Ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur, who has spoken of her anxiety over playing in front of her home fans, served twice for the match but double-faulted on match point in a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 loss to China's Zheng Jie.
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"I wasn't really nervous I was just not quick off the mark and she took advantage of that, " said Robson, who double-faulted on match point.
The tension was mounting, and both players began missing chances, but it was Fordham who held his nerve to close out the match with double two.
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Alternate Graeme Connal came in for Byers at lead and played two inch-perfect shots to set up the match-winning double.
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But Fordham, 41, won six of the next nine legs, nailing double 16 to take the match to a deciding set.
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After the two players traded five breaks to open the match, Hingis double-faulted away the next game to give Dementieva a 4-3 lead.
The double strike killed off the match as a competitive spectacle, although Jermaine Pennant flashed in a couple of long-range free-kicks to give Birmingham some hope.
He also holds the record for the fastest double century in a Test match, having made 222 off 153 balls against England at Christchurch earlier this year.
Each week, players can earn three points if they get the scoreline correct or one point for a result, while jokers can be used to double points for any given match.
But the South African has a reputation for keeping his nerve, most notably when he bowled a match-winning double-wicket maiden for Worcestershire to beat Lancashire in the 2003 C and G Trophy semi-final.
And a third successive win will put Gloucester on the verge of going through, particularly with travel-sick Bourgoin to come at Kingsholm in the second match of this double header on Saturday 15 December.
Even though I'll always remember my individual performance of scoring a double hundred, sadly the match is going to be remembered for being a Test match we lost and that meant we went 2-0 down in the series.
The Stoke-on-Trent player hit a 170 checkout during the match and missed a shot at double 12 for a nine-dart finish in the final leg of the match.
Although she double-faulted on her first match point, she then served an ace on her third to win.
Watson caught Bulls guard Nate Robinson with an elbow in the second quarter, igniting a shoving match that resulted in double technical fouls.
Federer let the match slip with a double-fault and four unforced errors, but played down his disappointment at missing out on the top ranking.
After hitting a forehand a fraction wide of the line and losing his challenge in a review, Ferrer double-faulted to give Djokovic match point.
But Federer regained his composure in the the third and broke serve in the sixth game before closing out the match on a Coria double-fault.
She won despite double-faulting on her first match point and hitting the net with a forehand on her second, but still managed 27 winners against 13 unforced errors in those last two sets, having been 12-123 in the first.
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An emotional Safina slammed her racquet into the dirt in frustration after making her seventh double-fault of the day on match point.
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For the second time Hingis serves a double fault while serving to close out the match.
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The Russian then led 5-2 in the second set but double-faulted twice while serving for the match and was broken.
Australia have only played South Africa once at the WACA ground, in 2005, when Brad Hodge made an unbeaten double century in the second innings as the match finished in a draw.
Baxter had three darts to win the match but Van Barneveld clinched victory with double top.
He then had two break points in the third game of the second set and although he was unable to take them, he was handed the initiative in game seven when Chardy, after saving two further break points, double-faulted for the first time in the match on the third, handing Murray a 4-3 lead.
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