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RBBOT


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You had to mention it: Anne/Mel drop the first set and are a break down in the 2nd. Bropos a break down in the second. Anna/Naomi still on serve though.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 07:35:55 PM

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SMC1809


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Borops lost the 2nd set 6-3

Smith / Cav lost the 2nd set 6-4

Anne / Mel facing 2 match points.

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Cavaday is not playing well... :/ Anna's doing a good job, but when your partner keeps hitting straight down the middle into the path of the net player it's a bit tricky...Wonder why they are playing with Naomi in the deuce court too - doesn't seem to be really working.

Very impressed with a lot of Sarah's play, and Raquel has a beautiful touch. Hope they can get the third tomorrow.

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well done heather jos

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 09:51:56 PM

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Jos maintains her good record in doubles at Wimbledon. She and Mel reached the second round last year, and along with Jade Curtis she reached the Junior semis in the previous year.

Tomorrow's oop

Ct 10 second match

R1: Naomi Broady & Katie O'Brien vs Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka (CZE/CZE)

Ct 16 third match

R1: Sarah Borwell & Raquel Kops-Jones vs (5) Liezel Huber & Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA/USA)
resumes at 7-6(1) 3-6


Ct TBA

R1: Regina Kulikova & Anastasija Sevastova (RUS/LAT) vs Elena Baltacha & Olga Savchuk (UKR)
R1: Sally Peers (AUS) & Laura Robson vs Kaia Kanepi & Shuai Zhang (EST/CHN)


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Borops were a break down in the third but now back on serve, but they're serving to make it 6-6 right now.

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They couldn't do it though and lost 7-5 cry

Broady and Katie lost 6-2 6-3 earlier as well so just Joss and Heather in the 2nd round so far with only Laura and Bally still to play.

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Bally is on centre and Laura on Court 1 - Bally's match is available via the BBC website, and I expect Laura's will be shortly

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Elena Baltacha's match has started on Centre Court, and Laura Robson's has started on Court 1.

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Balchuk took the first set 6-3
Robers lost the first set 6-2

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well if nothing else at least we all learnt sally peers is sh**, laura could do so much better

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Baltacha/Savchuk won 6-3 6-3
Robson/Peers lost 6-2 6-4

Sally was overwhelmed by playing on court 1, failed to hold serve, and Laura was too inexperienced to help her much

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If I remember rightly Peers and Robson were a last minute wildcard paring at the Australian Open. Playing with an Australian partner was probably the only way Laura could have got into that tournament. After they reached the quarters, Laura owed it to Peers to play with her again, even though I heard at the time that she was carrying her. But Laura has paid her dues, and after today's performance from Peers, it is time for her to find a better partner.

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Yes, Sally I recall was due to be playing the Aus Open with someone else who pulled out and she invited Laura to team up with her.

I do recall Laura was the stronger partner generally but in some of the coverage I saw Sally did play well at times too.  Laura isn't that good to single handedly get a doubles team to the Aus Open quarter finals, it was a partnership.

They may indeed have decided then that Laura was going to team with Sally at Wimbledon and that seems quite understandable, possibly part payback to Sally from Laura but maybe just it was great, let's do it again.

I didn't see any of today's match so don't know how badly or otherwise Sally played and how much she froze.  But it is quite possible that it was just an arrangement for Wimbledon anyway with possibly see how it goes there. 

Be quite good for Laura if she can find a good regular partner although how much more she could actually play the rest of the year, with her age restrictions on how many tournaments she can play, I'm far from clear.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 24th of June 2010 09:34:03 PM

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RBBOT


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According to BBC Guernsey Heather has been carrying an injury since her singles loss, which makes her doubles win a little more impressive:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8755550.stm


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