Dent stuns Ferrero
Thailand Open
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Taylor Dent denied world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero
a first indoor title with a straight-sets win in Bangkok.
The 22-year-old American came through 6-3 7-6 in one hour,
40 minutes.
"I got a bit lucky and snuck out this win," said Dent, who
also won in Memphis in February.
"Juan Carlos is the world number one and I'm glad I was able
to beat him today.
"This is a bit of a surprise, it's a great feeling.
"It's a first for me to win two titles in a season and hopefully
before the year's out there'll be another one. I didn't feel the
ball the whole match because I didn't play any point more than 10
seconds
Juan Carlos Ferrero
"I went out there expecting a tough match and it was a lot
closer than two sets. Just grinding it out and keeping a
strong head won me the match."
A packed crowd of 10,000 spectators had been firmly on
Ferrero's side ever since local hero Paradorn Srichaphan
lost in the quarter-finals.
But it was Dent who claimed the only break of the opening
set in the seventh game, and he started the second with
another.
Ferrero was able to recover but Dent, who has added a solid
net game to back up his big serve, edged out the tie-break
to secure his second career title.
"I didn't feel the ball the whole match because I didn't
play any point more than 10 seconds," said Ferrero.
"You just play one or two balls in each point and that's
not very easy.
"Maybe I'm a bit disappointed because I lost two finals
in a short time but tomorrow I will feel good because
I will stay number one. That was one of my goals in this
tournament."
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