She got through both, and made it all the way to the quarter-finals in Rome, helped by a walkover gifted to her by Serena Williams in the third round.
Serbia were awarded a 3-0 walkover but had three points deducted, both countries were fined €100,000 each and Serbia were ordered to play their next two home qualifiers, against Denmark on 14 November and Armenia on 4 September next year, behind closed doors.
But it was clear this would not be another walkover for the governing party when Buhari won Ogun and Kogi, both formerly loyal to the PDP.
So the eternally boyish Belgian (24) experienced what might have been in store for Andy Murray had the Scot not withdrawn from their third-round match on Thursday to give him a walkover.
Somewhat surprisingly, Stephens and the elder Williams have never met; they were due to play in Miami in 2013, but Stephens won by walkover.
Protesters took to the streets of towns and cities the moment his walkover was announced.
And the first two matches in Pakistan have banished any thoughts of a walkover.
His campaign features hokey "evenings with Angelika and Jürgen Rüttgers" at which voters learn that he haunts DIY shops on holiday in France.Two misfortunes have transformed a walkover into a race.
Though he provokes criticism from Western politicians and human-rights groups, China takes pains to flatter him.In this section Not quite the usual walkover Gloves off Politically explosive Desperately seeking space Laying the golden egg ReprintsThis time round, however, the CPP is not having it all its own way.
But the three-way race for the governor's mansion in Virginia, featuring two yuppie lawyers and a plain-talking grandfather, will be one of the first electoral tests of how much damage George Bush has suffered.At first blush, the Virginia race should be a walkover for the Republican nominee, Jerry Kilgore.
(They loathe each other).In this section Not quite the usual walkover Gloves off Politically explosive Desperately seeking space Laying the golden egg ReprintsWithout Mr Nazarbayev, Astana would not exist.
