Gonzalez farewells Finn

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Gonzalez farewells Finn
By Araz Gulekjian
Monday, June 2, 2003 

Hard-hitting Chilean Fernando Gonzalez continued his dazzling Roland-Garros
campaign with a straight set demolition of Finland's Jarkko Nieminen early
Monday.

The 22-year-old Chilean posted his eighth win on the trot, easing into his
first ever quarter final here with a 6-3 6-3 6-2 whitewash that lasted just 92
minutes.

He next plays last year's 2002 runner-up, Spanish No3 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero
in a re-match of the 1998 Roland-Garros boys singles final (Gonzalez defeated
Ferrero for the title).

Ferrero mercilessly dumped countryman Felix Mantilla 6-2 6-1 6-1 on Suzanne
Lenglen Court earlier Monday.

Gonzalez entirely dominated the contest with his spectacular 'smashball-style'
tennis.

He fired 38 winners (17 coming in the first set) and nailed five aces. The
21-year-old Finn played a lackluster game, and probably paid the price for his
monstrous efforts in week one – he spent more than nine hours on court in his
three previous matches, saving a match point to Frenchman Julien Varlet in the
second round.

This will be Gonzalez' second Grand Slam quarter final after making it to the
last eight at the US Open last September.

There, he became the seventh Chilean to reach the quarters of a Grand Slam,
with Marcelo Rios being the only one to advance further (runner-up at the
Australian Open in 1998).
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