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標題: [情報] Coria flies past Agassi
時間: Wed Jun 4 09:53:58 2003
Coria flies past Agassi
By Matthew Cronin
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
The beloved 1999 King is gone. Long live 'The Kid'.
In an amazing display of retrieving, Argentine Guillermo Coria ran past
second seed Andre Agassi 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 to gain the semi finals on Tuesday.
The puma-like Argentine took 1999 Roland Garros titlist Agassi's biggest
blasts and sent them flying down the lines. He made the eight-time Grand
Slam champion look silly by drawing him into the net with drop shots and
then passing him, and had little trouble attacking Agassi's serves.
"It is incredible, a dream come true to be here in the semi finals," the
21-year-old said. "Agassi was my hero when I was growing up. This is amazing."
The No7 seed rarely became unglued by Agassi's shifts in strategies and was
so effective in counterpunching the American's hard groundstrokes that he
turned dozens of rallies around in his favor.
Coria zeroed in on making Agassi sprint wide to his forehand side and at one
time hit a remarkable 16 backhand winners down-the-line in a row. Coria
finished the contest with 32 winners from the baseline to 28 from Agassi,
broke him nine times and won 11 of his 17 forays to the net.
"Andre's a warrior, but I thought I was playing very strong," Coria said.
"I went after every ball and made him run to his right because it's his
weaker side. I was able to see after the second set that I had him.
"I didn't try to change much then, just go after every stroke. Everything
went my way today. I knew he was a little worried and that boosted my
confidence. I never thought I would lose and didn't look at who I was
playing."
While Agassi played a more than respectable contest, he only took 14 of
his 29 net approaches and committed 75 unforced errors to 63 from Coria.
"He's a good mover, there's no question about it," Agassi said. "It gives
him a lot of options. And he's a good decision-maker who knows the court
well. Today he hit a wide variety of shots and executed real well."
Coria (who is named after Argentine great Guillermo Vilas) said that the
33-year-old Agassi was his idol growing up, but he wasn't star-struck on
court.
"I'd rather not be his idol and play him on a hard court than on clay,
because on this surface he poses a tremendous threat to everyone," Agassi
said. "I couldn't play today's match on my terms and that had nothing to
do with anything but the way he was hitting the ball."
Coria, who was once banned from the tour for testing positive for
performance enhancing drugs, is now reaching the potential that he
showed as a teenager. The champion on Hamburg's clay last month and
a runner-up in Monte Carlo in April, Coria has the look of a Roland-
Garros champ in the making.
"With a strong heart and mind, he's in the semi finals here," Agassi
said. "He's two matches away from a major dream for him. If he can
come that close, he can do the rest."
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