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BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES (Beijing, China; hard (Decoturf II))
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Contents
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1. Photos
2. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Sugiyama (Part 2)
3. Second-round draw
4. Second-round preview: Hantuchová v Wozniacki
5. Andrew's wishes
6. Order of play for Tuesday

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1. Photos
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Opening ceremony including Daniela:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/photogallery/?Event=olympics_pre

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2. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Sugiyama
(Part 2: Monday 11th August)
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+ DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] d. Ai Sugiyama, 6-2 7-5

I followed live scores at:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/TE.shtml (Live Result
gives live scores, while Match Statistics tells you the sequence of
games and who was serving - the wrong way round)

The match resumed on Court 2 at approximately 12:35 China-time, with
Daniela leading 6-2 3-0* (15/30*).


Second set
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HANTUCHO *@* * *___*@ 7
SUGIYAMA ___* * *@*__ 5

Daniela served for the match at *5-3, but couldn't serve it out.
She had at least two match-points before *5-5, from what I gather
from http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=352898.

The scoreboard erroneously said it was 6-6 in the second set, but
reverted back to 6-5*, then Daniela broke to win 6-2 7-5 at 13:19
(excluding all the rain-delays, the second set took 1h14m and the
match 1h49m).

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3. Second-round draw
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* Lucie Šafárová [EF] v
(1r: Tzipora Obziler [A] v Mariya Koryttseva, *3-5)
* Sybille Bammer v PATTY SCHNYDER [13]
* VERA ZVONARËVA [9,EF] v Shahar Pe'er (my loyalty is to Vera)
* Francesca Schiavone v AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [8]

* Samantha Stosur v SERENA WILLIAMS [4] (go Sam!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v ALIZÉ CORNET [15] (may the better win)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Caroline Wozniacki (my loyalty is to
Daniela)
* ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5] v Sofia Arvidsson (davai Elena!)

* Iveta Benešová v VENUS WILLIAMS [7] (pojdme Iveta!)
* VICTORIA AZARENKA [12] v Casey Dell'Acqua (davai Victoria)
* Virginie Razzano v Kaia Kanepi
* (1r: Marina Erakovic v Ayumi Morita [WC,S], 7-5 6-7 (7/9) 1-0*) v
Li,Na

* María-José Martínez Sánchez v DINARA SAFINA [6]
* Zheng,Jie v Nuria Llagostera Vives [WC] (jia you Jie!)
* Tsvetana Pironkova [DF] v DOMINIKA CIBULKOVÁ [16] (my loyalty is to
Tsvetana)
* Alyona Bondarenko v JELENA JANKOVIC [2] (davai Alyona!)

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4. Second-round preview: Hantuchová v Wozniacki
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Daniela has never played Caroline Wozniacki before, but Wozniacki
beat the most similar player to Daniela in the Wimbledon 2006 Girls'
Singles final: Magdaléna Rybáriková (Magda is a tall, gorgeous
Slovenka like Daniela, has a big forehand and likes hitting backhands
down the line and backhand drop-volleys like Daniela, and Magda was
beating Wozniacki in that final until she bizarrely changed tactics
and started slicing her backhands instead).

Wozniacki was just 15 then, but she turned 18 on 11th July, and is up
to #22 in the WTA rankings, while Magda reached her career-high #91
today, and Daniela is much higher than either of them at #12.

However, I'd have to admit that Wozniacki is very likely to beat
Daniela on current form. Daniela is really struggling since she came
back from a long lay-off with a stress-fracture in her right heel
that can never fully heal, while Caroline just won her maiden WTA
singles-title at Stockholm for the loss of just 19 games (including
world #10 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-1 in the semis, and #63 Vera
Dushevina 6-0 6-2 in the final).

Wozniacki boasts an impressive 33:13 win/loss record for 2008 so far,
including a fourth-round berth at the Australian Open, and a 6-2 6-3
win over world #9 Marion Bartoli en route to the Doha quarter-finals -
and she improved on that score with a 6-3 6-1 thrashing of Bartoli at
Miami.

Most impressively of all, she thrashed #4 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-2
at Eastbourne! (I was standing at the top of the stadium for the last
couple of games of that match.)

Caroline is certainly capable of hitting winners, but she doesn't
have that go-for-broke attitude that so many players of her age do.
She gets a lot of balls back, and I remember her third-round match
against Ana Ivanovic at the French Open: the first set was tight
(6-4), and Caroline had Ana "swatting away like she's trying to get
rid of a particularly persistent fly"
[Alastair Eykyn: BBC commentator].

Caroline is also a pretty girl: I like her long, loose hair, and she
looked quite delectable in the skimpy tops that she wore at
Wimbledon! ;-)

Caroline scored an easy 6-4 6-1 win over Selima Sfar on Sunday, so
she has the added advantage of having had Monday off.

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5. Andrew's wishes (updated after Monday)
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DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF]:
2r + Caroline Wozniacki
3r + ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5]
qf + (2r: Peng,Shuai [S] v ALIZÉ CORNET [15])
sf + VERA ZVONARËVA [9,EF]
_f + Tsvetana Pironkova [DF]

GOLD: Daniela Hantuchová
SILVER: Tsvetana Pironkova
BRONZE: Vera Zvonarëva

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6. Order of play for Tuesday
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Court 3 (start 10:30 China-time = 02:30 GMT = 03:30 BST)
WS 2r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [10,EF] v Caroline Wozniacki
WS 2r: María-José Martínez Sánchez v DINARA SAFINA [6]
(Not before 17:00)
WS 1r: Marina Erakovic v Ayumi Morita [WC,S], 7-5 6-7 (7/9) 1-0*
WS 2r: VERA ZVONARËVA [9,EF] v Shahar Pe'er
WS 2r: ELENA DEMENTIEVA [5] v Sofia Arvidsson
MS 2r: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ [12] v Marin Cilic

Full order of play:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/TE/C58/TE0000Y12.shtml

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