Elena Dementieva - "Darling Save The Last Dance For Me"

Two tennis videos from YouTube of Elena Dementieva - one an advertisement of the young Russian player.

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Anna Chakvetadze Rolls Over Tatiana Poutchek

Eighth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-5 6-3 in round one of Wimbledon 2007.

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Maria Sharapova Closes Out Unhappy Ai Sugiyama

Maria Sharapova was made to work harder in the second set before beating her first round opponent, Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan 6-1 7-5, in Wimbledon 2007.

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Elena Dementieva Suffers Round 3 Loss

Elena Dementieva suffered a 6-2, 6-4 round 3 French Open loss to eighteenth seed Marion Bartoli.

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Nadia Petrova Humiliated In First Round

11th seed Nadia Petrova was humiliated 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 by 182nd ranked qualifier Kveta Peschke in the first round of the French Open 2007.

Trauma to her back suffered in the second set limited her competiveness in the third set which she lost 6-0.

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Anna Chakvetadze Straight-setted in French Open

Anna Chakvetadze was straight-setted 6-3, 6-4 by Maria Sharapova.

Anna Chakvetadze broke into the top 10 at the end of May 2007 only four short years after turning pro.

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Svetlana Kuznetzova Exits French Open

No. 3 seed Kuznetsova was dispatched 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 in the French Open quarter-final by No. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic.

Kuznetsova overcame her nerves and abdominal pain in the second set but a hard serve in the set aggravated her pulled abdominal muscles and she quickly succumbed in the third set.
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Dinara Safina Defeated By Serena Williams

Tenth seed Dinara Safina reached round 4 of the French Open 2007 but came up short and was overwhelmed 6-2, 6-3 by former World number one Serena Williams.

Eighth seed Williams took 36 minutes for the first set and while Safina put up more resistance in the second set Williams was too powerful. 2002 Champion Williams had the game wrapped up in 77 minutes.

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Maria Sharapova' Semi-final At French Open

Ana Ivanova was ruthless in her 6-2 6-1 French Open Semi-final destruction of Maria Sharapova.

The tall 6 ft 2” Sharapova’s game is patterned on her strong ground strokes and serve but Sharapova admits she has never felt comfortable on clay.

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