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Spain Level at 1-1 Thanks to Moya
Carlos Moya played a superb match to beat Mark Philippoussis 64 64 46 76(4) and
level the tie at 1-1 after a thrilling first day's play.
Moya outserved Philippoussis and gave a controlled display of attacking all-cou
rt tennis, showing grass court skills he has rarely demonstrated in the past, t
o win in 3 hours 14 minutes.
The stage is set for the doubles rubber tomorrow, which will see Wayne Arthurs
and Todd Woodbridge taking on Alex Corretja and Feliciano Lopez. With the doubl
es rubber often a deciding factor, the final will remain live until Sunday.
大意：Carlos Moya打出了一場壯麗的比賽，以64 64 46 76(4)擊敗了Mark Philippoussis
Moya接發並展現出全面型的球技攻擊，秀出了以往他極少有的壓制性草地球技，共
花了3小時又14分鐘。
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標題: Re: [情報] Spain Level at 1-1 Thanks to Moya
時間: Fri Nov 28 20:36:04 2003
http://www.daviscup.com/news/matchreport.asp?id=12649
erview with Carlos Moya (ESP) (MP3 format)
Audio: Craig Gabriel wraps up day 1 of the final of the 2003 Davis Cup by BNP
Paribas
MP3下載~~~
After Juan Carlos Ferrero came so close to defeating Lleyton Hewitt in the day
’s opening rubber, eventually going down in five tough sets, the visitors could
easily have been 2-0 up going into day two.
“I think that I can play well on grass and it is a great win,” said a clearly
delighted Moya.
“I would give anything to win this title so I am very motivated,” he added,
remarking that comments from John Newcombe in this morning’s Australian papers,
suggesting that Moya could not beat Philippoussis, had served as an extra fact
or in getting him pumped up for the match.
“I always have a special feeling with Davis Cup… I think not being in the tea
m [in 2000 when Spain won the Cup] is helping me to be more motivated now.”
On court, Moya was all calm efficiency: not for him the fist pumping of a
Lleyton Hewitt, or even the shouts to the crowd to get more involved that
Philippoussis used to fire himself up in the third set. Only at the end of the
match, with his jumps of elation at the net, was this ‘motivation’ truly
visible.
The Spaniard has always had a big serve but today he showed just how effective
it can be on grass, mixing up placement and power and following it to the net
on many occasions. When he did get to the net, he showed that he can volley too,
although such was the quality of his serve and approach play that in truth he
rarely had a difficult volley to play. He equalled Philippoussis with 18 aces,
many of them out wide in the deuce court, but served only 10 double faults to
the Australian’s 15.
Crucially, Philippoussis’ serve was not functioning as well as it might have,
and even when he did find a big delivery, Moya was managing to return them cons
istently to the feet of the on-rushing Australian. Add Moya’s flashing passes
to the equation, and you realise that it was to Philippoussis’ credit that he
managed to force a fourth set.
And yet it could all have been so different. Philippoussis found it hard to get
out of the blocks, and put in a surprisingly flat performance in the first cou
ple of sets. He later explained that he often finds it difficult to start off w
ell in a Davis Cup tie, as you don’t have the luxury of building your performa
nces through rounds as you do in tournament play.
One break in each of the opening two sets was enough for Moya to take them, and
he looked to be heading for a comfortable victory until Philippoussis managed
to get himself and the crowd going in the third set. After exchanging breaks mi
d-way through the set, Philippoussis took advantage of some loose play from Moy
a at 4-5 to take the match to a fourth set.
At the start of that set, his tail clearly up and the famous serve gaining some
extra zip, it looked like Philippoussis had turned the tide. But Moya hung on,
and then again escaped from trouble at 4-5 and deuce, eventually forcing a tie
break in which he came from a mini-break down to clinch the rubber.
“I felt like in the third and fourth I was in control and a couple of points a
way from taking it to a fifth,” said Philippoussis.
“It got to the tiebreaker and I had another minibreak and he came with some pa
ssing shots. You know, I had a slow start, but what can you do? I gave it my al
l and, you know, I felt like I was just inches away from going to the fifth and
getting on a roll.”
The Spanish certainly seemed the more buoyant of the two camps after a day whic
h had begun badly for them, both with Ferrero’s narrow loss and a mix-up at an
otherwise spectacular opening ceremony that resulted in a wrong anthem being p
layed as the Spanish national anthem.
Philippoussis in particular cut an extremely dejected figure in the post-match
press conference. Captain John Fitzgerald was putting a brave face on things, s
aying that the Australians had always expected a tough tie like this, but he mu
st pick Philippoussis up for the fourth rubber on Sunday, which is certain to b
e live.
“I think he’ll be a better player for that experience today, on Sunday,”
said Fitzgerald of Philippoussis.
“He’s right, sometimes it takes a few matches on the grass to get going.”
Fitzgerald does not really have many options for his singles line-up, and barri
ng injury will surely stick with Philippoussis and Hewitt for the final day. Me
anwhile Spanish Captain Jordi Arrese could decide to put Feliciano Lopez in for
a singles rubber on Sunday, although he was as usual giving little away today.
“Between now and Sunday, many things can happen,” was as much as he would say
.
The stage is set for the doubles rubber tomorrow, which will see Wayne Arthurs
and Todd Woodbridge taking on Alex Corretja and Feliciano Lopez. Only two natio
ns have won a Davis Cup Final after losing the doubles rubber – Australia in 1
977 and Russia last year. Australia is hoping that Arthurs and Woodbridge can d
eliver tomorrow: for the hosts, ending the first day at 1-1 must be bringing ba
ck memories of the 2001 Final on this very grass court, when they did the same
against France, lost the doubles, and went on to lose the tie.
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