Summary
Proof that tennis matches are won in the head as much as they are with the hand was provided by the two Britons on display at the first day of the DFS Classic here yesterday.
While Elena Baltacha reached the second round for the first time in four attempts with a straight-sets win over Alyona Bondarenko, compatriot Amanda Janes squandered four match points to lose in a third-set tie-break to Japan's Akiko Morigami - a woman playing on grass for the first time.See the full content of this document
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Tennis: Elena's Lesson in How to Finish
Baltacha, the British No 1, overcame early jitters to blitz the Ukrainian 7-6, 6-1 to earn a second-round match with either Lisa Raymond or Milagros Sequera.
It took her almost the entire first set to find range with her booming forehand and first serve, tw...See the full content of this document
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