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12.16 a.m.
In front of her home crowd, Amandine Hesse looked up to the sky and sighed in relief. Her forehand volley had just landed on the line, out of Samantha Stosur's reach.
It was a crucial point for the wild card entry, a point that spared her the humiliation of bowing out of the French Open without winning a single game.
Hesse's winner at the net earned the Frenchwoman her first game of the match after Stosur raced to a 6-0, 5-0 lead.
For Hesse, it was a short-lived relief though. Stosur, a finalist in Paris in 2010, wrapped up the match in the next game to advance to the third round with a 6-0, 6-1 win.