Re: [轉錄]〈那斯達克100公開賽〉Agassi不敵非種ꐠ…
Agassi crushed by Calleri
Wed 31 Mar, 2:17 AM
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Andre Agassi was beaten at the Nasdaq-100 Open
for the first time in four years, losing 6-2 7-6 to Argentina's Agustin
Calleri in the fourth round.
Agassi has won the title in Miami six times, including the last three years,
and Calleri's win snapped a 19-match winning streak the American had compiled
at the tournament.
His last defeat at the Crandon Park Tennis Centre was in the 2000 semi-finals,
when he was beaten by Gustavo Kuerten.
On Tuesday, Agassi lost the first set amid a blitz of winners and found
himself in even deeper trouble when he twice went a break down in the second
set.
The fourth seed retrieved both breaks and had set points at 5-4 on the Calleri
serve before the Argentine sealed the match in the tiebreaker.
"He was just playing too good for a long stretch of time out there," Agassi
said.
"I raised my level to hang in there but it just wasn't enough. The guy was
just making me play great tennis and I wasn't coming up with it."
Calleri now plays either Vince Spadea or Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-
finals.
Andy Roddick remains favourite for the title after his 6-3 6-3 fourth round
win over Guillermo Canas.
Roddick took just over an hour to carve out the comprehensive victory, which
came with the help of the 12 aces.
He plays Carlos Moya in the quarter-finals after the former French Open
champion beat fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-3.
Fernando Gonzalez ended the hopes of another Spaniard, Rafael Nadal. Gonzalez
beat the 17-year-old conquerer of top seed Roger Federer 7-6 4-6 6-2.
Another Argentine, Guillermo Coria, narrowly escaped defeat in his fourth-
round match, clawing his way back from 2-5 down in the third set to beat
French qualifier Julien Benneteau 7-6 2-6 7-5.
"Even at 5-2 I was thinking about how to fight my way out of it," the third
seeded Coria said.
"You don't get to the top of the game without being able to come through tough
situations."
Coria next plays Nicolas Kiefer and although the former top 10 player from
Germany has fallen on hard times in recent years, he is enjoying something
of a return to form in Miami.
Having knocked out sixth seed Rainer Schuettler earlier in the week, Kiefer
beat 12th seed Sebastien Grosjean 6-4 6-2.
SERENA BLITZ
In the women's draw, Serena Williams blasted her way through to the semi-
finals with a 6-0 6-1 victory over unseeded American Jill Craybas.
Williams, playing her first tournament following an eight-month injury
lay-off, needed just 55 minutes to demolish her 29-year-old opponent.
"I'm definitely getting more consistent," said Williams, who next plays
either Eleni Daniilidou of Greece or Croatian Karolina Sprem.
"I'm excited to be back out there. It's everything I thought it would be and
more. I feel really excited and happy and blessed that I can still play."
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