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Wed 07 Jul 2007Sustaining form is key to successJohnny Watterson On TennisOn Monday in Dublin, Ireland's Davis Cup player Louk Sorensen knocked Frenchman Nicolas Tourte out of the Irish Open in Fitzwilliam. Tourte is 223rd in the world rankings, so he represented a significant scalp for Sorensen, ranked 336th.At Wimbledon, 16-year-old Tamira Paszek defeated the 12th seed, Russia's Elena Dementieva, on her debut to go through to the fourth round, her best run in a Grand Slam event. Paszek, who lost yesterday, has gone up 100 places in the world rankings since the beginning of the year. Now at 54 to Dementieva's 13, she will be pleased with her work this week.