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Ivanovic unable to meet lofty expectations

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, June 27, 2008

WIMBLEDON, England -- When Ana Ivanovic played Nathalie Dechy in the second round at Wimbledon two days ago, she benefited from a net cord facing match point and ultimately escaped in a three-and-a-half hour epic. There was no such luck on Friday. Fresh off her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open, the world No. 1 exited 6-1, 6-4 against feisty Chinese baseliner Zheng Jie, who only got into the tournament thanks to a wildcard after an ankle injury sent her ranking back more than 150 s ...

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