Keothavong holds nerve in Edgbaston

Eurosport - Wed, 10 Jun 14:56:00 2009

British number one Anne Keothavong held her nerve to take a 6-2 6-2 win over Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson and reach the second round of the Edgbaston Classic.

TENNIS 2009 - Great Britain's Anne Keothavong in action during her first-round win over Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson at WTA Birmingham - 0

Keothavong, preparing for her home Grand Slam Wimbledon, faced a total of 10 break points but conceded only one as she sealed victory in exactly an hour in Birmingham.

"I was a little bit nervous at the start as it was my first match on grass, so it took me a while to get into it," Keothavong said.

She will next face Sania Mirza of India, who beat Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek 6-1 6-2.

Britons Melanie South, Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavaday are also through to the second round at the Edgbaston Prior Club.

Reuters

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  1. Anne's a cutiexxxx

    From ragmaster1, on Wed 10 Jun 1:04PM

  2. Anne is being demolished by Mirza pfff :-( 1-6 so­ far...

    From Jeremy, on Wed 10 Jun 12:24PM

  3. Wish you the best of luck Anne for wimbledon!Hopefully­ you won't be taking on Safina in the first round­ this time:-(

    From Jeremy, on Wed 10 Jun 12:08PM

  4. I hope I can be a well-educated man's someone­­ special. I have long legs, blond hairs and blue eyes.­­ Im kind, well-educated, humurous and cute. Reach me at­ ­ _____K issMillionaires C o M_____

    From clarkae23, on Wed 10 Jun 11:02AM
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    The Brit,Sania Mirza beat the Brit Tatiana Poutchek and­ will now face the Brit Anne Keothsomething-or-other.

    From Perry Neeham, on Wed 10 Jun 5:22AM
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    @ comment no 1

    surely ur name is rc_smellcunt­ isn't it?

    Go bak to the gutter you crawled out of!

    From Felipe, on Wed 10 Jun 12:28AM

  7. Anne comes from Hackney and still lives there.­ She's a credit to herself and her family.

    From Bruce, on Tue 9 Jun 11:50PM

  8. wow no1 bnp by any chance racist @#$%

    From goof, on Tue 9 Jun 11:24PM

  9. I can't believe comment number one has two­ 'approvals'.

    From belfastfootball, on Tue 9 Jun 10:57PM

  10. Yeah, have seen Anne play at Wimbledon many a time. ­ Very gifted Brit.

    From simon, on Tue 9 Jun 10:55PM

  11. Anne is young, gifted and English, I hope she gets on­ top of Sania Mirza and gives her a good workout.

    From Chemical Ali, on Tue 9 Jun 10:36PM

  12. The fact that she is neither British nor Scottish means­ that she will probably do well. You racist c..t Alcock

    From Balvin, on Tue 9 Jun 10:23PM

  13. U racist @#$%

    From qasim7uk, on Tue 9 Jun 10:11PM

  14. ooh comment-1,
    nasty or what!

    From cameron w, on Tue 9 Jun 9:57PM
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