Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Caroline Wozniacki

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By Caroline Cheese

It's bad news for a Briton
1345: Erm... Britain's Oli Golding loses the second-set tie-break 7-0, handing Tiago Fernandes a 6-2 7-6 victory. Still the Brazilian is the fifth seed - and I bet you could count the number of Nik Naks adverts he's starred in on, well, no hands.

1339: The tension builds on a damp Court 11 where Oli Golding and Tiago Fernandes go into a second-set tie-break, which the Brit must win to avoid a second-round exit. Still, I imagine if you've starred in a Nik Naks advert, a crucial tie-break is a walk in the park by comparison. Schiavone with a 4-2 lead over Wozniacki, and looking very impressive. Elena Dementieva has pegged Nadia Petrova back to 3-2.

1333: The lovely Sarah from the BBC Red Button team has just alerted me to the official Roland Garros weather forecast, which seems to imply that this miserable weather is somehow Britain's fault... "A cool overcast sky during most of the morning. By mid-afternoon, a weather disturbance coming from the British Isles is expected to bring light to moderate rain to Roland Garros. Expect the rain to persist a few hours before tapering off later in the evening."

From Greg Rusedski on Twitter: "Schiavone playing very well and great to watch. Lovely to see variety, and great tactics."

1330: Schiavone sends a raking single-handed backhand onto the sideline past a stranded Wozniacki. The Italian follows it with a superb lob, giving her three break points. She only needs one and now leads 3-1. Nadia Petrova has leapt out to 3-0 against Elena Dementieva on Lenglen. Britain's Oli Golding holds serve to take a 5-4 second-set lead against Tago Fernandes.

1325: Oli Golding's favourite dogs are called Bobby and Doggy Pink, according to his official website. I don't like to be mean, but Doggy Pink? What sort of a dog's name is that? I wonder if that dog dares leave the house for its walkies. Still raining in Paris but they carry on... It's already a bit of a dogfight on Chatrier as Schiavone holds to lead 2-1 against Wozniacki. Slowcoaches over on Lenglen where Petrova holds her serve to lead Dementieva 1-0.

It's raining
BBC Sport's Piers Newbery at Roland Garros: "Rain falling as Golding takes a 4-3 lead against Fernandes. Both players hit it hard and make a lot of noise doing so. Good match so far..."

It's bad news for a Briton
1318: Britain's Oli Golding drops serve in the second set of his second-round match against Tiago Fernandes and is pegged back to 3-2. Golding used to be a child actor and his CV includes Coming Home with Keira Knightley, and the Mike Leigh film All Or Nothing. I am more impressed that he has also appeared in a Nik Naks advert. I love Nik Naks.

From DiscoStew1 on Twitter: "Office atmosphere mixed... I'm raving about a Fed-Soderling match-up and its falling on deaf ears... philistines!"

1311: Sam Smith on the BBC Red Button predicts Wozniacki-Schiavone could be an epic. Apparently, Schiavone herself predicted a real battle between the pair and said she was prepared to stay out there for "three hours" if necessary. Great. Could be a long wait for Roger Federer and Robin Soderling, whose quarter-final follows this one.

It's good news for a Briton
1309: I think we can safely say we're at the business end of the French Open now as the quarter-finals get under way. On court and warming up now: Caroline Wozniacki and Francesca Schiavone on Chatrier, Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova on Lenglen. Meanwhile on Court 11, British wonder-boy Oli Golding has lost the first set against fifth seed Tiago Fernandes but leads 3-0 in the second.

1300: Hello there. I don't know how the atmosphere is in your office, but everyone here is absolutely buzzing about the start of the French Open quarter-finals, and not in any way distracted by the impending announcement of the Fabio Capello's 23-man England squad for the World Cup.

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