Rios, Gaudio to Clash!

[esnique (小鱷)]

http://www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/news/vina5.asp

FEB. 14, 2003

Rios, Gaudio to Clash
Chile's own Marcelo Rios will take on top seed Gaston Gaudio in Saturday's
semifinals.

Chile's own Marcelo Rios powered his way to the semifinals at the Bellsouth
Open by Rosen, earning a satisfying win over Argentine Agustin Calleri in
Friday's quarterfinals. Although this is Rios' first event of the year, the
third seeded Chilean says his game is at a peak, and his motivation is strong
to capture his astonishing 19th career singles title in his home country.

In a superstar South American clash, Rios now meets top seed Gaston Gaudio,
who overcame Spain's Felix Mantilla in another quarterfinal match. Also on
Friday, Albert Montanes defeated Jiri Vanek to earn a place in the final four
against fellow Spaniard David Sanchez, a three-set victor over Andrea Gaudenzi.


WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Rios: "I feel I can win the tournament. I'm going step by step. But I'm playing
really well and I have a lot of motivation to win this event.I'm looking
forward to playing good tennis tomorrow. I have a strong desire to play a lot
of tennis."
About tomorrow's match
"It's obviously going to be very difficult. Mantilla's level of tennis is very
high and everyone knows how well Gaudio plays." 

Calleri: "The match wasn't a very good match maybe to watch, because my
strategy was to not let Rios play good tennis. I tired to make him
uncomfortatble, but my shots were going a bit out. I was trying for shots, but
they were going out by a few centimeters." 

Sanchez: (Suffering from tendinitus in his right wrist)
"I want to go rest. I feel I have a good chance to make it to the final. It's
going to be more difficult to play Montanes because we know each other's games
well. But it's a good thing. At least one Spaniard will be in the final." 




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