The eighth seed was grateful to edge a tight first set and her erratic serve did not improve in the second either.

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There were plenty at ringside who thought that Gammer had probably done just enough to edge it, although it was tight.

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But with Didier Drogba appearing to struggle with a tight hamstring on his comeback after African Nations duty, they lacked a cutting edge.

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In the remaining second-round matches to be completed, Julien Benneteau won 6-0 in the fifth set to edge past Colombia's Alejandro Falla, while Florent Serra needed four tight sets to eliminate Romania's Victor Hanescu.

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"It will definitely be an advantage for a team from cold weather, " said former Bengals tight end Rodney Holman, adding that Cincinnati's old Riverfront Stadium used to give the Bengals a major edge when facing warm-weather teams late in the year.

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