[魯賽] Rusedski well beaten in Marseille
Last Updated: Thursday, 16 February 2006, 21:50 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4720582.stm
Rusedski well beaten in Marseille
Greg Rusedski suffered a comprehensive defeat to Fabrice Santoro in the
second round of the Open 13 in Marseille. The 32-year-old beat qualifier
Nicolas Thomann on Tuesday but found Santoro a far more difficult proposition.
Rusedski quickly fell behind and France's Santoro, who reached his first
Grand Slam quarter-final in Australia last month, eased to a 6-3 6-2 win.
Top seed Rafael Nadal continued his comeback from a serious foot injury
by beating Gilles Simon 7-5 6-4.
The Spaniard will now meet Simon's fellow Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu,
who knocked out seventh seed Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-0)
6-3.
The 19-year-old Nadal, playing his first tournament since October, had
to work hard against the 80th world-ranked Simon.
Simon led 5-2 in the first set before reeling off five games in a row to
take the set.
I just couldn't take the chances when I had some break points
Greg Rusedski
Nadal asked for a break to have a blister treated under his right foot,
but the problem did not stop him from easing to victory in the second set.
"I am not in top shape physically and I'm not playing at my best but I still
managed to play a good match," he said.
"I have now won two matches in a row and it has really helped my
confidence.
"The main thing is to be here and to be able to play. This is my profession
and I have really missed the competition."
Rusedski, playing in his first match of the season following the birth of
his first child, blamed his defeat on rustiness.
"I just couldn't take the chances when I had some break points," said
Rusedski, the British number two.
"Fabrice is a very difficult opponent who mixes it up very well.
"But I haven't played for two and a half months. I have to be pleased so far
and I feel I can get better still, so that's a good sign."
Elsewhere, Evgeny Korolev defeated third seed and fellow Russian Nikolay
Davydenko 6-4 7-6 (8-6).
But seeds Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic went through in straight sets.
===================================================================
魯賽今天被Fabrice Santoro 6-3 6-2擊落。
他賽後只表示︰“我今天有幾次破發機會但我都沒掌握住，Fabrice是個非常特別的
選手。但是我已經兩個半月沒打過球了，我必需要讓自己感到更興奮而且我感覺越
打越好，這是個好現象。
Nadal 7-5 6-4擊敗 Simon，Ljubicic和Ancic也過關。
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 218.167.179.81
※ 編輯: yevvi 來自: 218.167.179.81 (02/17 16:19)
GBR_Tennis 近期熱門文章
PTT體育區 即時熱門文章
