Round 3 At The Championships

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In a recent development at the Wimbledon 2006, Martina Hingis making her return to the Chanpionships suffered defeat against Ai Sugiyama of Japan. The top Japanese player seeded 18 pulled an upset by recovering in a losing position to advance to the fourth round after a 7-5. 3-6, 6-4 victory against Hingis. Fourth seed David Nalbandian also is now out of the Championships after being knocked out by Spanish player Fernando Verdasco in straight sets 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (11-9), 6-2 in 2 hours and 47 minutes. James Blake lost to Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 to reach the 4th round.

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