Roddick To Meet Sanchez; Verkerk Faces Davyd …
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作者: esnique (小鱷) 看板: Spain_PL
標題: Roddick To Meet Sanchez; Verkerk Faces Davydenko
時間: Fri May 23 12:04:52 2003
INTERNATIONALER RAIFFEISEN GRAND PRIX, MAY 22, 2003
Roddick To Meet Sanchez; Verkerk Faces Davydenko
Sanchez, Verkerk and Davydenko have all won ATP titles this year.
For the first time since Monday, the sun came out at the Internationaler
Raiffeisen Grand Prix and so did the quality tennis as top-seeded Andy
Roddick defeated Richard Krajicek in straight sets to move into the
quarterfinals here in St. Poelten. In a well-played first set, Roddick
led 5-2 before Krajicek came storming back to close to 5-4. With Krajicek
serving, Roddick had several break points and set points to take the set
6-4, but Krajicek extended the young American to 5-all before falling 7-5.
Roddick then cruised through the first set.
In the second quarterfinal of the afternoon, Martin Verkerk continued his
hot play of late, coming up with clutch tennis at important moments and
showing no fear of coming to the net on the red clay. Saretta, a semifinalist
here a year ago, was visibly frustrated during the match hitting one ball out
of the stadium as he let opportunities slip away to take control and extend
the match to a third set.
David Sanchez was efficient in his straight set win over Mario Ancic, needing
just one hour and four minutes to dispatch the 19-year-old Croatian, while
Russian Nikolay Davydenko fought off set points in the first set down 3-5
against Anthony Dupuis to win 7-5, 6-1, taking 10 of the last 11 games.
Davydenko is looking to join Andre Agassi and Roger Federer as the only
players to have won more than two titles on the ATP circuit this year.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID:
Roddick: "That was a good win for me, at 5-2 up a break in the first set, you
can't be too hard on yourself when Krajicek holds with the kind of serve he
has. And when he broke me, I think he had like one or two great passing shots."
"In the second set I played solid, clean tennis. I had my chances and I took
advantage of them - that's the difference between average tennis and good
tennis."
"I'm happy to be in the semifinals here. Until now, I hadn't won two matches
in a row on the clay here in Europe, so this has been a good week."
"Either Sanchez or Ancic next... they are both good players, different styles,
but it will be a tough match either way. I played Ancic in the final of the
Australian Open Juniors when I won and I also beat him the year I won US Open
Juniors, so that bodes well."
Verkerk: "I think the key was those two tiebreaks and playing good tennis at
those moments. I was really happy with the way I played aggressively and came
to net. Obviously I play better on fast surface and my game suits that, but I
always practiced on clay courts when I was growing up, so I am comfortable
playing on it as well."
"I was tired after the quarterfinal match in Rome, so I took last week off
and rested a bit. I think that helped alot."
on playing doubles with Krajicek this week
"It had always been a dream of mine to play doubles with Krajicek, so it was
great this week. He's a great champion and absolute legend back in Holland.
What he did for tennis in that country will never be done again."
Sanchez: "I think I played pretty solid. Today the key for me was my serve.
I think I had a very high percentage of first serves and when you get the
first serve in you can take the initiative on the points."
"The last two yeras I've made the quarters here so I always have my chances
here. Now that I have a little more experience than in the past, I know how
to take advantage of my opportunities."
about Roland Garros
"I think for some players, they don't want to play the week before a big
tournament they would rather relax. But for me, I like to play matches and
be match-tough. When you get to the final, it might be a little tough with
the number of days off in between, but if you win the tournament before going
to Roland Garros that can be a good thing."
Davydenko: "I was making alot of mistakes when I got up 3-1 and when I found
myself down 5-3 I was trying to put more balls in the court. I kept fighting,
cut down on my mistakes and started playing better and better. I just rolled
from there."
on going for his third ATP title
"The number of titles really means nothing to me at all. I wasn't thinking
about the title when I got here. I just want to play better and better with
each match."
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