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Myskina: French Open
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Myskina knows all too well. Before she had a breakthrough to win the French Open last year, her perfectionist streak and occasionally volcanic on- court persona kept her from compiling results that were worthy of her silken groundstrokes. She punched through that with the help of her even-tempered coach, Jens Gerlach, only to find a much weightier reason to take her eyes off the ball.
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Myskina won the opening game of the match and promptly broke Schiavone in the next to set the tone for a one-sided match. She broke the Italian a second time in the fourth game and held serve to take an impressive 5-0 lead. It was only in the sixth game that Schiavone finally held serve, but that was hardly going to be enough and Myskina served out the set.
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Anastasia Myskina of Russia stretches as she returns a forehand to her compatriot Elena Dementieva in the women's final of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris,June 5, 2004. [Reuters]
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Myskina has suffered with a serious toe injury since January 1. Russian's 2004 French Open winner tested the problems to no avail two weeks ago, losing badly in the first round at Roland Garros.
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Justine eases off a bit from the rush of the second set, and get´s broke by Myskina in the opening game 0-1. Justine´s in a quick break back on the Russian´s serve 1-1. Great Belgian saves two break points, and holds serve 2-1. Myskina has totally regrouped after the being outplayed in the second set, and back to her baseline best 2-2. Justine is unable to make forays to the net, as Myskina deep hitting from the back gives her no openings 2-3. Justine avoids the strong Myskina two handed backhands, and breaks back 3-3.
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The loss to Dulko was Myskina's first match since October. The 25-year-old right hander, the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title, is expected to decide within days whether she will play at the Australian Open starting Jan. 15 in Melbourne.
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