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Thursday, June 24, 2004

Bizarre day at Wimbledon -- Venus loses in the second round, and during the match, the ump screwed up and gave her opponent an extra point.

Venus didn't say anything at the time. "I didn't want to lose my focus," she explained. "At the time, I felt that maybe I had lost track, or couldn't be sure. I thought I remembered her having only one serve, but then again, it's a long time ago now."

Tournament officials confirmed that a mistake had been made but said the result would stand.