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Australia’s Nicole Pratt upset 29th seed Tatiana Golovin today to advance to the third round at Wimbledon but Samantha Stosur bowed out of the women’s singles draw.

Pratt, a qualifier ranked 136th in the world, beat the Frenchwoman ranked 133 places above her in the second round 2-6 6-4 6-4.

She will next meet top seed Amelie Mauresmo of France, or fellow Queenslander Samantha Stosur, who were playing on Centre Court.

Pratt broke Golovin in the third game of the second set, but the Frenchwoman broke back immediately to draw level at 2-2.

The Australian broke her opponent twice more for a 5-2 lead, but Golovin broke back again before saving three set points to hold serve in the ninth game.

Pratt converted her second set point in the tenth game to even the match at a set apiece.

In the third set, Pratt made the decisive break in the ninth game.

Serving for the match, she double faulted on match point and the game went to deuce before she took the advantage with a smash and sealed victory when Golovin sent a forehand long.

Samantha Stosur bowed out of the women’s singles draw when she lost to top seed Amelie Mauresmo of France.

The world No.1 beat Stosur, Australia’s highest-ranked player at No. 50, 6-4 6-2 in the second round on centre court.

Mauresmo set the tone when she broke Stosur in the opening game of the match.

The Frenchwoman broke Stosur again in the third and seventh games of the second set to claim victory and set up a third-round match against another Australian , Nicole Pratt.

Stosur’s Wimbledon campaign is not over, however, as she and American Lisa Raymond are the top seeds in the women’s doubles, and she will join Leander Paes in the mixed doubles.