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作者: yevvi (yevvi) 看板: Srichaphan
標題: [新聞] Japanese Lead Asian Charge (賽後報導)
時間: Wed Jan 25 09:35:51 2006
Japanese Lead Asian Charge
by Paul Gough
Tuesday, 17 January, 2006
Japanese women have enjoyed a day to remember on Day Two of the
Australian Open 2006 at Melbourne Park with Shinobu Asagoe and Aiko
Nakamura both booking their places in the second round.
And the pair were joined in the next stage by India's No.32 seed
Sania Mirza, who beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 7-6 (8/6) 6-2.
Mirza, 19, who cut her ranking from 206 last year, will now face another
up-and-coming teenager in the second-round in talented 16-year-old Dutchwoman
Michaella Krajicek - the younger sister of 1996 Wimbledon Richard Krajicek.
After the disappointment of seeing the top-ranked Asian player in the
women's draw in No.26 seed Ai Sugiyama bow out on Day One, there was much
more to smile about on Day Two as Asagoe, Nakamura and Mirza ensured there
would be at least four Asian representatives in round two in the women's
draw following the success on Day One of wildcard entrant Akgul Amanmuradova
of Uzbekistan.
Asagoe, ranked 38, reached the second round for only the second time in
six attempts at Melbourne Park with a 3-6 6-1 6-4 win over Israeli Shahar
Peer.
The 29-year-old, who has reached at least the fourth round in all the
other Grand Slam events but has never gone past the second round in
Melbourne, was soon joined in the round of 64 by her countrywomen Nakamura,
who at 22 is ranked No.71.
Nakamura downed Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-2 4-6 6-2 and now has the
chance to improve on the second-round appearance she managed here last year
on her Grand Slam debut.
And if the pair can both win their second round matches they would clash
in the third round although Asagoe faces a tough match against No.7 seed
Patty Schnyder while Nakamura faces No.31 seed in Argentine Gisela Dulko.
However there was no joy for Korean Yoon Jeong Cho, who was easily
dismissed by No.2 seed Kim Clijsters 6-3 6-0.
Chinese player Tiantian Sun put up far more resistance however against
No.3 seed Amelie Mauresmo before eventually going down to the Frenchwoman
4-6 6-2 6-2.
Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn was also beaten 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 by
American Jamea Jackson while Japan's Rika Fujiwara went down 2-6 6-1 7-5
to Czech Iveta Benesova.
While there was much to smile about for the Asian women on Day Two, there
was no joy for the men as Asia's highest ranked male in No.50 Paradorn
Srichaphan of Thailand and Korea's Hung-Taik Lee were both beaten on Day Two
meaning there will be only one Asian representative in round two of the men's
draw in Taipei's Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, who advanced on Day One.
Srichaphan led two sets to love and had a match point in the tenth game
of the third set against Germany's Nicolas Kiefer yet capitulated to lose
6-7 (7/5) 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-1 6-2.
It was the fourth time No.25 ranked Kiefer had beaten Srichaphan in their
five meetings and his win came despite an injury-plagued build-up when he
pulled out of the Hopman Cup with a back injury and then at Kooyong in the
semi-final against Andy Roddick with an ankle injury.
Lee, ranked No. 87, went down to No. 75 ranked Florian Mayer of Germany
6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4.
However while both those players were disappointing in defeat, Uzbekistan
wildcard entrant Denis Istomin performed gallantly in his debut Grand Slam
appearance against world No.1 Roger Federer.
While Istomin went down in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-2 against the six-time
Grand Slam champion, he impressed not only a capacity crowd on Rod Laver
Arena but also Federer with his booming serve and powerful forehand.
Federer had high praise for a player he had never even seen yet alone
played against.
"He's up and coming and he's pretty young still," he said of the
19-year-old, who had two years away from the sport in 2001 after suffering
serious injuries in a car accident.
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