[SIEBEL OPEN]Agassi Keeps Winning
Top seed Andre Agassi continued his 2003 dominance with a 6-4, 6-1 second
round victory over wild card Mark Philippoussis in the Siebel Open. Agassi
only lost four points in eight service games (11 for the tournament) as he
improved to 9-0 on the season. Agassi has won 25 of 26 sets this year and in
his last six matches he has only dropped serve once while breaking opponents
31 times.
No. 3 seed James Blake rolled to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Hyung-Taik Lee to
move into the quarterfinals for the second straight year. Blake plays No. 7
seed Nikolay Davydenko, a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 winner over Robby Ginepri in the next
round. The American won the previous meeting with the Russian at last year's
US Open.
Unseeded Vincent Spadea advanced to his first ATP quarterfinal in the U.S.
since reaching the final in Indianapolis in August 1999. Spadea defeated No. 4
seed Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3, 6-3, in the lone upset of the day. The American
is appearing in his first San Jose quarterfinal since 1996. Spadea takes on
No. 6 seed Davide Sanguinetti in the quarterfinals. The Italian beat American
Mardy Fish 7-6(1), 7-5 to reach his second straight quarterfinal (Milan).
Kenneth Carlsen got by qualifier Paul Goldstein 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to
his first quarterfinal of the year. Goldstein served for the match at 5-4
before Carlsen rallied to win the last three games. The Dane takes on unseeded
Justin Gimelstob, who reached the quarterfinals in San Jose for the third time
in five years. Gimelstob beat qualifier Zach Fleishman 6-1, 6-4.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Agassi: "It was a great night tonight and I was just trying to contain his
big weapons. I'm peaking at the right time in the tournament and playing as
well as I did in Australia."
Blake: "I played very well and better than yesterday (Wednesday)."
About Nikolay Davydenko "He has improved a whole lot and he's playing with a
lot of confidence. He gets a lot of balls back and stays back."
Spadea: "This is a good step forward and I've put a lot of hard work in the
last one and a-half years and it's paying off."
Gimelstob: "I've put in a lot of work in the last couple of years, playing
Challengers all over the world and I couldn't be prouder the way I've worked
my way back."
FRIDAY PREVIEW
Top-seed and reigning Australian Open champion Andre Agassi faces Belarussia's
Vladimir Voltchkov for a spot in the San Jose semifinals.
Agassi, who holds a 9-0 record for the season and a 41-6 record at the Bay
Area event, won the singles title here in 1990*, 1993*, 1995 and 1998 and
lost in the final in 1996, 2001 and 2002.
*then played in San Francisco
Voltchkov, who competes in the San Jose singles draw for the first time,
reached his career-first ATP final in Tashkent last year (l. to Yevgeny
Kafelnikov). This marks his first quarterfinal appearance since reaching
the semifinals in St. Petersburg in October last year.
No. 3 seed James Blake takes on Russian Nikolay Davydenko for the second
time in his career. The 23-year-old American is in the San Jose quarterfinals
for the second year in a row. Last year he lost to Andy Roddick quarterfinals.
21-year-old Davydenko made his San Jose debut last year and lost to Xavier
Malisse in the opening round. The Russian captured his first ATP title in
Adelaide in January.
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