Ferrero Finds His Form
Ferrero Finds His Form
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/reports/2005-06-20/200506201119290623234.html
Monday, June 20, 2005
At the age of 25, Juan Carlos Ferrero has known the highs and lows of
tennis. Perhaps the finest high was to become world No.1 in September
two years ago, since when he has suffered illness, injury and a decline
in his ranking.
So his solid 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over the British qualifier with the
Spanish name, Jamie Delgado, was a much-needed confidence boost for an
athlete who is no longer even the number one in his own country.
Ferrero, seeded 23rd, needed just over two hours to see off the challenge
of an opponent who never managed to crack the world's top 100, despite
winning the Orange Bowl as a junior and being rated alongside Tim Henman
as an outstanding British prospect.
This was Delgado's eighth appearance at The Championships, four of which
have come through the qualifying route, but he certainly made a spirited
start on Court One. Perhaps it was Delgado's pirate-like appearance, a
shaven head and severely trimmed beard, which startled Ferrero, but the
fair-haired Spaniard was unable to impose the expected domination of someone
with a much better world ranking.
At 5-4 in the opening set Delgado held two set points and though Ferrero
saved both he quickly faced a third when he double-faulted. This was saved
with his fourth ace, after which he comfortably held serve and in the
tiebreak which followed was convincingly superior, winning it by seven
points to two in 49 minutes.
Ferrero's spirits and performance were lifted by this success and he ran
away with the second set as Delgado's lack of experience against such
quality began to take effect. Ferrero broke serve twice and closed out
the set with another ace, his eighth.
To his credit, Delgado made much more of a fight of the third set and
worked his way into a 4-3 lead, only for Ferrero to sweep the next three
games, closing out the third set, and the match, with his 14th ace. By
the end, Delgado's count of unforced errors had mounted to 40.
Written by Ronald Atkin
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