Week 1)
http://www.tennis.info/Paris7.html (Second round - day 1 and 2)
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/gallery?pg=1&cap=1

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2. Third-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Medina Garrigues
(Saturday 2nd June)
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- DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] lt. ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [24],
6-4 6-7 (2/7) 5-7

Well, I always said this was a 50/50 match, with Daniela being the
better tennis-player in general, but Medina Garrigues being a feisty
claycourter, and so it proved.

Daniela won the first set, then staged an amazing comeback from *1-5
in the second, only to play a disastrous tiebreak. She saved 8 set-
points in the second set, and a match-point at *4-5 (30/40) in a
serve-dominated third set, only to be broken in the final game of the
match after over three hours.

The match started at 13:18 CEST, but I was so busy watching Lucie
Šafárová beat Amélie Mauresmo on BBCi, whilst following live scores
for Anna Chakvetadze, that I didn't even notice Daniela's match on
the scoreboard until three games into the match! ;-)


First set
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HANTUC * * * * *@ 6
MEDINA _* * * *__ 4

Medina Garrigues serving 1-2: 15/0. 15/15. 40/30. Held.
Daniela serving 2-2: 40/0. Held.
Medina Garrigues serving 2-3: 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 3-3: 15/0. 40/15. Held.
Medina Garrigues serving 3-4: 40/0. Held.
Daniela serving 4-4: 0/15. 30/30. Held.
Medina Garrigues serving 4-5: 0/15. 15/15. 30/30. 30/40. Ad Daniela
(SP). 40/40. Ad Daniela (SP #2). She won the first set at 13:54 (36m).


Second set
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HANTUC __*___*@*@ @_ 6(2)
MEDINA @* *@*____@ T 7(7)

Daniela serving 0-0: 0/15. 15/30. 15/40 (2 BPs) to 40/40. Broken.
Medina serving 1-0: 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 0-2: 0/15. 15/30. 30/40 (BP). 40/40. Ad Daniela. Held.
Medina serving 2-1: 30/0 to 30/30. 30/40 (BP). 40/40. Ad Medina. Held.
Daniela serving 1-3: 30/15. 30/30. 30/40 (BP). Broken.
Medina serving 4-1: 15/0. Held.
Daniela serving 1-5: 15/0. Held.
Medina serving 5-2: 0/30. Broken.

At last I can give this match my undivided attention, because I've
just been watching Lucie Šafárová beat Amélie Mauresmo on BBCi, and
it was fantastic! :-)))

Daniela serving 3-5: 0/40 (3 SPs). 15/40. The scoreboard briefly said
that Medina won the set, but she didn't! 40/40. Ad Medina (SP #4).
Deuce #2. Ad Daniela. Held.

(OT: David Mercer just said that Marcos Baghdatis had made "an erotic
start"!)

Medina serving 5-4: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40 (2 BPs) to 40/40.
Ad Medina (SP #5). Deuce #2. Ad Daniela (BP #3). Deuce #3.
Ad Medina (SP #6). Deuce #4. Ad Daniela (BP #4). Broken.

Wow - what an amazing comeback from *1-5! Daniela has saved 6 set-
points! Possibly more, if Medina had some during the closing stages
of Šafárová d. Mauresmo.

Daniela serving 5-5: 30/0 to 30/40 (BP). Broken.

What a shame, after such a great comeback and then 30/0.

Medina serving 6-5: 15/0. 15/40 (2 BPs) to 40/40. Ad Daniela (BP #3).
Broken.

6-6 Tiebreak (all scores Hantuchová/Medina Garrigues): *0/0. 0/1*.
0/2*. *0/3. *0/4. 0/5*. 0/6* (SP #7). *1/6 (SP #8). *2/6 (SP #9).
Medina won the second set 7-6 (7/2) at 15:09 (second set 1h15m).

The third set didn't start until 15:15.


Third set
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HANTUC _* * * * *__ 5
MEDINA * * * * * *@ 7

Medina serving 0-0: 0/15. 15/15. 15/40 (2 BPs) to 40/40. Ad Medina.
Held.

Daniela's back to her old habit of squandering break-points. It would
be a bummer if she were the only member of my Eternal Fanship to lose
before the fourth round (apart from Iroda Tulyaganova, who lost in
qualifying), having played so well in her first round.

Daniela has an excellent record in third sets this year, as she is
physically fitter than the vast majority of players, and that gives
her the confidence that she can outlast them.

Daniela serving 0-1: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Held.
Medina serving 1-1: 30/0 to 30/30. 40/30. Held.
Daniela serving 1-2: Held to love.
Medina serving 2-2: 0/30 -> 40/30. Held.

Another opportunity (0/30) goes begging. It this to be the first main-
draw loss for my Eternal Fanship this French Open?

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

Phew - two break-points saved!

Medina serving 3-3: 40/0. 40/15. Held.

All too easy.

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

Phew! 40/15 up, then Medina had two break-points to serve for the
match!

Medina serving 4-4: 15/0. 15/15. 40/15. Held.
Daniela serving 4-5: 15/0. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (MP #1). 40/40.
Ad Daniela. Deuce #2. Ad Daniela. Held.

Phew - Daniela saved a MATCH-POINT! I can't just think of a match in
Daniela's career where she's saved match-point and won, so it would
be cool if she could do so here. She saved 8 set-points in the second
set.

Medina serving 5-5: 30/0. 30/15. 40/15. 40/30. Held.
Daniela serving 5-6: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (MP #2).
Medina won 4-6 7-6 (7/2) 7-5 at 16:21 (third set 1h12m, match 3h03m).

Oh well - at the start of the tournament, I would certainly have
signed to have 3 out of 4 in the fourth round, as they had all been
injured in the lead-up to the French Open.


Articles
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Spaniard claims epic win [Teletext 496]

Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues reached the fourth round of a Grand
Slam for only the second time with a tight three-set win over Daniela
Hantuchová.

The Slovakian 12th seed took the first set but Medina Garrigues, at a
career-high ranking of 23, hit back to triumph 4-6 7-6 7-5 after
three hours.

Shahar Pe'er, seeded 15, fought back from 3-0 down in the decider to
beat Katarina Srebotnik 6-1 4-6 6-3.
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Hantuchová falls after three-hour battle
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PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues edged a
three-hour battle against Slovakian 12th seed Daniela Hantuchová,
winning 4-6 7-6 7-5 to reach the fourth of the French Open on
Saturday.

On the warmest day of the championships so far, the 24-year-old from
Valencia wore down the former world number five with some gritty
tennis.

Hantuchová saved one match-point at 4-5 in the deciding set with a
brave drive-volley, but there was no escape two games later when
Garrigues got a second chance.

Medina Garrigues, who has matched her best run at a Grand Slam, will
face Israel's Shahar Pe'er in the last 16 after she beat Katarina
Srebotnik, also in three sets. [Not true: Medina Garrigues faced Ana
Ivanovic, while Pe'er faced Svetlana Kuznetsova.]
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{Second-round preview - Wednesday 30th May}
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1394
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(12) Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) vs. Olga Poutchkova (RUS) -
First Meeting

The final match of the day on Court 2 sees Slovakia's No.12 seed
Hantuchová do battle with promising Russian teenager Poutchkova in
the pair's first career-meeting. This season has been a memorable one
for the 24-year-old Slovak, the highlight being her spectacular run
at Indian Wells where she blazed through the draw to capture her
second career-title. Poutchkova has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the
past 12 months, making a leap of almost 100 places in the world
rankings, and establishing herself as one of up and coming forces on
the Tour. Hantuchová has never made it beyond the round of 16 at
Roland Garros, and despite not being at her most comfortable on clay,
will come in as the sizeable favourite against a player who only made
her début in Paris on Wednesday.
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Dr. Andrew Broad
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/danielahantuchova/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeldani/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharapova_vaidisova_hantuchova/