New Haven: 2r Elena Dementieva (RUS) def. Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6/1 7/6(6)

amazing job elena :)

only 7 DF's, but no aces!
She lost her service only twice at 4/0 and 5/3 in the second
She saved 3 of 5 BP's
Elena breaked Ashley 5 times
but the choke at the end of the Match was :tape: Ashley came back from 2/5 to 5/5!! :o
at least a 2 set victory!

:hug: Ashley

Finally, this match should have been 6-1 6-2, but you can trust Lena to make it interesting :p Keep going :rocker2:

Well done Elena!

This was Elena's 30th victory of the year. Let's make it 31 tomorrow. :)

What a thriller at the end! She should have closed the match at 5:2. :scared:


But a win is a win. Congrats Elena! :bounce:

a huge lead. :help: needing five match points. :help: against harkleroad. :help:

pretty much sums up the match. :p
typical elena sloppy second set, but good job for toughing it out.

ashley from 1-6 1-5 to a tiebreak with venus at the french and 1-6 2-5 to a tiebreak with elena here. :rolls:

Was worried when Elena lost her grip of the second set, and when Ashley saved four matchpoints in the second set tiebreak, but Elena came out of it the winner! :yeah: :bounce: :bigclap:

Lena what an awful second set. 4-0 and 5-1 and couldn't close out????/ :rolleyes:

If there is no little (or even better, big) Drama in the match, it is just not fun for Lena...Next: Marion, take 4...

Lena won but :o :o
this one should have been a breeze.......

and the TB...... 6-2 up and blew those 4 mps too :help:

she squandered huge lead 4-0 and then 5-1 and then 6-2 in TB :rolleyes:

Congrats Elena. Could/Should have gone easier, but wat is the joy of winning a drama-free match... Was it loss of concentration of Elena at the end or a nice fight back from Harkleroad?

Great Match from Elena :yeah: Keep Winning ;)

ohh so typical Lena match :rolleyes:
she was serving for 5-0 in the second...
anyway, good luck against Marion in the next round!
so I might see you on eurosport in the SF

Ashley. :crying2:

:o Oh well its only a choke if you lose

GL in QFs Elena

Good win for Dementieva, and I'm guessing that Harkleroad put up a good fight in the 2nd set.

Too bad Elena is thrown into that top half mess at USO.

nice win Lena !!! :)

Nice win !!


Good luck in QF

Was there any doubt? It's up to Lena to make it an All Russian final in NY

Well Lena aint gonna use the door if she can come down the chimmney, anyways job done, shoulda been 6-1 6-1 or something but seems the little American but up quite a good fight and Lena had one of her brain farts again, or was she just tormenting her fans again? Well, whatever, and a wins a win and it was in str8s too, just, but Harkleroad, depsite Lenas best efforts to make it a 3 setter, YOU HAVE BEEN DEMENTINATED!

Lena :)

Lena :yeah: A wins a win !

Well done Elena. Nice try Ashley

Nicely done aside from the attempted choke Lena.

congrats Elena! :)

Good job Elena!!!)))

good fight ash, as always :)

elena, win the title :devil:

Well, Lena is a "dizzy" "drunk" one, so what do you expect. I'm just glad she won. :) I'm not complaining.

despite what people say Ashley is best when she's down so i wouldn't blame Elena for a choke. Nice fight Ashley...too bad you couldn't take it to a third set.

Solid win for Jelena :woohoo:

Take the title Lena :hearts:

Lena :yeah:

Elena :D

Ashley :hug:

Lena ;) :)
Ashley :hug:

Nice try Ash! Good luck next round Lena!

Elena has made a final and 2 SF's at the USO. This was just some match practice for her.

Oh what a match :hearts: :hearts: :drool: