Eleni Daniilidou vs Marion Bartoli
09.02.2005 (Open Gaz de France) from  Eurosport

14:49      Eleni Daniilidou gets BROKEN to 15 and walks immediately to the net to shake Marion Bartoli's hand to concede the first round match... Bartoli moves into the next round leading 6-3 2-0! We wish Daniilidou well in her recovery from a wrist injury.

14:45    Bartoli spots Daniilidou's weakness on the one-handed backhand... the Frenchwoman holds to 15 and pumps her fists as she walks to her chair for a quick sip of water... 1-0

14:42      Eleni Daniilidou takes to the court, but she might not continue too long... Marion Bartoli gets the second set underway... play!

14:38      A three-minute time-out has been called... Daniilidou receives treatment courtside as the WTA trainer wraps strapping around her right hand...

14:38      At the change of ends, Eleni Daniilidou calls for the trainer to inspect a problem with her right wrist... the 22-year-old didn't look happy throughout the first set...

14:37      DOUBLE SET POINT for BARTOLI, seizing the moment with a backhand winner down the line... DANIILIDOU serves at 15-40... Bartoli returns a forehand cleaning the baseline, Daniilidou isn't sure and questions Mariana Alves' decision... FIRST SET MARION BARTOLI 6-3!

14:34    A CRUCIAL service hold for BARTOLI under extreme pressure from Daniilidou... Walter Bartoli, Marion's father and coach sits happy in the stands following a hold for 5-3 to advantage...

14:28    Three games in a row for Daniilidou, following a service hold to 30... still a break down, but fighting with a newfound determination...

14:24    Concentration starting to falter... the momentum of the match begins to change as DANIILIDOU BREAKS BACK to 15 for 2-4... the Greek's next service game will be very interesting now...

14:21    Daniilidou gets her name on the board with a service hold to 15 for 1-4...

14:20      NEWS ALERT: World number three Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Paris Indoors due to an upper respiratory illness!

14:17    A cracking start for Bartoli, despite Daniilidou's aggressive chip-charge net-rushing tactics the Frenchwoman is remaining calm and closes out to 15 for a 4-0 lead...

14:13    DOUBLE BREAK POINT for BARTOLI... Daniilidou serving at 15-40, first serve out... second to the Frenchwoman's backhand... baseline rally, ended with a Daniilidou smash winner 30-40; Bartoli returns a crosscourt winner, mis-timed... but it earns the world No37 a 3-0 lead!

14:09    Wearing a rainbow coloured white dress, Bartoli confirms the break of serve with a hold to 15 for 2-0...

14:05    BREAK POINT for BARTOLI, set up through Daniilidou double faults... the Greek makes a backhand error and Bartoli BREAKS in the opening game of the match...

14:01      Eleni Daniilidou, the world number 43, gets the match underway, play!

13:56      Mariana Alves, the chair umpire at the U.S. Open, who called a Serena Williams backhand that was 'in' 'out' against Jennifer Capriati in the quarter-finals, is overseeing this first round clash...

13:52      The pair begin their five-minute warm-up in what is their first career meeting... plenty of French fans are in attendance for 20-year-old Bartoli...

13:50    Daniilidou leads out Bartoli for their first round meeting...