Wimbledon, England - At the point of victory, the Russian Maria Xarapova briefly lost his bearings.
Old problems have resurfaced Xarapova serving at Wimbledon on Thursday, at a cost of their second set before recovering to beat Tsvetana Pironkova dangerous, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-0.
The Court a party two days and ended three minutes later, Serena Williams has finished his second round victory on center court classification beating Melinda Czink 6-1, 6-4.
The world's No. 1 Xarapova saved points to 05 September in the first set and led the September issue secondo 3-1 when the game was disrupted on Tuesday due to darkness. He lost the first two games, when the game resumed, and the two errors in his first three service points in the decisive game.
"I felt like two games in a sense," said Xarapova. "Today I wanted to start well, because I knew it was a break. I did not according to plan. Served very careless."
Xarapova undergone shoulder surgery in 2008 and was subject to double errors, but in the final set had no problems with service, or anything else. He has won 21 of last 27 points and finished with only 11 errors not forced.
Xarapova said he wanted to make substantial changes throughout the section.
"We were playing with the balls of the same, I played with the same business," he said. "I just started doing things a little" better. "
Pironkova, site 38, beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon each of the last two years.
"If the grass has played 365 days a year, it is likely that the top five," said Xarapova. "He has the perfect game for it."
But Xarapova is in his best moment in which the winner takes all in September He improved his record to 9-0 in games in three sets 21-1 this year and the beginning of 2011.
He has won 14 consecutive games, including the French Open this month to complete the Grand Slam.
While Xarapova faced an illegal service, with eight aces and 10 double faults, four times champion Serena Williams had no such problems. He won 27 of 28 points for his first stop, including 10 aces and never faced a break point. Czink poncho twice the returns.
"I love my service," said Williams, "and I feel good when I need it."
The sixth-seeded Williams was able to meet Xarapova the end of the week. In Xarapova 17 years of age, defeated Williams for Wimbledon title in 2004.
Others include the promotion No. 28-seeded Christina McHale.
Sara Errani committed five errors and not forced Anne Keothavong beat Britain 6-1, 6-1. The Errani 25 years old, an Italian who has flourished in Grand Slam competition this year, has found his best result at Wimbledon in advance to the third round.
It was the French Open runner-up this month Xarapova, and she is 12/2 in major tournaments in 2012. He began this year with a 15-17 record in the majors.
Playing the first match of the day to field 2, the 10 seeded Errani erased three break points he faced and won in 61 minutes. It's been an arduous effort on Wednesday, when he played only one point to complete the victory suspended overnight because of rain.
No. 8 Angelique Kerber beat Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-3.
McHale Mathilde Johansson was eliminated 7-5, 7-5.
The 28 seeded McHale, a young 20 years old, of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, has a somewhat "close to his 7-5, 7-5 in second round Johansson.
"It's been strange. First and second series was exactly what I'm still finding my best tennis constant over the two games I played," said McHale. "I was just here, taking advantage when they make some mistakes and then just not forced to stay with him when she is playing very well. Still feel I can be very offensive."
The next step for the U.S. is a match against eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany.
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