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Aleksandra Wozniak advanced to the third round of the Wimbledon warm-up by beating Olga Govortsova, 6-4, 6-4.  The victory must have felt good after being knocked out of the 2009 French Open in the fourth round after a loss to Serena Williams.  Wozniak will go on to battle either Melinda Czink or Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (their match was also halted due to the weather).

Sania Mirza also pushed through to the third round after beating Anne Keothavong 6-1, 7-6 (5).  She will be facing either Elena Baltacha or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her next match.

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“You really want to win badly and there’s so many things going on,” said Wozniak. “It was my first time on Philippe Chatrier court. Emotions get involved and you just get tight and you can’t play really your game, so it’s tough.”

I can imagine that the 21-year-old’s nerves got the best of her but I hope she goes home to Blainville, Ontario with a deep sense of pride for what she accomplished personally and for her country.

Williams, on the other hand, has extended her Grand Slam winning streak to 18 matches and referred to the win as her “most focused match so far.”  In the pursuit of her 11th major title, Williams will next play seventh seeded Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won the 2004 U.S. Open.  “I feel like I have nothing to lose,” Williams said. “This is when everything counts, you know. I have to pick up my level and play again a really good, strong match, especially playing somebody like Svetlana who is a great clay-court player and who moves extremely well and doesn’t do anything bad.”

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