Great Britain sprinter Christian Malcolm , who competed against Bolt in the 200m final at last year's Olympics, said he was surprised by the Jamaican's scintillating run on Thursday but is tipping him to break the 19-second barrier.
Bartoli, the number 13 seed, had played Williams twice before they met in Miami, losing in the final at Wimbledon in 2007 but winning in the Bank of the West Classic final at Stanford last year.
The 32-year-old made a club record 474th appearance as a sub in the FA Trophy final at Wembley last month.
But he quickly reverted to league full-time with the Broncos and, after helping them finish runners-up to Bradford in the 1997 Super League campaign, he appeared in their first-ever Cup final at Wembley last May.
"I thought I was a little bit better than my first round match, " said Williams, who had come into the tournament under a fitness cloud after limping through her defeat against Elena Dementieva in the final at Sydney last week.
Del Potro reached the final at Indian Wells last week, but was unable to see off 89th ranked Kamke.
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With the 2008 champion losing at the quarter-final stage in the last two years at Melbourne Park, the Serb looked in determined mood and broke as early as the fourth game against Almagro to set him on the way to taking the opening set in 31 minutes.
The Lakers fell at the final hurdle last year when they were beaten 4-2 by the Boston Celtics in the finals, a loss which had an impact on all the players and provided inspiration for 2009's victorious run according to the 30-year-old shooting guard.
He has been on a roll since his final round meltdown at the Masters last April.
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"I think our guys starting at the final day of last year were looking forward to rewriting the story that unfolded last year, " Farrell said.
If you watched Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final, second leg at Liverpool last season, they were so one-dimensional for a top team it wasn't true.
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World number one Hewitt will attempt to claim the title for the third year in a row after his victory against Henman in the final at Queen's Club last year.
Afterwards, Henman said he was satisfied with his display, coming after his quarter-final defeat by Jiri Novak at last week's Swiss Indoor tournament, and a second round defeat in his previous event in Madrid.
And Kevin has failed on the big occasion before - in the Olympic final in 2002 and again at last year's World Championships - so it will be interesting to see how he copes with the pressure put on him as the host nation.
Fulham were punished for a poor final 10 minutes at Craven Cottage last Thursday but it took them all of 21 seconds in the Volkswagen Arena to rectify the previous week's last-ditch lapse in concentration as Zamora gave them the lead straight from the kick-off.
There was a crowd of 84, 241 for the first final back at Wembley in 2007, while the last 'full house' for the Challenge Cup Final was in 1997.
That is unlikely to bother Chelsea, who won the last FA Cup final at the old Wembley in 2000.
Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda is relishing the chance to exact revenge upon Arsenal, who knocked out Spurs at the semi-final stage last season.
In the final two weeks, Palin was at last given a chance to make in-depth speeches on substantive issues like energy and special-needs children.
As Teno and her colleagues note, one patient may spend her final week at home, but her last day in the hospital for pain control.
After wasting an early lead and losing their final-round opener last month at Honduras, the Americans were under pressure to come up with a win, especially with their next game Tuesday at regional power Mexico.
Wenger acknowledged his team had not made the progress he had desired in the competition following their exit at the quarter-final stage last season to Chelsea, who are in the draw for the quarter-finals on 18 March.
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The Swede -- who beat Federer in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi last week before losing in the final to Nadal, on whom he inflicted a shock defeat at last year's French Open -- was beaten in straight sets by American Robby Ginepri.
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The Blues are the defending champions after demolishing Gloucester 50-12 in last year's final at Twickenham.
He last reached a ranking final at the 1997 Welsh Open when he lost 9-2 to Stephen Hendry.
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Bayern lost last year's final at home to Chelsea on penalty kicks, two years after it was defeated 2-0 by Inter Milan.
Davis's sister, the 5-foot-8 Antoinette, acknowledged at last year's Final Four that some people were surprised to hear that she and the 6-foot-10 Davis had shared a womb.
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The 27-year-old will play eighth-seeded compatriot Carlos Berlocq, the world No. 81 who lost to Nadal's doubles partner Juan Monaco in last year's final at Vina del Mar.
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