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Wimbledon 2008

June 28, 2008

World number one Ana Ivanovic's luck finally ran out on Friday when she was toppled 6-1, 6-4 in the third round by China's Zheng Jie.

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  • Forty-eight hours after the Serb saved two match points against Nathalie Dechy, the second with the help of a netcord, she suffered an astonishing meltdown on Court One.

    The French Open champion struggled to keep the ball in play as she either sprayed errors off the court or scooped shots into the net with alarming regularity.

    In a tournament already rocked by defeats of former champion Maria Sharapova, men's third seed Novak Djokovic and twice runner-up Andy Roddick, Ivanovic became the latest big name to catch an early flight out of London.

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