His mishit shot hit the post and by halftime Messi had equalized after hesitation in the Real defense.

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Leading 15-14, Federer forced his first match point against a tiring opponent who mishit a forehand to see his own hopes of victory cruelly ended.

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With both players unsure about their next course of action, Benjani took advantage of the confusion to find Stephen Ireland, whose mishit shot fortuitously fell into the path of Vassell, who slotted home from two yards.

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West Ham made the most of their one-man advantage as they piled on the pressure, and only a superbly timed goal-line clearance by Danny Higginbotham prevented Luis Boa Morte putting the home side ahead with a mishit shot.

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His mood was not helped when, after saving a first break point in game three he was called for a foot-fault on the second and, clearly unsettled, mishit a forehand seconds later to hand Davydenko the break at 3-1.

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Bolton did finally create a decent chance on 35 minutes, although it was more by luck than judgement with Kevin Davies's mishit shot ending at the feet of El-Hadji Diouf only for the Senegal striker to fire high over the bar.

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The showboating side of Verdasco reappeared at the worst possible moment as he mishit an overhead from the baseline so badly that it hit the umpire's chair and Federer converted his first break point of the day to level the match.

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