[韓曼] Henman cruises to win over Safin
Last Updated: Friday, 24 March 2006, 07:04 GMT
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Henman cruises to win over Safin
Tim Henman joined Greg Rusedski in the Nasdaq-100 Open second round
with a fine 6-3 6-3 win over Marat Safin.
In a late-night match, Henman sealed victory over the former world
number one at 0130 local time in Miami.
Nearly 12 hours earlier, Rusedski had ousted Safin's fellow Russian
Mikhail Youzhny with a comfortable 6-3 6-1 win.
British number one Andy Murray bowed out in the first round on Wednesday,
losing in three sets to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.
Former world number one Safin has slipped down the rankings to 47th due
to a knee injury.
He had played just three tournaments between Wimbledon and this event
and was prevented from defending the Australian Open title he won in 2005.
He looked rustry against Henman, dropping his serve early in the first
set before recovering, only to let the British number three run away with
the opener.
A break in the fifth game of the second set confirmed Henman's dominance
and he held serve thereafter, pinching another game against the Safin serve.
He now faces 13th-seeded Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the second round.
The challenge for Henman is to repeat, or better, last year's
quarter-final performance in Miami.
If he fails, he risks falling further down the world rankings from his
current 56th place.
Rusedski, presently 48th in the world and number two behind Andy Murray
in British terms, has already matched his achievement of last year.
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