Federer/Mirnyi Win First Masters Series Doubles Crown
Federer/Mirnyi Win First Masters Series Doubles Crown
Semifinalists from last year go two better in 2003.
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圖↑Roger Federer now has five career doubles titles, three with Max Mirnyi.
Making up for a disappointing singles quarterfinal in which Roger Federer
lost to Spaniard Albert Costa despiting holding three match points, Federer
and partner Max Mirnyi won their first Tennis Masters Series doubles title
Saturday at the NASDAQ-100 Open, one year after reaching the semifinals here.
It is the most prestigious doubles title to date for this particular pair,
who won ATP titles in Rotterdam and Moscow last year and reached the final at
the 2002 Pacific Life Open, while going 16-4 on the year as a duo.
Mirnyi also won the US Open doubles crown with partner Mahesh Bhupathi in
2002.
The 6-foot-1 Federer and the 6-foot-5 Mirnyi overpowered the smaller team of
Leander Paes and David Rikl, breaking Paes/Rikl at 6-5 to win the first set
and breaking again early in the second en route to the straight set win 7-5,
6-3.
Paes and Rikl were fortunate to reach the final, having come back from down a
set and a break to Mike and Bob Bryan in Friday night's semifinal.
To reach the final, Federer/Mirnyi defeated the top seeded team of Mark
Knowles and Daniel Nestor 6-3, 6-4, and later in the day Fernando Gonzalez
and Tommy Robredo by the same score.
"Having a partner like Roger is a big deal. He's a guy who understands what
you need to do to win, even if it means playing two matches in one day like
we did on Friday because of the rain," said Mirnyi. "We were both fit enough
to play three matches in two days and we didn't exert ourselves too much since
we won both in straight sets."
"It's great for us to win because it's one of the biggest tournaments on tour
and it's Roger's first Tennis Masters Series wins. It's the big ones like this
that you always remember," said Mirnyi.
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看到圖的標題突然不明原因有點感動...
再次恭喜MM和Rogi！
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