Canas Defeats Gaudio in Five Sets to Clinc …
MERCEDES CUP
Stuttgart, Germany
July 18, 2004
Canas Defeats Gaudio in Five Sets to Clinch MercedesCup Crown
Unseeded Guillermo Canas wins his fourth career title by defeating
No. 2 seed Gaston Gaudio 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 in three hours and
40 minutes in the final of the MercedesCup.
In the final Gaudio quickly took a 4-0 lead in the first set, which
included seven breaks of serve, before Canas got into the match and
managed to get back to 5-5 only to lose his serve again and the set
7-5. Canas rebounded straight away and won the second and third sets
convincingly 6-2 and 6-0, including a streak of nine games in a row.
In the fourth set Gaudio turned the match yet again winning the set
6-1. He also took a 2-0 lead in the fifth set but Canas somehow found
new energy to win five straight games, including two breaks of serve.
At 5-3 the 26-year-old served out the match and sealed victory on his
first match point.
Having lost in the final of the MercedesCup in 2001 (l. to Gustavo
Kuerten) and in 2002 (l. to Mikhail Youzhny) Canas makes it third
time lucky in Stuttgart. He picks up a brand new silver Mercedes-Benz
SLK 200 Kompressor in addition to 50 INDESIT ATP 2004 Race points and
E104,500.
Canas defeated Dick Norman, No. 9 seed Florian Mayer, Stefan Koubek,
Radek Stepanek, No. 15 seed Nikolay Davydenko and No. 2 seed Gaston
Gaudio en-route to the MercedesCup title.
Gaudio was looking for his fourth ATP title in his ninth career final.
He was appearing in his third straight all-Argentine final, having won
the Roland Garros title crown (d. Guillermo Coria) and lost to Mariano
Zabaleta in last week's tournament in Bastad. The 25-year-old reached
the final of the MercedesCup in 2000, where he also lost to a countryman
in Franco Squillari.
Gaudio picks up 35 INDESIT ATP 2004 Race Points and E55,000.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID:
Canas: "To win this title is a dream for me. I'm very happy because of
two things. Firstly, this is my first final after my surgeries, and
secondly, this was my third final here where I had lost twice. So this
is very special."
"It was a very tough match. I started to play well again in the final.
I broke back straight away in the second game and after that I started
to feel more comfortable on the court. I had a little luck on a few
points and sometimes you need that luck to win a tournament and this
time it was on my side."
"Finally I took home the car. I waited a long time for this car and now
that it has happened I am very happy."
"I'm ready to fight again. This win is very important for me for the rest
of the year. It's good to be back winning another title. I'll try to enjoy
this as much as possible."
Gaudio: "I'm so tired. I couldn't play the way I wanted in the second
and third set. I was almost prepared to quit but I tried to fight a
little bit more, and I took the fourth set. I was 2-0 up in the fifth
but he came back fighting so hard. Finally he took the match playing
better than me."
"I guess it was mental tiredness. I've been playing difficult matches
every day. You have to be focused every day, it's really tiring. "
"Reaching the final in this tournament is unbelievable. It's the second
time for me in the final and I would have preferred to win the car. I
want to come next year and win. If I don't get the car I'm going to steal it!"
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