But I got an early break in the fourth and that was important.
Serena Williams put an early break behind her to polish off the first set against Schiavone 6-3 in 34 minutes.
But the 21-year-old Serb broke once to take the first set and then recorded an early break in the second.
Once Broady and Farquharson had picked up their early break in the second set, Burton and Morgan were chasing the match.
Federer claimed the opening set after leading 3-0 at the beginning, and he achieved an early break in the opening game of the second set as well.
The Czech could not maintain that sort of form and conceded an early break in the deciding set, but still made Clijsters work hard for her win.
Williams secured an early break in the first game of the first set before Bartoli pegged her back but the number three seed closed out the opener 6-3.
An excellent early break from Rhodri Gomer-Davies nearly put Luke Charteris in at the corner, and Ceri Sweeney hit the post with a penalty resulting from the home side's pressure.
In the second set Mathieu raced to a 3-0 lead with an early break before cruising to victory to bring the scores level after a further 30 minutes of play.
Federer gained an early break in the opening set but his 22-year-old opponent hit back to tie it at 2-2 and then had chances to move ahead for the first time.
He blew an early break to fall a break behind himself, and had to save three set points on his own serve in the ninth game in order to keep the set alive.
The Frenchman took advantage of a sluggish start by Novak to steal the first set but the Czech grabbed an early break in the second to get the match back on level terms.
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Her mood darkened further when Clijsters fashioned an early break in the decider, but at 3-4 the Belgian threw in a couple of double faults of her own before sending a drive volley long.
Soderling, who had lost all four of his previous matches against Djokovic, dropped only 11 points as he rattled through the second set and he had chances for an early break in the third.
In the second set, Clijsters gained an early break, saw off a break point in the fifth game to hold for a 4-1 lead, and she fought back from 0-40 down to serve out the match.
It was enough to secure the first set but not before a comeback from Del Potro, who carried the momentum into the second and grabbed an early break as he began to find his range more regularly.
Farquharson saved an early break point in the opening game with a smash by the net and although Broady had an advantage he lost it and then served a double fault to give his opponents the early initiative.
Serena trailed 2-1 after an early break, but then after a marathon seven-deuce game she won five in a row to take out the first set, and had few problems in raising her game when necessary in the second.
There was no sign of that injury in the opening game as the huge, flat forehand that did for Federer in New York earned Del Potro an early break point, but Murray saved it with an ace and then took control.
After a somewhat fractious start in which several of the fillies appeared to become unsettled by the atmosphere on course, an early break-neck pace was set by David Simcock's Miss You Too, who appeared to taking a keen hold with jockey Ian Mongan.
It was Baghdatis who made the better start when play began in beautiful sunshine on a packed Lenglen arena, the Cypriot forcing Murray to fend off an early break point as the Scot needed eight minutes apiece for his first two service games.
Cardiff number eight, Steve Williams, was denied after one early break from a scrum, but when he repeated it from closer range and the ball went loose in the tackle, scrum-half Howley was on hand to pick up and trot over against his former club.
After the opening two sets were shared, Paris Masters winner Djokovic gained an early break in the decider, but came under pressure on his own service as he saved break back points in a marathon sixth game, but then finally succumbed as he served for the match at 5-4, Davydenko finally leveling on his fifth break point.
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Brendan McGill had opened the scoring for the home side just before the break, with Simon Mensing heading the equaliser from a Derek Lyle cross early after the break.
He gained the decisive break early in the second set when Ljubicic sent a backhand sailing wide.
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