In this matchup, Britain's Baltacha will take on the Chinese player Peng Shuai in one of the first matches of the day later. Both players advanced comfortably into the second round courtesy of very convincing straight sets victory in their first test. One thing for sure here would be that Elena would have the full backing of the home support. For Peng Shuai, she has been surging up the rankings this year with a personal record of 39-15 already thus far, making her world number 20. However, grass would not be considered as one of her more favourite surfaces, having made to the third round of wimbledon only once in the last 7-8 years.

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For Baltacha, her victory two weeks back at the second tier of the nottingham tournament must have given her greater confidence to compete at sw19 this fornight. Although her track record for 2011 has not been that fantastic, anything can happen in her national open here and I just ahve a sneaky feeling that she may sneak through.

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Pick: Elena Baltacha 2-1