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 | | Azarenka started with victory, in men Andy Roddick also started well30.07.2012 |
World No. 1 women's tennis, Victoria Azarenka from Belarus started with victory in the Olympic tennis tournament for women of the Games in London.
Azarenka qualify for the second round after a 6:1 success, 3:6, 6:1 for 1:44 hours over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begun. The match had to play yesterday but was postponed because of rain.
Azarenka made ​​six breaks and allowed three. She recorded 13 double and 24 unforced mistakes.
World No. 1 lost only one game in the first and third set, but in the second allowed to her opponent to win with 6:3.
In other first round match of the tournament number 7 Angelica Kerber (Germany) led with 6:1, 3:0 against Petra Chetkovska, after which the Czech girl quit because of injury.
In men, the former world No 1 Andy Roddick qualify for the second round of the the tennis tournament for men from the Olympic Games in London.
The American, who is currently 21st in the world rankings, beat Klizhan Martin (Slovakia) with 7:5, 6:4. Roddick realizes only two breaks of 13 opportunities and made five aces.
The meeting was postponed for today because it rained yesterday over London.
For Roddick, this is the first part of the Olympics for the past eight years. He dropped out in the third round in Atina'2004 and in Pekin'2008 does not participate.
In the second round Andy Roddick will play with No. 2 in the scheme Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
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