Nalbandian bundled out by impressive Hanescu
Nalbandian bundled out by impressive Hanescu
By Andrew Bogusch
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Tenth-seeded David Nalbandian will not repeat his semi-final finish of
a year ago at Roland Garros after a 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 defeat at the
hands of Romanian Victor Hanescu.
The Argentine started poorly, but seemed in control of the match after
taking the second and third sets. However, Hanescu found his form in the
fourth and fifth, and ran away with the victory.
"I was a little bit nervous because I played on center court, one of
the biggest courts in the world, and also a very nice, nice court,"
Hanescu admitted. "But I started the match very well. I won the first
set. After this set, I was more confident. And then I was staying there,
I was fighting, and finally I won."
Hanescu becomes just the fifth Romanian to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final
in the Open Era. And sitting 90th in the world entering Paris, he becomes
the lowest-ranked player to reach this stage here since Andrei Medvedev
(100) and Marcelo Filippini (140) in 1999.
"I felt I couldn't really do very much. He was pushing his game to the
limit. Everything was coming out well for him," Nalbandian said.
It took Hanescu just over an hour to recover from the two-sets-to-one
hole. He won the last four games of the fourth to regain control, and
then raced to 4-0 in the fifth.
"I think when I was trying to hit harder and to play more aggressive,
it was better for him," Hanescu explained. "When I played soft and with
short balls, long balls, when I start to mix the game, it was better for me."
The six-foot, six-inch Bucharest native played superb tennis over the
final two sets, committing just eight unforced errors and posting 19
winners. He countered every move Nalbandian made and seemed to find a
line at every significant point.
Often in the final two sets, Nalbandian was left shaking his head in
disbelief.
It has been a long road to a Grand Slam quarter-final for Hanescu. He
actually was interested in basketball as a child, but was told he was
too young to play at a local club, so he moved onto the empty tennis
courts nearby.
As he learned the game, his family had no money for quality training
and he received very little support from the Romanian Tennis Federation.
"When I was 15, I found a sponsor in Romania who gave me some money
to play tournaments," Hanescu said. "With this money I start to play
small tournaments, working hard with my coach every day.
"Now I'm here. I'm very happy. For me it's a dream. It's a big dream
to be here, to win such a match like this on a center court."
In the quarterfinals, Hanescu will face the winner of Roger Federer-
Carlos Moya.
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