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Nathalie Dechy: Sets
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Recipients of first round byes, number one seed Chakvetadze needed just one hour to get past France’s Nathalie Dechy, 6-1, 6-3, while second seed Hantuchova needed 2hr 9min to once again dismiss Slovenia’s Katerina Srebotnik, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Australian Open semi-finalist Hantuchova has never lost to Srebotnik in their seven meetings. Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko later booked a quarter-final showdown with fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva when she beat countrywoman Yuliana Fedak 6-0, 6-3. Bondarenko, who eliminated defending champion Nadia Petrova in the previous round, won the first nine games of the tie to claim her fifth victory in as many meetings with Fedak. World number seven Chakvetadze dominated her 64th-ranked opponent from the outset of their second round tie, wrapping up the first set in 23 minutes. She powered 3-0 ahead in the second, before a lapse in concentration allowed Dechy to convert the first of her four break chances and she fought back to level 3-3.
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Dechy ousted China’s Peng Shuai in straight sets as Razzano needed three sets to get past eighth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine. Peng, 22, had been a key player in China’s 3-2 World Group success over France at the weekend when she gave the hosts their first point with a surprise win over Razzano in Beijing.
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Dechy, ranked 21st in the world and seeded sixth for the $218,000 tournament, was sent packing in straight sets by Italy's Flavia Pennetta. Pennetta was forced to battle for the first set in a tie-breaker but steamrolled her opponent in the second 6-1.
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Eastbourne has been a successful Sony Ericsson WTA Tour stop for Dechy. In 1999, she collected her first Top 10 win here, defeating Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario. Three years ago, Dechy made the semifinals here and last year lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova after leading 5-2 in the second set. Her next opponent is No.5-seeded Anastasia Myskina, a 64 64 winner over Jill Craybas.
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Dechy staged a comeback and broke Zvonareva twice to build a 5-2 second-set lead. The Frenchwoman was unable to serve out the set at 5-3 as Zvonareva smacked a forehand crosscourt winner on break point to make the score 5-4.
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Mauresmo struggled with Dechy's wide array of first serves (74 percent) and only capitalized on two of seven break opportunities. Dechy, on the other hand, used two of three break chances in the final set to ice the victory. Dechy has now won two of her four career meetings against Mauresmo, but this time it was while her countrywoman was the world's top player.
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