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標題: Santoro – Hantuchova capture mixed doubles crown
時間: Sat Jun 4 11:36:55 2005
By Araz Gulekjian
Friday, June 3, 2005
Whatever the outcome of the women's singles clash between Mary Pierce and
Justine Henin-Hardenne on Saturday, there will be a French champion at Roland
Garros 2005. Fabrice Santoro made sure of that on Friday as he paired with
Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova to lift the mixed doubles trophy for the first
time.
Santoro and Hantuchova came back from a set down to defeat American Martina
Navratilova and Indian Leander Paes, the No.6 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on a deserted
Suzanne Lenglen Court.
The Slovakian/French pair capped an amazing two-weeks here, eliminating four
seeded teams en route to their victory including the No.1 seeds Australian
Renae Stubbs and Canadian Daniel Nestor in the second round.
The 32-year-old Santoro and his 22-year-old partner broke in the opening game
to go up 3-1 but Navratilova and Paes restored parity to even the match at 3-3.
The Indian and the US player went ahead as they took their opponent's delivery
in the eighth game to go up 5-3 and sealed the opening set in the following
game.
Up 4-3 in the second, Santoro and Hantuchova made a decisive break to even
things out at one set apiece.
Paes and Navratilova upped the tempo, breaking in the second game of the
decider after a spectacular rally to go up 2-0. But they literally
disintegrated as Santoro and Hantuchova reeled off the last six games of the
match to notch the victory.
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