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Wed 07 Jul 2007Mauresmo bereft of firepowerTENNIS Wimbledon Championships:Too often frustration and grievance are the emotions that accompany Amelie Mauresmo back to the locker-room after a Grand Slam defeat.The defending champion seems always to leave the draw too tamely for the amount of tennis body armour she carries, the number of offensive weapons at her racquet's disposal. But her capitulations are sometimes all too serene for a champion, and her departure from Centre Court yesterday was again to a chorus of groans.