Mirnyi: 'Bring on Roddick'
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作者: shirleypu (快樂靠自己) 看板: Tennis
標題: Mirnyi: 'Bring on Roddick'
時間: Sat Aug 16 11:25:59 2003
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'Beast' Ready for Roddick Rumble
Big-serving Belarussian Max Mirnyi moved to his third Tennis Masters Series
semifinal in the past three years when he defeated sixth seed Guillermo
Coria 6-2, 7-5. Mirnyi returned after a 2 hr., 23 min. rain delay to win the
two games he needed to clinch the win against the Argentine, who would have
become the new ATP Champions Race leader had he won the title.
A quarterfinalist in Montreal and Washington during the past two weeks,
Mirnyi reached the Hamburg semifinals last year and the Stuttgart final in
2001. Mirnyi broke Coria’s opening service game and secured later secured
a second break as his serve/volley game and chip-and-charge tactics unsettled
Coria.
Mirnyi will next meet seventh seed and tournament favorite Andy Roddick,
who is seeking back-to-back Tennis Masters Series titles after winning in
Montreal last week. Roddick is 18-1 on the US hard court season and has won
28 of his past 30 matches since teaming with coach Brad Gilbert.
On Friday Roddick blitzed Argentine Mariano Zabaleta 6-1, 6-2, holding serve
throughout for the third straight match. Roddick has dropped serve just once
this tournament (in the first round) and has dropped serve just 12 times
throughout the hard court swing.
In the past 15 years only two players – Gilbert and Pete Sampras – have
won 20 or more matches during the hard court swing before the US Open.
Roddick will hit 20 wins if he wins the title.
Despite the difficult task in confronting Roddick in the semifinals, Mirnyi
is looking forward to the challenge.
Mirnyi said: "It's an exciting situation for me because I'm playing some of
my best tennis so far, and Andy has been running so hot in the past eight,
ten weeks, that I'd like to play the best player there is on Tour right now.
And he's certainly one of them."
Of his win against Coria, who had won 18 of his past 19 matches, Mirnyi said:
"He's been playing very consistently over the last two or three months, and
he's beaten many players that are not playing like myself, so I knew that I
had a good chance going into the match. I knew if I made my game work today,
then it was going to be a tough match for him."
Roddick said: "I've always known I can win a big match in a tournament.
I don't think you get to 10 in the world without winning a big match in a
tournament. But I definitely feel like I've taken it up a level from
Wimbledon maybe. I don't think there's a specific point. I think it's just
a combination of winning matches and feeling good and working on your game.
"I'm staying pretty calm out there right now, and that's allowing me to
think clearly on the court and that helps.
"Max is a big player. He's going to serve big, volley well. He's going to
pressure me as much as he can, and it's going to be tough. He's been playing
pretty well. He's quartered I think the last two weeks, and I'm just going
to have to look for my opportunities to break and take care of him out there."
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