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L32: Elena Baltacha WR 55 v Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) WR 62 (CH 19 in 2002)

There are very few easy draws at this level, but I imagine Elena would happily have taken this one before the draw was made, though I don't know who the winner would meet in R2 yet. They have played twice before, both times in the UK on grass - elena won 4 & 5 at Eastbourne in 2004 and Tanasugarn got revenge at Surbiton in 2008 by 6 & 1.

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Winner to play either 4th seed Vinci or her fellow Italian Oprandi in R2.

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Match is on Monday accordin to Elenas Facebook

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Match is on 4th so probably not before 4.30 am UK time.

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Tanasugarn started this match as the favourite to win it for some unknown reason. Elena raced out to 3 bps and took the second of them. smile.gif

*1-0

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Bally holds then breaks again for *3-0, she has won 12/14 points so far!

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15-30 ... 40-30 ... deuce ... ad-in ... 4-0* smile.gif

Still got work to finish off before the morning starts properly, so I'm only going to be able tokeep half an eye on this instead of giving a blow by blow for those still asleep.

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Ominously, the former world no. 19 does seem to be waking up now - more pressure in Bally's last service game and now 40-0 on the Thai serve. Eventually holds to 30 ... *4-1



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40-15 (I think) pegged back to deuce again ... then a looooong delay, though it could just be the scoreboard being slow, hopefully.

Elena is only getting 32% of her first serves in btw, but that doesn't seem to be have hampered her much so far.


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Saves a break point, then ace for ad-in, back to deuce.

Another bp ... and this time Tanasugarn gets it cry.gif

4-2*

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Bally gets another bp but TT holds.

*4-3 Bally, pretty much crunch time as she serves with new balls.



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EB: 15-30 ... 30-30 ... ace 40-30 ... and holds 5-3*

TT: 15-30 ... 30-30 ... 40-30 ... deuce ... break/set point ... got it smile.gif 6-3



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EB: 40-30 ... another very long pause, nearly 10 mins so far

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It must have been the scoreboard this time - Bally got broken, but breaks back on TT's 6th DF. 6-3 *1-1

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Ooer a 3rd df from Bally gives Tanasugarn another bp, which she gratefully takes cry.gif - 6-3 1-2*

4 breaks in a row - you'd think this was WTA! (ah, it is ...)

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