[Valencia]Ferrero Fends Off Younger Countryman
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作者: MARSAFIN (對啤酒過敏>.<) 站內: Tennis
標題: [情報]Ferrero Fends Off Younger Countryman
時間: Wed Apr 30 08:46:09 2003
Ferrero Fends Off Younger Countryman
But Marat Safin stumbles against Franco Squillari.
Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero earned a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 19-year-old wild
card Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the CAM Open Comunidad Valenciana on Tuesday.
Ferrero has been a terror on the clay this season, winning the title at the
Tennis Masters Monte-Carlo and reaching the semifinals last week in Barcelona.
The Spaniard now stands in the fourth position of the ATP Champions Race, and
is looking for a strong run in Valencia this week to challenge for the No. 3
spot, held by Rainer Schuettler.
No. 2 seed Marat Safin, however, stumbled out of Valencia early, falling to
Argentine Franco Squillari 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. After struggling early this year,
the Russian pulled his game together last week in Barcelona, where he defeated
Ferrero in the semifinals. He retired from exhaustion during the final against
Carlos Moya, but his play last week signalled he was ready to make his move on
clay.
Also on Tuesday in Valencia, No. 8 seed David Sanchez advanced over qualifier
Olivier Patience of France in three sets. Sanchez now meets Nicolas Massu, a
straight sets winner over Alberto Martin.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Sanchez: "It was a hard match for a first round. When you lose concentration,
anyone can beat you. It's very hard to win a match if you aren't playing at
your best. Patience played well in the first set. He was serving well and I
wasn't quite there. In the second set I broke him at 4-4. That was the turning
point of the match."
"It's always great to play tennis in your hometown. As a professional tennis
player, you tend to be travelling so much as it is."
On his next opponent
"I think I will have a lot of chances to beat Massu. I hope to beat him in
straight sets. Each time you play a three-set match, it adds up and takes a
toll on your body."
Massu: "All the matches are tough. I had a good first set but then I began to
lose my concentration. Alberto (Martin) also started playing better. The set
was decided over a tight tie-break."
"I am not sure if Martin was playing to his best ability or not, I was only
concerned about how I was playing during the match."
On his next opponent
"I am going to be playing against David Sanchez. It's going to be very similar
to today's match. All the Spaniards tend to have a similar game."
Gaudio: "The result did surprise me. Andre (Sa) is a solid player, but he is
not going through his best moment. This wasn't a normal result for him."
"I had the last defeat in Barcelona still in my mind. I tried to get rid of
it today and I think I achieved this."
Calleri: "It did cost me a little bit at the beginning because the balls and
courts are different from Barcelona. Here is much faster and the court is also
different. By the second set I managed to adapt myself to the conditions and
finish the match quickly. I am playing very well right now and with a lot of
confidence. I am hitting the ball very well."
Ferrero: "It wasn't a good match because it is difficult to play against
someone who you practice with so often."
"I am taking a risk with my clay court schedule. It is pretty heavy from now
up until Roland Garros. I am scheduled to have one week off before Paris.
Playing here is not as tiring as competing abroad. I wanted to see this
tournament happen and now that we have the event, I want to see it grow."
Safin: "It was difficult to come here after Barcelona. I couldn't adjust my
game to the different balls and surface here. I was missing by a little bit
each time."
"I was a break up in the first set but I couldn't find my rhythm out there. I
didn't feel comfortable on the court."
WEDNESDAY MATCHES
No. 4 seed Gaston Gaudio of Argentina has a Centre Court date with Spain's
Galo Blanco Wednesday at the CAM Open Comunidad Valenciana. Gaudio is always
a threat on clay. So far in 2003, the Argentine has reached two semifinals -
both on clay - at Vina del Mar (l to Rios) and Buenos Aires (l to Coria). Last
week, he reached the quarterfinals at Barcelona, an event he won last year.
This is only the third ATP event that Blanco has played this year. He reached
the quarterfinals at Estoril (l to Robredo).
Gaudio won their only previous encounter, in 2001 at Vina del Mar.
No. 8 seed David Sanchez is the only other seed in action on Wednesday. Sanchez meets Massu for a spot in the third round. Sanchez won his first ATP title earlier this year, in Vina del Mar, where he defeated an in-form Marcelo Rios in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at Scottsdale (l to Dent). Massu has had a slow start to the year, but he can never be counted out on clay. He reached the quarterfinals at Casablanca (l to El Aynaoui) and he recently won a clay-court Challenger event in
Bermuda. The two players have met twice before, with each winning a match. Most recently, Sanchez overcame Massu in Scottsdale earlier this year.
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1.蚊子這樣狂打比賽真的很累...
2.Safin反正也很久沒回瓦倫西亞了，在那裡吃完海鮮飯再回來吧！
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