[Sopot] Puerta 首輪出局
Idea Prokom Open Sopot, Poland
August 2, 2005
Nieminen Topples Top Seed Puerta; Kuerten Still Hurts
Unseeded Jarkko Nieminen defeated a No. 1 seed for the first time in his
career when he ousted Mariano Puerta in the first round of the Idea Prokom
Open in Sopot on Tuesday.
Finland's No. 1 player defeated Puerta, the 2005 Roland Garros finalist,
6-4, 7-6(1) in one hour, 44 minutes and scored his 20th win of the year.
Nieminen scored the only break of the first set in the seventh game. In the
second set, Puerta was leading 5-2 before Nieminen charged back to force
the tie-break and win on his first match point.
Two weeks ago in Stuttgart, Nieminen reached the semifinals where he went
down to eventual winner Rafael Nadal. He had the same result earlier this
year in Munich where he went down to David Nalbandian.
Nieminen next faces Nicolas Almagro in the second round. Almagro
advanced over qualifier and countryman Albert Portas 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4.
Gustavo Kuerten continued to struggle with injury. The three-time Roland
Garros champion was forced to retire with neck pain while down 3-6, 0-4 to
third seeded Guillermo Coria. Kuerten has not advanced past the first round
of an ATP event since the ATP Masters Series Hamburg in May when he defeated
Andrei Pavel.
Fourth seeded Carlos Moya overcame Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg in a
thrilling match 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 after 2 hours, 27 minutes.
Moya, a finalist in Umag last week, scored the only break of the second set
in the fourth game. In final set, Moya got the decisive break in the eleventh
game which went eight times over deuce. The Spaniard won the match on his
second match point with an ace.
Fifth seeded Filippo Volandri eased into the second round with a 6-3, 6-1
win over wild card entry Lukasz Kubot from Poland. Volandri is coming off a
semifinal appearance in Umag where he fell to the eventual champion
Guillermo Coria in the three sets.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID:
Nieminen: “I'm really satisfied with my performance. I came here with good
confidence after playing well in Stuttgart two weeks ago. I got a tough
draw here, playing the top seed. I was almost seeded myself, so it was tough
to play Puerta in the first round.”
Puerta: “I lost to a very good opponent today. It's a pity because
this tournament is very important to me, I wanted to go a lot further in
Sopot. It's my goal to qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, so I
have to fight every week and give my best. Unfortunately I couldn't do
better against Nieminen who's in a big form.”
Coria: “It's a pity to win like that. Guga has been having physical
problems for quite some time. We had many matches before and I was really
looking forward to this one.”
“I hope to go far in this tournament, I want to collect as many points as
possible, in order to qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai.”
Kuerten: “It was difficult for me today, it was very painful to play. I've
had problems with my neck during the last days and I almost couldn't move
two days ago.”
About being an ambassador for UNICEF: “I think it's important that people
in different countries get the chance to play tennis and develop their
skills. I try to help as much as I can, especially in Brazil.”
Moya: “This was a very difficult match coming from last week in Umag where
the conditions were completely different. I knew that Fyrstenberg was an
excellent doubles player, but today I saw that he also plays very well
in singles. It was a difficult match for me, playing against a lefty and
still being a little bit tired after the final on Sunday.”
Nieminen 生涯首度擊敗第一種子,法網亞軍 Puerta 成了犧牲品,第二盤
Puerta 曾一度領先至 5-2 但被逼成搶七,並讓 Nieminen 在第一個賽末
點就贏得勝利
Puerta 賽後稱讚 Nieminen 是很好的選手,狀況也很棒,但他同時也很失
望,因為他的目標是參加上海年終大師盃,他希望可以多積點分
Guga 則因為頸部疼痛不得不退賽,自從和漢堡大師賽後, 他今年的 ATP
都是第一輪就打包回府
對 Guga 的退賽 Coria 表示很遺憾, 也表示他希望可以盡可能的多賺積
分以參加年終大師賽
Guga 則表示他這幾天頸部都很疼痛,兩天前甚至幾乎不能動
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