[魯賽] Rusedski makes early Madrid exit
Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 12:03 GMT 13:03 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4353018.stm
Rusedski makes early Madrid exit
British number two Greg Rusedski was edged out of the first round of the
Madrid Masters Series 7-6 6-7 6-7 by big-hitting Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
The closely-fought tie went to three tie-breaks as both players held
serve before Karlovic emerged the winner.
Rusedski, 32, clinched the first set with an ace in a nail-biting 7-5
tie-break but the Croatian battled back to win the next two 7-2 and 7-3.
Karlovic will now face American star Andy Roddick in the second round.
There was not a single break point opportunity in a first set predictably
dominated by powerful serving, with Rusedski gaining the crucial advantage in
the tie-break following Karlovic's first double fault.
Karlovic, who won four points more than Rusedski in the opening set
despite losing it, levelled when the Briton put a backhand volley into the
net in the next tie-break.
The third set began very differently to the previous two, Rusedski saving
three break points in the opening game and then being denied two of his own
in the next.
He grew increasingly frustrated, both by line calls and his inability to
finish off his 6ft 10in opponent, and his misery was compounded when he left
a Karlovic backhand that was correctly deemed to have clipped the line in the
deciding tie-break.
Rusedski, who served 10 double faults, twice as many as Karlovic, finally
succumbed in two hours 17 minutes to the Croat's 24th ace.
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