Youzhny calls on familiar inspiration

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Richard Jago in Doha Friday January 3, 2003 The Guardian [節錄] 四強時的報導不過讀起來蠻感人的:) Mikhail Youzhny was helped to complete his history-making win in last month's Davis Cup by what his brother Andrei calls a "kind of a miracle," which he believes will help him build on the achievement. On the evidence of the fighting performance which carried the new star into the semi-final of the Qatar Mobil Open yesterday, he may be right. Their father died shortly before the final in Paris in which the elder brother offered inspiration by pointing skywards when Youzhny was in danger of losing. "I dreamt it would be a day when the things our father wanted would come true," said Andrei. "I had told Mikhail that before the match; and that's what I was reminding him. It seemed to help and it may help him again." Youzhny went on to become the first player ever to come back from two sets down in a Davis Cup final decider; now he has beaten the giant-killer Fernando Vicente 7-6, 6-3. Four days ago Youzhny struggled through greater adversity against another Spaniard, David Sanchez, and throughout this week Andrei, officially Mikhail's sparring partner, has appeared as some kind of spiritual motivator. Youzhny today plays Jan-Michael Gambill, who beat the top-seeded Roger Federer 6-4, 7-5. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 218.187.5.88