[情報] Hot Players to Watch in 2004!

[Seles (叫我大姐大會折壽的XD)]

http://www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2004/playerstowatch.asp

2004
December 3, 2003
Hot Players to Watch in 2004!


 The 'New Balls Please' generation graduated in 2003 to become the established
stars of the ATP circuit. So who now are the unheralded young players ready to
make their mark in 2004? By SIMON HIGSON.

Thierry Ascione (FRA)
Ascione had an outstanding season in 2003, climbing an astonishing 455 places t
o No. 89 in the ATP Entry Rankings. It was the biggest jump of any player who f
inished in the Top 100. The 22-year-old from Boulogne-Billancourt, France, comp
iled a 20-12 match record in Challenger events and won titles in Helskinki (d.
Andreev) and Andrezieux (d. Beck). He also reached the second round of three AT
P tournaments (Bangkok, Metz, TMS Paris), as well as making his Grand Slam debu
t at Roland Garros, where he lost in the first round to Albert Portas. Ascione,
 who first started playing tennis at age eight, comes from a sporting backgroun
d - one of his uncles was European boxing champion and another was World milita
ry boxing champion.

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
This young Russian hit the spotlight at this summer's US Open, pulling off a sh
ock first round five-set win over Gustavo Kuerten. Tursunov didn't stop there h
owever, winning his next match against John Van Lottum before eventually fallin
g to Xavier Malisse in three tight sets in the third round. Moscow-born Tursuno
v, who moved to California at age 12, also had a successful year at Challenger
level, claiming titles in Mandeville (d. Hernych) and San Antonio (d. De Chauna
c). He climbed 233 places in the ATP Entry Rankings and finished in the Top 100
 year-end rankings for the first time in his career. The Russian improved his y
ear-end ranking for the fifth time in six years.

Igor Andreev (RUS)
Andreev (pictured above) had a breakthrough year on the Challenger circuit in 2
003, reaching three finals (Helsinki, Braunschweig, Tampere). But it was at ATP
 level that the Russian really came into his own, winning his first career ATP
match as a qualifier in Bucharest against top seed Nikolay Davydenko. The 20-ye
ar-old Russian went on to defeat No.1 seed Sjeng Schalken in the first round of
 Moscow, and followed that up with a second round win over Ivan Ljubicic, befor
e falling to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the quarterfinals. Andreev, who moved to Val
encia, Spain, at age 15, finished with a 4-4 match record at ATP level.

 Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Following successful results at Challenger and ATP level in 2003, Nadal
(pictured left) finished in the Top 100 of the ATP Entry Rankings for the first
time in his career this year. The young Spaniard, who is widely recognized as
the next big thing in Spanish tennis, notched wins over the likes of Carlos
Moya, Albert Costa and Younes El Aynaoui during a season in which he reached
his first ATP semifinal (Umag). At age 17, Nadal made his Grand Slam debut at
Wimbledon, reaching the third round and becoming the youngest player to reach
that stage since a 16-year-old Boris Becker had done so in 1984.

Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Mahut compiled a 23-13 match record at Challenger level and a 3-6 record at ATP
 level to finish in the Top 100 of the ATP Entry Rankings for the first time in
 his career in 2003. The Frenchman finished the year strongly, posting first
round wins over Younes El Aynaoui and Sebastien Grosjean in Metz and Lyon
respectively. Mahut, who won the Wimbledon junior title in 2000, also won his
first TMS match at the BNP Paribas Masters, defeating Jarkko Nieminen in the
first round before falling to Juan Carlos Ferrero in round two.

Singles Century Club
Players who have moved at least 100 places into the Top 100 ATP Entry Rankings
from the 2003 year-end Entry Rankings.

Player Places Moved '03 Rank '02 Rank
Ascione, Thierry (FRA) 455  89 544
Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 233  98 331
Andreev, Igor (RUS)    196  90 286
Nadal, Rafael (ESP)    188  47 235
Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)   172  94 266
Moody, Wesley (RSA)    166  82 248
Soderling, Robin (SWE) 117  59 176
Hernandez, Oscar (ESP) 117  91 208
Volandri, Filippo (ITA)106  48 154
Karlovic, Ivo (CRO)    101  74 175
Bogomolov Jr.,Alex(USA)101  97  198
Hanescu, Victor (ROM)  100  70 170

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除了納豆、Karlovic跟Mahut一概不認識b



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→ zerkchu:期待Ascione和Soderling :p Ascione打法像
→ zerkchu:泰國小子有潛力,Soderling希望他能中興瑞
→ zerkchu:典網壇...
→ Corretja:Z兄都是在哪裡看到他們的啊？@@
→ Seles:Soderling是有在溫網看過....
→ zerkchu:Ascione在TMS Paris看過的,跟Federer打了
→ zerkchu:一盤搶七:p
→ Seles:那場比賽我的衛星沒播…難怪:p
→ Corretja:不錯嘛~跟Rogi打到搶七^^~小盧加油！XD:P
→ sarodov:Bogomolov也在榜上ㄟ....