[情報] Ivanisevic Saves Match Point to Tru …

看板Ivanisevic作者Seles (THE MAN WHO CRIED)時間20年前 (2004/03/26 01:24)推噓0(0推 0噓 0→)

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※ [本文轉錄自 Tennis 看板] 作者: Seles (THE MAN WHO CRIED) 看板: Tennis 標題: [情報] Ivanisevic Saves Match Point to Trump Escude in First Ro 時間: Thu Mar 25 17:23:02 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, USA. MARCH 24, 2004 Ivanisevic Saves Match Point to Trump Escude in First Round Goran Ivanisevic moved into the second round of the NASDAQ-100 Open on Wednesday for the 12th time in 13 appearances at the event following his thrilling 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(7) win against Frenchman Nicole Escude. The 32-year-old Croatian saved one match point to improve his career mark in Miami to 19-12 by winning his first match at Crandon Park in three years. Ivanisevic served for the match at 5-4 in the second set but Escude survived by breaking serve. The Frenchman went on to hold serve and steal another break from Ivanisevic to take the second set. The veteran Croatian again moved ahead a break in the early stages of the third set at 2-1, only to see Escude march back into the match and force a tie-break. Escude had a match point at 7-6 in the tie-break, but Ivanisevic fought back, winning the final three points of the match. Ivanisevic was the runner-up to Andre Agassi in Miami in 1996. That year, Ivanisevic defeated Michael Chang and Pete Sampras to reach the final, but woke up on Sunday morning with a stiff neck and couldn't make it through the match, retiring from the match at 0-3 in the first set. Bad luck struck Ivanisevic again prior to last year's event. While walking on a beach in Miami, Ivanisevic stepped on a shell and cut his foot. The cut forced Ivanisevic out of action for more than two months. Escude, who reached the fourth round at the Pacific Life Open before losing to Andy Roddick, lost in the first round for only the second time this year (Marseille). American Robby Ginepri, a quarterfinalist last year in Miami, won his opening match, defeating Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, 6-2, 6-2. Ginepri, making his fourth appearance at the event, lost to Carlos Moya in a tight three-set match at last year's tournament. Karol Kucera of the Slovak Republic survived a rough opening set and overcame two match points to defeat American wildcard Alex Bogomolov Jr. After losing the first set 6-0, Kucera recovered to win a second-set tie-break and followed by winning the third set and the match, 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. Frenchman Thierry Ascione was victorious in his Miami debut, defeating Morocco's Hicham Arazi, 7-5, 6-4. The 23-year-old improved his 2004 record to 4-5. Veteran Todd Martin squeezed out another three-set performance at an ATP Masters Series event, this time escaping Switzerland's Ivo Heuberger. Martin was down a set and 4-1 in the second before getting back into the match. Martin credited a series of rain delays in helping him refocus and get back into the match. The 33-year-old American will next face No.29 seed Jarkko Nieminen in the second round. Russian Nikolay Davydenko set up a second round meeting with World No. 1 Roger Federer following his 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory against Sweden's Thomas Johansson. Davydenko has struggled at the beginning of the season, compiling a 3-7 record. Nicolas Kiefer, a two-time finalist this year on the ATP circuit, reached the second round with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Russia's Igor Andreev. The 26-year-old German hasn't won a singles title since 2000 at Hong Kong, but has finished runner-up in Memphis and Scottsdale this year. Eighth-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian has withdrawn from the NASDAQ-100 Open with a right ankle injury. He will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser, Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID: Ivanisevic: "I think I played well. I didn't serve well; there was a lot of wind and I didn't have any rhythm. But to beat (Nicolas) Escude, who is a great player, who won Qatar this year, I didn't expect to win, to be honest." "I thought I'm playing good. I practice last six days very hard here, so I thought I can give a good match. But then suddenly I was a set and two breaks up. I already saw myself winning. But then 3-all in two seconds. Then another break, serve for the match, break in the third." About the condition of his shoulder: "It's up and down. It depends. When I start to force, it hurts. At least I can hit the serve. Last year, I couldn't hit the serve." Escude: On his sore arm: 禅ain, big pain when I can take my racquet, just to keep it in my hand. I feel this pain when I arrive here and I hit with the ball. The balls here are more heavy because there is more humidity. So I don't know. I don't know exactly what the problem is. When I come back to France, I'm gonna have a lot of exam for sure. 戦 have to see my physiotherapist first and what he thinks about the pain because I was supposed to play doubles here and sign-in is Friday. But I don't know yet if I'm gonna play.? Martin: "I feel great when I'm playing and in practice. Tonight I felt really good in the second half of the match and hopefully I can continue to drive on that. It turns out I benefited from the second rain delay. Having a chance to get a better idea of what I wanted to do." About working with new coach Jose Higueras: "He's inspiring as far as he has a tremendous work ethic. Just hearing stories of what his training was like. He's helped me a little with my training. Now I do things every day of every week and it makes a difference." -- The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. 世上最美妙的事莫過於付出愛對方亦報之以愛《Mulin Rouge》 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.64.85.85 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.64.85.85