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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon, England; grass; Major)
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1. Photos
2. Fourth-round TV-report: Hantuchová v S.Williams

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

Photos at http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/ (Day 1)

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2. Fourth-round TV-report: Hantuchová v S.Williams
(Monday 29th June 2009)
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- Daniela Hantuchová [EF] lt. SERENA WILLIAMS [2], 3-6 1-6

It was Daniela's joint-heaviest loss to Serena. She played some good tennis in
the first set, but Williams was too strong in the end.
In the second set, Daniela's challenge faded badly with a series of unforced
errors.

Daniela was broken for 1-3* just before BBC 2 started televising it. She broke
back immediately with a scorching forehand winner down the line at 40/30, and a
gorgeous backhand winner down the line at break-point!

At *2-3, Williams broke to love with three winners in the row - the last a lucky
netcord-winner. This time, she consolidated her break with three big serves.

At *2-5, Daniela played an excellent service-game: at 15/15, she played a
gorgeous spreading rally finished with a backhand volley-winner, and a serve +
crosscourt forehand winner on the following point.

Williams sealed the first set with two aces in a row, and won 15 points in a row
from *5-3 in the first set to 2-0* (40/0*) in the second. By this time,
Daniela's errors were much more unforced than in the first set, and her
confidence looked shot.

Three Williams forehand-errors saved those break-points, but Daniela made one
herself, then surrendered her serve on a double fault.

BBC 2 stopped showing it at 0-3*, but televisation continued on the Red Button
at *0-4 (30/15). From there, Daniela won one point with a good first serve, but
the other two points she needed for her lone game of the second set were really
gifted to her by Williams netting two makeable forehand returns.

At 1-4*, Daniela put some pressure on Williams's serve with a good spreading
rally and an error-forcing forehand down the line, but Williams held with three
big serves and an off-forehand winner.

At *1-5, Williams's off-backhand winner gave her a 15/30 opening, and Daniela
hit a semi-makeable crosscourt forehand pass wide to go 15/40 down. Her fate was
sealed when she hit a down-the-line forehand wide.

Williams: "I was definitely out there not to stay out too long [in the 30°C
heat], and just do the best I could do, whether it was win or lose."

I'll post my full TV-report - with a blow-by-blow description of every point -
at a future date (ETA 11th October 2009).

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