Ginepri, Melzer reach Hall of Fame final
Ginepri, Melzer reach Newport final
Saturday, July 12
Associated Press
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Robby Ginepri and Jurgen Melzer won semifinal matches
Saturday at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships to advance to an ATP
final for the first time in their careers.
Ginepri, a semifinalist at Newport last year and the No. 4 seed, beat
Gregory Carraz 6-3, 7-6 (5). He was one of 12 Americans in the field
for the tournament that began Monday.
The eighth-seeded Melzer defeated Bob Bryan 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (5) and will
face Ginepri on Sunday.
Ginepri, who lost to eventual champion Taylor Dent in last year's
semifinals, overcame five break points in the 10th game to even the
second set 5-all. In the tiebreaker, he pulled ahead 6-5 when Carraz
flubbed a service return. Ginepri then won the set with a backhand
passing shot.
"I've been waiting for this day for a while," Ginepri said.
"You work so hard throughout the tournament. Just one more match to go."
After winning the first set in just 19 minutes, Melzer had his serve
broken in the ninth game of the second set. In that tiebreaker, he used
an overhead, backhand smash to go up 6-5. Bryan botched a backhander on
a service return, giving Melzer the match.
"I think I should stay here in Newport," said Melzer, a runner-up in
doubles at the 2002 Hall of Fame tournament. "Obviously, I like it."
"It's frustrating that I lost so close," said Bryan, a doubles champion
the past two years at Newport with his brother, Mike.
The pair had to withdraw before this tournament due to Mike Bryan's rib
injury sustained at Wimbledon.
Earlier in the day, Boris Becker was inducted into the Tennis Hall of
Fame along with Francoise Durr, Nancy Richey and Brian Tobin.
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