NASDAQ-100 Open
Miami, USA.
APRIL 3 , 2004
Final: (2)Andy Roddick (USA) vs (3)Guillermo Coria (ARG)
Second seed Andy Roddick takes on No. 3 seed Guillermo Coria of Argentina in
the final of the NASDAQ-100 Open. This is the first time since 1995 two of the
Top 3 seeds have reached the final here. That year, No. 2 Andre Agassi defeated
No. 1 Pete Sampras. Roddick won the previous two meetings in Houston, in the
semifinals of the U.S. Clay Courts in 2002 and in a round robin match at the
Tennis Masters Cup last November (both in three sets).
The final will be a best-of-five-set match beginning at noon Sunday. There are
100 INDESIT ATP 2004 Race points and $533,350 available to the winner, while
the runner-up receives 70 Race points and $266,675.
This is the fourth career ATP Masters Series final for Roddick, who is 2-1 in
finals, while Coria takes a 1-1 career mark into his first ATP Masters Series
hard court final. Coria is also looking to win his first career hard court
title and the first in the U.S. Both players are attempting to capture their
second ATP title of the season. Roddick won in San Jose (d. Fish) on Feb. 15
while Coria captured the clay court title in Buenos Aires (d. Moya) on Feb. 22.
Coria is the first Argentine to reach the final here since former coach Alberto
Mancini in 1992 when he lost to Michael Chang. Coria is the first South
American to reach the final since Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten in 2000 (l. to
Sampras). Marcelo Rios of Chile is the only South American to win the Miami
title in the tournament's 19-year history (in 1998).
Roddick is attempting to win his 13 th career title while Coria is trying to
win his eighth career ATP title.
Coria on playing Roddick: "It's going to be a very tough match. I would like to
have revenge against Roddick. He's going to have to win every point. I'm going
to fight very hard every point. Roddick is going to have to earn it. It was
very important to win this match, to come back in this match. I feel pretty
good about that. I also am still pretty hot about my loss against Roddick in
Houston."
Roddick on Coria's improvement on hard courts: "It's probably just between the
ears. The guy can play ball regardless of what surface. Obviously, he feels
most comfortable on clay, but, you know, a lot of times it's just getting out
of the gates on something. I'm always a little uneasy my first couple matches
on clay. But if I do get into the second, third match then I start feeling a
lot better on it. I'm sure that works, you know, vice versa as well."
AMERICAN TITLE WINNERS
Roddick is attempting to join an impressive list of Americans who have won this
title (12 of the past 19 years):
Player No. Years
Andre Agassi 6 1990, '95-96, 2001-02-03
Pete Sampras 3 1993-94, 2000
Michael Chang 1 1992
Jim Courier 1 1991
Tim Mayotte 1 1985
2004 ATP MATCH WINS LEADERS
Roddick leads the ATP circuit in match wins this year and Coria is fifth:
W-L Titles
Andy Roddick 25-5 1
Roger Federer 23-2 3
Carlos Moya 21-4 2
Dominik Hrbaty 19-5 3
Guillermo Coria 17-4 1
FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS
Guillermo Coria (ARG) vs Andy Roddick (USA) Roddick Leads 2-0
02 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay SF Andy Roddick 63 26 62
03 Tennis Masters Cup-Houston (USA) Hard RR Andy Roddick 63 67 63
Coria FastFacts:
Tournament Highlights: The 22-year-old Argentine is making his fourth
consecutive appearance in the NASDAQ-100 Open, having reached the final for the
first time…He reached the 3rd RD in his opening two appearances in 2001 and
'02 and lost to Albert Costa in the 4th RD 12 months ago…Has a 10-3 record in the tourna
ment…So far this year, the No. 3 seed has defeated Wayne Ferreira, countryman
Juan Ignacio Chela, French qualifier Julien Benneteau in three sets and Nicolas
Kiefer in the quarterfinals and Fernando Gonzalez in the semifinals.
2004 in Review: The Venado Tuerto resident has a 17-4 match record on the year
(12-4 on hard)...He is appearing in his second career ATP hard court final
(2002 Costa do Sauipe, l. to Kuerten) and third career ATP Masters Series final
(1-1)…He opened the season with a 2nd RD showing in Auckland, withdrawing due
to an abdominal injury and he lost to Frenchman Cyril Saulnier in the 1st RD
at the Australian Open…In February, he helped his country to the Davis Cup
quarterfinals (vs. Belarus) by posting two singles wins against Morocco…In his
next tournament in Buenos Aires, he won the clay court title over Moya…Lost in
the 2nd RD in Marseille (l. to Rosset) and 1st RD in Dubai (l. to Youzhny)
prior to reaching the quarterfinals at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells
(l. to Agassi).
Miscellaneous: Finished 2003 as the No.1 South American player at No. 5, his
first Top 10 season…Qualified for his first Tennis Masters Cup in Houston and
went 1-2 in round robin play...Became the first Argentine to finish in the Top
5 since Guillermo Vilas in 1982…Captured a career-high five ATP titles,
including his first ATP Masters Series title in Hamburg (d. Calleri) and also
advanced to the final at ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo (l. to Ferrero)...In
2003, had a 56-1 record when winning the first set (15-1 this year)…Has a 1-9
career record vs. Top 10 opponents on hard courts with his lone win coming over
Moya in the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston last November...Here with wife, Carla
(married Dec. 27, 2003) and coach Fabian Blengino (split with former coach
Alberto Mancini in January).
Roddick FastFacts:
Tournament Highlights: The 21-year-old American is playing here for the fifth
straight year (11-4 record), having reached his first ATP quarterfinal three
years ago (ranked No. 119) with wins over former No. 1s Rios (2nd RD) and
Sampras (3rd RD) before losing to No. 7 Hewitt…The previous year he posted his
first ATP match win (ranked No. 989) over Fernando Vicente before losing to No.
1 Agassi in the 2nd RD…Last year he lost in the 3rd RD to countryman Todd
Martin.2004 in Review: The Boca Raton/Austin, Texas resident enters his fourth
career ATP Masters final (2-1) with a 25-5 match record on the year…Leads the
tournament in aces (51) and service games won (91%, 51 of 56 games)…Hit a
tournament record 147 mph serve in his second round win last Saturday over
Karol Beck…He opened the season with a 2nd RD loss in Doha (l. to Bjorkman)
and followed with a quarterfinal showing at the Australian Open where he lost
to Marat Safin in five sets…He then led the U.S. to a 5-0 first round Davis
Cup victory over Austria in Connecticut by recording two singles wins…In his
next tournament appearance in San Jose, he defeated longtime friend Mardy Fish
in the final…The following week in Memphis he reached the quarterfinals in
Memphis (l. to Enqvist)…In Scottsdale, lost to eventual winner Spadea in the
semifinals and then reached the quarterfinals of the Pacific Life Open (l. to
Henman after holding one match point in second set).
Miscellaneous: In 2003, became the youngest American to finish No. 1 in the his
tory of the INDESIT ATP Entry Ranking and became the sixth American to finish
year-end No. 1…He posted an ATP-best 19-match winning streak and captured a
career-high six titles (St. Poelten, Queen's, Indianapolis, back-to-back ATP
Masters Series in Montreal and Cincinnati and US Open).
--
「魯道夫是個不折不扣的大壞蛋哪！人民只是敢怒不敢言啊！」「因為人民都好逸惡勞」
「這樣說好了，一般人遇到問題時，都不願靠自己的精力心思去解決，他們只期待超人或
聖賢的出現，為他們承擔所有的痛苦、困難。魯道夫便抓住人性的弱點，伺機而動，一舉
成名。讓獨裁者有機可乘的人，要負更多責任！沉默旁觀其實與支持者同罪…只是…你應
該把注意力放在比這更值得關心的東西上…」「值得關心的東西上？」
「錢和美術品啊！金錢可以豊富物質，美術品可以美化心靈啊！」 ~楊威利父子對談~
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 61.64.85.85
※ 編輯: StefanEdberg 來自: 61.64.85.85 (04/04 13:42)