30 Jan 2004 - Melbourne Park, Australia - Eleanor Preston
French pair power through to semis
Josselyn Ouanna and Gael Monfils gave the semi-final line-up of the boys’
Australian Open a distinctly French feel after both notched up straight
sets wins in the quarters.
Ouanna beat the USA’s Brendan Evans 6-3, 7-5 and now takes on Serbia &
Montenegro’s Novak Djokovic for a place in the final. Monfils continued
his sparkling run of form with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over American Scoville
Jenkins and must now raise his game again in preparation for a tough
semi-final against India’s Karan Rastogi.
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Ouanna had to save eight match points in yesterday’s win over Sun Yong Kim
but had a far easier time of it against Evans. “Today was a bit better
because I think I got some confidence from saving those match points,”
he said. “I played Djokovic on clay before and he won but I think I have
got better since then and my game is more suited to rebound ace.”
Djokovic, who beat Russian-born German top seed Mischa Zverev 6-1, 6-4 will
be a tough proposition though. He spent December training in Frankfurt with
Rainer Schuettler and Lars Burgsmuller and put his hot streak of form down
the rigorous training regime he underwent there.
“I have seen what professional tennis is and how they prepare and it showed
me that though I am talented I need to work harder,” he said. “I know
that’s why I am playing well now and why I feeling so fit physically even
though I am playing singles and doubles here. I am very confident and I
think I have a good chance in the semi-finals.”
Monfils admitted to being nervous during his win over Jenkins and said his
main aim against Rastogi was to stay relaxed. “I got a little bit nervous
because I was playing a quarter-final and that’s when I lost here last year,
but I told myself I have won a lot of matches lately and this was only a
tennis match. I beat Rastogi last week and that gives me a good feeling
about playing him.”
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/news/newsarticle.asp?id=11522
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