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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Major)
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1. Photos
2. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Razzano
3. Women's Doubles

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1. Photos
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Daniela Hantuchová [EF]:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/overview/wta080394.html
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=hantuchova

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2. First-round scoreboard-report: Hantuchová v Razzano
(Tuesday 26th May 2009)
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- Daniela Hantuchová [EF] lt. Virginie Razzano, 3-6 3-6

The match was littered with breaks of serve: in fact 13 of the 18 games were
breaks! Daniela managed to drop serve from *1-0 (40/15), *2-1 (40/30) and *2-3
(40/30) in the first set; she also squandered three game-points in the first
game of the second set, and almost dropped serve from *1-1 (40/0)... all in all,
a terrible day at the office for Daniela's serve.

Daniela converted 5 of 11 break-points, but Razzano converted 8 of a whopping 21
break-points!

The other factor was that Daniela was far more erratic than her opponent, with a
W:UE ratio of 18:22 (not that bad in itself) to Razzano's 31:14 (very
impressive).

I thought Daniela had a chance to get back into the match after breaking back
for 3-6 *3-3, but instead, she just lost the last three games.

Daniela is playing 's-Hertogenbosch, so I look forward to an upswing in fortunes
on grass.


First set
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HANTUCH @ @___@__ 4
RAZZANO _@ @*@ @* 6

The match was second on Court 1, and started at 15:26 CEST.

Razzano serving 0-0: 15/0. 15/15. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Deuce.
Ad Daniela (BP). Broken.

Nice start!

Daniela's compatriot Magdaléna Rybáriková just beat Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 2-6
8-6, while Aleksandra Wozniak beat Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-4 6-3 on Court 17 a
few minutes ago - which means I will soon be following live scores for Vaidišová
v Ruano Pascual simultaneously!

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

Very disappointing after 40/15, and a psychological blow too. Yesterday, Anna
Chakvetadze managed to lose to Mariana Duque Marino after leading 6-3 2-0* - it
all turned nasty when she blew a 40/0 lead at *2-1.

Razzano serving 1-1: 0/30. 40/30. Deuce. Ad Daniela (BP). Broken.

An important break for Daniela. I didn't want her to be carrying the baggage of
not capitalising on 0/30 there - especially after the disappointment of losing
her own serve.

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

Another game-point goes begging, and no one's held serve yet.

Razzano serving 2-2: 15/0. 15/15. 15/30. 30/30. 40/30. Held.
Daniela serving 2-3: 0/30. 15/30. 30/30. 40/30. Deuce #1.
Ad Razzano (BP #1). Deuce #2. Ad Razzano (BP #2). Broken.
Razzano serving 4-2: Broken to love.

Great champions break back immediately! :)

Daniela serving 3-4: Broken to love.
Razzano serving 5-3: 0/15. 15/15. 30/15. 40/15 (SP #1). Razzano won the first
set 6-3 at 16:13 (47m).

Judging by the BBC's current coverage of Đokovic v Lapentti, it's cold and
windy: big clouds of red dust are blowing up around the court.


Second set
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HANTUCH _@*__@___ 3
RAZZANO @__*@ @*@ 6

Daniela serving 0-0: 30/0. 30/15. 30/30. 40/30. Deuce #1. Ad Daniela. Deuce #2.
Ad Razzano (BP #1). Deuce #3. Ad Razzano (BP #2). Deuce #4. Ad Daniela. Deuce
#5. Ad Razzano (BP #3). Deuce #6.
Ad Razzano (BP #4). Broken.

Another nasty psychological blow for Daniela, who had three game-points there.

Razzano serving 1-0: 15/0. 15/40 (BPx2). Deuce #1.
Ad Daniela (BP #3). Deuce #2. Ad Daniela (BP #4). Broken.

A very important break after missing three break-points there - and of course,
to recover from a set and a break down.

Daniela serving 1-1: 40/0. Deuce #1. Ad Razzano (BP #1). Deuce #2.
Ad Razzano (BP #2). Deuce #3. Ad Razzano (BP #3). Deuce #4.
Ad Razzano (BP #4). Deuce #5. Ad Daniela. Held.

And an important hold after leading 40/0 and then having to save four
break-points!

Right now, both Daniela and Nicole Vaidišová are a set down and 2-1* up in the
second...

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

Now both Daniela and Nicole are a set and 2-3* down, but at least Daniela has
broken Razzano four times in this match - Nicole hasn't broken Virginia Ruano
Pascual even once today.

Razzano serving 3-2: 0/30. 15/30. 15/40 (BP #1). 30/40 (BP #2). Broken.

Daniela's now doing a lot better than Nicole, who's about to go 2-5* down...

Daniela serving 3-3: 0/40 (3 BPs). Broken.
Razzano serving 4-3: 0/30. 15/30. 30/30. 30/40 (BP #1). Deuce #1.
Ad Daniela (BP #2). Deuce #2. Ad Razzano. Held.

Two more break-points go begging, and Nicole just lost 6-3 6-4 - am I about to
lose two members of my Eternal Fanship within five minutes of each other? :sad:

Daniela serving 3-5: 15/0. 15/40 (MP #1). 30/40 (MP #2). Razzano won 6-3 6-3 at
17:11 (second set 58m, match 1h45m).

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3. Women's Doubles
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3.1 First-round result (Wednesday 27th May 2009)
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+ (DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [EF]/AI SUGIYAMA)[7]
d. Emilie Loit/Kristina Mladenovic [WC], 7-5 7-5


3.2 Second-round result (Thursday 28th May)
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+ (DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [EF]/AI SUGIYAMA)[7]
d. Arantxa Parra Santonja [S]/Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-2


3.3 Third-round result (Saturday 30th May 2009)
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- (DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [EF]/AI SUGIYAMA)[7]
lt. (HSIEH,SU-WEI [S]/PENG,SHUAI [S])[9], 3-6 5-7

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://tinyurl.com/andrewbroad-hantu