OPEN 13
Marseille
FEBRUARY 25, 2004
Carraz Defeats Top Seed Ferrero; Coria, Costa Advance
Frenchman Gregory Carraz posted the biggest win of his career on Wednesday
by defeating top seed and No. 2 ranked Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(2), 6-7(3),
6-3, in two hours and 13 minutes in the first round. Carraz, who came into
the match with an 0-6 career record against Top 10 players, fired 27 aces
and saved five of six break points.
No. 2 seed and wild card entry Guillermo Coria, who captured his first ATP
title of the season on Sunday in Buenos Aires (d. Moya), defeated Russian
Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(2), 6-3, in the first round. This was Coria's first
indoor tournament of the season. Earlier this month in Morocco, he did win
both of his Davis Cup indoor matches to lead Argentina to a 5-0 first round
victory.
No. 4 seed Max Mirnyi rallied from behind to defeat Andrei Pavel 4-6, 7-6(5),
7-5, to reach the second round. Mirnyi, who advanced to the Rotterdam
semifinals last week, improved his match record to 7-3 on the year. Wild card
entry and Marseille resident Cyril Saulnier defeated Austrian qualifier
Julian Knowle 6-1, 6-3, to improve his match record to 7-4 on the season.
Saulnier has advanced into the second round or better in all five tournaments
he has played in this year.
Qualifier Marc Rosset, the oldest player in the singles draw at 33 and
three-time champion in Marseille (1993-94, 2000) defeated Davide Sanguinetti
6-1, 7-6(4). The Swiss Davis Cup playing captain improved his career record
to 24-4 in Marseille.
Swede Robin Soderling beat three-time Open 13 champion and countryman Thomas
Enqvist 7-6(4), 7-6(1). Enqvist came into the tournament with a career record
of 16-2 in Marseille.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Saulnier: "It's very important to be able to play at home, it's only one week
during the year. And obviously you are always keen to do well when you get a
wild card. That's why I'm really happy with this win even if I was the
favorite against a qualifier."
Rosset: "It's all about being motivated to play at 33 years of age...I like
it here, I've been coming to Marseille for quite a few years. It would be
great to play (Guillermo) Coria in the second round, I like playing the new
guys on the circuit, it will be a good test for me."
(On being Switzerland's Davis Cup playing captain. Switzerland will host
France in the quarterfinals in April. "For me it is not a job, it is fun
to do it. I don't think anyone can say that is a job. I have a lot more
things that I do in my life so I cannot consider that a job."
Carraz: "I'd never beaten a Top 10 player before and to win against the
No. 2 moreover in France, it is a great satisfaction. It wasn't the best
match I played in my career but certainly the biggest win. It helped me
having played him in Bangkok last year. I served for the match then but got
broken and then beaten. I was serving to his forehand in Bangkok and this
time I decided to serve to his backhand and it paid off."
Ferrero: "I played him in Bangkok last year and it was very tough already
then. He serves well, volleys well, especially the first volley which is very
deep and puts me in the defensive. He's a very good player on these kind of
courts and he played very well today. But I was feeling tired after all the
long matches in Rotterdam, my legs are heavy and I could not get to the ball
as quickly as I wanted to. I have two weeks to recover and get ready for the
(ATP Masters Series in) Indian Wells and Miami followed by Mallorca (Davis
Cup), Valencia and Monte Carlo."
Coria: "I'm very happy to have won this match, especially coming from slow
clay in Argentina, playing on a much faster surface indoor here against a
tough opponent. I am really tired from the long flight but hope to win the
tournament here too."
THURSDAY MATCHES
Six of the eight seeds remaining in the field are in action on Thursday, led
by No. 2 seed Guillermo Coria, No. 4 Max Mirnyi, No. 5 Fernando Gonzalez,
No. 6 Albert Costa, No. 7 Arnaud Clement, and No. 8 Max Mirnyi. In addition,
there are three French players (Carraz, Clement and Saulnier) left, the most
of any country.
Leading off Thursday's program is Marseille resident Cyril Saulnier, who
takes on Mirnyi. The Frenchman defeated Mirnyi in their last meeting in the
second round at the Queen's Club in London last June.
Another Frenchman, Carraz, plays Robin Soderling for the first time in an ATP
tournament. In their only previous meeting at the Milan Challenger in 2002,
Carraz won 7-6, 6-4, in the quarterfinals. Carraz is attempting to reach his
third ATP quarterfinal (or better) of the season.
Spaniard Albert Costa takes a 3-0 lifetime record against Dominik Hrbaty, who
is one of two players (Hewitt) to capture two ATP titles this season. Hrbaty
opened the year with back-to-back titles in Adelaide and Auckland and he is
7th in the INDESIT ATP 2004 Race.
Qualifier and three-time Marseille champion Marc Rosset plays Coria for the
first time. Rosset is playing in his first ATP tournament of the season while
Coria enters the second round with a 9-1 match record in 2004.
In the evening session, wild card and No. 8 seed Marat Safin takes a 4-2
lifetime advantage against Jonas Bjorkman but the Swede has won the last
two meetings. Safin is trying to advance to his second quarterfinal of the
season after reaching the Australian Open final earlier this month. Bjorkman
was a finalist in Marseille last year (l. to Federer).
Another local favorite, Clement, who reached the Marseille final in 1999, has
a 2-0 career mark against Rochus.
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