Ferrero Advances to Third Round

[Chela (伊格拿西奧)]

Ferrero Advances to Third Round
by Brad Falkner
Thursday, August 28, 2003

French Open Champion Juan Carlos Ferrero (aka "The Mosquito")
got off to a slow start, but regrouped to advance into the third
round of the 2003 US Open with a 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-4 triumph
over Austrian Jurgen Melzer.

For the first two sets of the match, Melzer looked like a man
capable of taking the sting out of "The Mosquito."

Melzer's crafty all-court acumen gave Ferrero fits in the first
set, when he squashed the mosquito in 27 minutes. Ferrero
struggled to find a rhythm on his serve, being broken in the
second and sixth games of the set.

Ferrero fell behind early in the match, but took control the
rest of the way with an array of blazing groundstrokes and an
effective serves.

The second set was played without a service break. In the
tiebreaker, Melzer fell prone to slew of unforced errors,
generously handing the tiebreaker to Ferrero 7-3.

In the third set, it was Melzer's shots that lost their sting,
allowing Ferrero ample time to rip winners off of both wings.

By the fourth set, Ferrero's serve had become such a lethal
weapon that he surrendered a mere five points on his serve in
the final set.

The No. 3 seed Ferrero meets 33rd seeded Juan Ignacio Chela in
the third round. Ferrero's best US Open results came in 2000
when he advanced to the fourth round.


Match Facts

#Ferrero's nickname "Mosquito" comes from his speed and small physique.

#Ferrero lists Jim Courier as favorite player when he was growing up.

#Ferrero began playing tennis at age seven with his father.

#This is Ferrero's fifth US Open. Last year, he reached the third round.

#This is Melzer's second US Open, and seventh Grand Slam tournament.

#Before this US Open, Melzer has not played since Kitzbuhel the week
of July 21.



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