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WIMBLEDON: Serena Crashes Out in 3rd Round

/noticias.info/ With her sister progressing into the fourth round earlier in the day, Serena Williams spent a frustrating afternoon waiting to get on Centre Court for her own third round match. She finally made an appearance around 7.30pm but not on the main show court. The Referee, Alan Mills, was forced to switch the match to No.2 Court, the infamous "Graveyard of Champions".

The cause of the switch was the time being taken by the Murray versus Nalbandian match. That also meant that most spectators were more engrossed in watching that encounter than the performance of the two-times Wimbledon Champion.

That fact must have irritated Serena Williams who prides herself on being an entertainer, but the show must go on, much to the appreciation of those who did watch the start of the game. Only when news of her possible defeat filtered around the ground did the spectators arrive like vultures to watch the dying throes of a champion.

The court lived up to its reputation as Jill Craybas, the 30-year-old from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, a graduate in telecommunications and world ranked 85, held her nerve to pull off a well deserved 6-3,7-6 (7-4) victory.

The disappointment was evident as last year's runner-up dumped another service return into the net on match point. It was the culmination of a series of errors and it was evident from the start of the match that Serena was off-form. She failed to hold serve until the third game of the second set.

A victory for Serena would have pitched her against her sister Venus in the fourth round so there was some consolation in the loss as neither sibling enjoys having to play against the other. Venus, however, will be sharpening her own weapons to avenge this embarrassing defeat.

The loss is the culmination of a disastrous week for Serena, the fourth seed, who has never before had to survive three-set matches so early in a Grand Slam event. Her groundstrokes were all awry during this encounter. Even though Serena eventually got them under control in the second set, Craybas, who had never won a set off her in their two previous encounters, held her own nerve to eventually outplay her more illustrious opponent.

Serena's attempts at bludgeoning her way past a determined opponent failed and her grunts could be heard across the grounds in direct relation to her efforts and frustrations. She did regroup to force a tie-break but again the errors crept back and eventually she could not prevent herself becoming another victim in the Graveyard of Champions. notas_de_prensa_archivo