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作者: establish (執念的白開水) 看板: Tennis
標題: Federer's Perfect 10
時間: Mon Oct 4 07:24:22 2004
INDESIT ATP 2004 Race leader Roger Federer clinched his 10th title of the
season by defeating World No. 2 Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the
Thailand Open in Bangkok.
Playing in his first tournament since winning a third Grand Slam title of the
season at the US Open, Federer took just 57 minutes to register his eighth
win in nine meetings against Roddick and his third against the American in an
ATP final this season (Wimbledon, AMS Toronto).
Federer broke in the eighth game of the first set and only gave Roddick one
more game throughout the rest of the match. Roddick, who endured a marathon
battle against No. 3 seed Marat Safin in the semifinal before winning 7-6(1)
6-7(0) 7-6(2), was showing signs of fatigue. However, Federer looked sharp
from the outset and pounced on any opportunities with dominating baseline
play and strong return of serves. Federer maintained the momentum throughout
the match as Roddick had no answer.
Federer, who already is assured of finishing the season as the year-end World
No. 1, now has won his last 18 matches against Top 10 opponents and has won
his last 12 consecutive ATP finals. Only two players – Bjorn Borg (1979-80)
and John McEnroe (1984-85) – have won 12 consecutive finals in the past 25
years.
The Swiss star also became the first player to win 10 titles in a season
since Thomas Muster claimed 12 in 1995, and his 21 career ATP titles (from 29
finals) also are third among active players behind Andre Agassi (59) and
Lleyton Hewitt (23).
En route to the final, Federer defeated Nicolas Thomann, fellow Swiss Ivo
Heuberger, Robin Soderling and local favorite Paradorn Srichaphan, the No. 4
seed. Srichaphan was the only player to take a set against Federer during the
week.
Roddick, owner of the world’s fastest serve, had never before dropped a set
to love during his pro career. He went into the final looking to end a
three-match losing streak against Federer, and record his first win against
the Swiss star since the ATP Masters Series in Montreal in 2003.
Roddick still leads the ATP circuit with 70 match wins this year (70-14)
while Federer is second with a 69-6 record.
Roddick now has a 4-4 record in finals this year having won titles in San
Jose (d. Fish), the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami (d. Coria), Queen’s (d.
Grosjean) and Indianapolis (d. Kiefer) to bring his career tally to 15
titles. Three of Roddick’s four losses in finals this year have come at the
hands of Federer, while he also reached the final in Houston (l Haas).
Roddick, who was looking to claim his 16th career title from his 23rd career
final, defeated Arvind Parmer, Jeff Morrison, Thomas Johansson and No. 3 seed
Safin.
With Federer, Roddick, Safin and Srichaphan all in the semifinals, it marked
the second time this year that the Top four seeds had advanced to the
semifinals. In Chennai in January, No. 1 Carlos Moya, No. 2 Srichaphan, No. 3
Sjeng Schalken and No. 4 Tommy Robredo all reached the last four.
Federer also was going for a double scoop in Bangkok as he and fellow Swiss
Yves Allegro faced Justin Gimelstob and Graydon Oliver in the doubles final.
But it wasn’t to be for Federer, as the Americans came through 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
to claim their second title in three weeks after winning in Beijing. This was
just the third ATP tournament for Gimelstob and Oliver, who reached the third
round at the US Open before losing to eventual champions Mark Knowles and
Daniel Nestor. They also reached the Challenger final in Beijing last week.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID:
Federer: "It's really nice to win this title. It's even more satisfying
winning against the No. 2 player, Andy, who is always a tough match. He was
dangerous at the start but I took control early and kept it like this
throughout the whole match."
"He wasn't hitting his first serve, he was angling it so I know this wasn't
Andy how we know him, so it gave me the opportunity to return well. I have
been tired for the last two days, playing singles and doubles and playing on
this surface. It's normal to feel tired after a good tournament but I look
forward to a little time off."
Roddick: "I gave it a go out there today, but yesterday's match [against
Safin] took it out of me and I had less than 24 hours from my arrival to my
first round match, I was tired. I was playing with a bad record card against
him and today I couldn't find a way to beat him. At the beginning of the
week, if you told me I'd be in the final, I would have said you're crazy.
"I'm leaving tonight [Sunday evening Bangkok time] as I need to get home and
rest my body. The way I would assess my year is as a great year, but without
Roger in the picture I'd say it would be my best year."
Gimelstob: "It's not every day you get to play the best player in the world,
Roger Federer. So this is a nice win. We've only played US Open and two Asian
events, so it's been a great start as a new team. This is my 12th doubles
title, which is now more than my girlfriend [WTA Tour player Corina Morariu]."
Oliver: "It's a pleasure playing with Justin. So far it's gone well for us,
and as a team our styles compliment each other. We're very happy and Asia has
been good
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