[情報] Martin, Norman Make 2003 Debuts

[establish (Est)]

Todd Martin and Kenneth Carlsen advance to the second round of the Siebel Open


The only two main draw singles matches on Monday's schedule at the Siebel Open
 in San Jose included players appearing in their first ATP tournament of the
season. No. 5 seed Todd Martin, who became a father for the first time on
Jan. 21, played his first match since last October, and he cruised to a
6-4, 6-3 victory over Brian Vahaly. Martin fired nine aces and only faced
one break point in the one hour and 22 minute match.

No. 8 seed Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark outlasted Magnus Norman 7-5, 3-6,
7-6(3) to improve his record to 2-1 over the Swede. The Dane's previous
win over the Swede came in the Tokyo final last fall. Norman was playing
in his first tournament of the season after undergoing two knee operations
in October and December last year. Carlsen won the two hour and 43 minute
battle by winning 109 total points to Norman's 107.

Norman was happy to return to action for the first time since the Stockholm
Open in late October.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Martin: "I started great and I chose to receive in the match. I was up 2-0
before I knew it. I took care of my serve throughout the match even though
I felt a little rusty out there."

Carlsen: "The third set could have gone either way and the tie-break is
like a lottery. You just have to hope for the best. He's a tough competitor
and I knew it was going to be a difficult match. I'm going to get better
and better every match I play."

Norman: "Overall I'm pretty pleased with the way I played because I didn't
hit too many balls coming in here. I don't have any soreness and that's
what I'm satisfied with."

On being 0 for 2 on break point chances in the third: "I thought the third
set was going to go my way but Kenneth served very well."

CHANG HONORED BY THE SIEBEL OPEN
Michael Chang was honored at the Siebel Open on Monday night. Chang and his
family were courtside for the 15-minute ceremony that was organized by the
tournament. A four-minute video of Chang's illustrious career was shown on
the jumbotron screen, and he received customized set of golf irons, a San
Jose Sharks jersey (with his name on the back) and a check for US$2,500 to
the Chang Family Foundation.

"The Bay Area has been fantastic to me and this is where my career got
started," said Chang. "I won my first title here (San Francisco) in 1988
and this is a special place," continued the American, who kicked off his
farewell tour here in San Jose.

TUESDAY PREVIEW
On Tuesday night top-seed Andre Agassi and Michael Chang, who have captured
a total of 89 career ATP titles between them, will do battle at the Siebel
Open. Andre Agassi, who won his 55th singles title at the Australian Open
last month, has won 13 of their past 20 matches against Chang, and this is
the first time they meet since Toronto 1999. This also marks the third time
that the two Americans play against each other in San Jose.

Agassi first played in the Bay Area event in 1990 and ended up winning the
tournament (then held in San Francisco). In total the 32-year-old has a 39-6
record here and has captured the title on four occasions (1990, '93, '95, '
98).

Wild card Chang, who turns 31 later this month, has won two of his 34
singles titles here. In his first appearance in this tournament (in San
Francisco), he won the tournament by defeating Johan Kriek in the final.
Four year's later he captured the title again, scoring a final win over 
Jim Courier. His record in this event is 33-9.

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現在非常想看老張、Martin、Rios的比賽…
搞不好過不久全退休了…(Rios還沒啦…)

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