Davenport, a three-times grand slam champion who returned to action just three months after the birth of her son Jagger in June 2007, was roared on by the crowd packed into the Arthur Ashe Stadium court but Bartoli dominated the match.
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Davenport, 32, clawed back to level the second set at 5-5 but then threw away her service game with a string of double faults in what she said was "one of the worst games in my career."
"That was my second set to win really, once it gets to 5-5. I kind of let it slip away," she said. "It's a shame that I couldn't have turned it around a little bit better in my favour."
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