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標題: Davenport vs. Jankovic In Final; Serena Injured
時間: Sat Mar 5 14:33:45 2005
March 4, 2005
Davenport vs. Jankovic In Final; Serena Injured
DUBAI, U.A.E. - World No.1 Lindsay Davenport overcame an upset stomach and a
spirited challenge from world No.14 Patty Schnyder to reach Saturday's final
of the $1,000,000 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open against unseeded Serbian
Jelena Jankovic.
Schnyder, continuing her impressive form of late, led the top-seeded Davenport
64 54 (on serve) before the American surged, claiming nine of the last 10
games to win 46 75 61.
After losing a tight first set, Davenport held an early break in the second,
only to see it disappear as she began to take ill.
"I tried so hard in the first set but the balls were flying on me," said
Davenport. "I started feeling unwell at 2-1 in the second set, then I held
for 3-1. The next few games were a blur. I was trying to keep the points short."
Games went with serve through to 5-all in the second set, when Schnyder, who
had been holding serve quite easily up to that point, made a couple of
uncharacteristic errors to let Davenport back into the match.
Davenport consolidated the break in the 12th game to level the match at one
set all. From then on, it was all Davenport, who reached her third final of
2005.
"My shots were wild at first but I was finally able to control them and keep
the balls in," noted Davenport. "I was able to eek out the second set and in
the third set she made more unforced errors."
"I had a good chance in the second set and had my moment," said Schnyder. "I
went for it and took my chances, but wasn't able to win.
"I felt like my serve and my game were slipping away and she kept getting
better and better."
Jankovic advanced to the biggest final of her career when world No.4 and No.2
seed Serena Williams retired with a right shoulder tendon strain. Trailing
60 43 (Williams's first 6-0 set loss in nearly six years), Williams pulled out
of the semifinal, saying the balls being used this week had caused the shoulder
problem.
"Ever since I've been practising I've been getting the same symptoms," said
Williams. "My arm's hurting really bad where I serve. My whole arm hurts,
except for my hand and my wrist. That's doing excellent right now. But
everything else hurts, which could lead to another abdominal strain."
Her serve visibly weakened by the injury from the outset, Williams dropped
serve three times in the opening set, losing the first seven games of the
match and attracting a warning for smashing her racquet.
Williams broke Jankovic's serve to level at 1-all, then held for 2-1. But
Jankovic still had the upper hand, breaking Williams's serve to lead 3-2.
At 4-3, Williams called the Tour's primary health care provider onto court,
but instead of receiving treatment, the American spent several minutes in
discussion with the trainer. It was then that Williams decided to retire.
It was only the fourth time in Williams's career she has retired during a
match, after 1998 Wimbledon (retired in third round vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual),
2000 Amelia Island (retired vs. Paola Suarez in second round) and
2000 Canadian Open (retired vs. Martina Hingis in the final).
"From the beginning of the match she wasn't serving the way she usually serves,"
said Jankovic. "She has one of the best serves in women's tennis. I didn't
know what was going on with her, and I'm disappointed she couldn't play a
real match and that she had to pull out."
"It doesn't take long, just getting away from the environment and getting
back to a regular ball," said Williams of her recovery period. "It takes
three to four days which isn't bad compared to weeks and weeks which is what
happened with my stomach. It was weeks before I could get better,"
Williams referring to the abdominal injury she incurred in last year's final
of the WTA Tour Championships.
In response to claims the balls contributed to Williams's injury, Tour CEO
Larry Scott said: "Player health and concern with equipment is of utmost
importance to me and the Tour, and we have exhaustively looked into concerns
expressed and analysed all possible facts.
"If there was any factual evidence to support that a ball was a contributor
to player injuries, we would act immediately and decisively to pull a ball
from Tour play.
"I am sympathetic to those players who are concerned about their soreness or
injuries, but after careful review we have determined that no such evidence
of a correlation exists."
The doubles final will be between the Top 2 seeds. No.1 doubles team Ruano
Pascual and Suarez take on new Australian Open champions Svetlana Kuznetsova
and Alicia Molik, who are undefeated in nine career matches as a team. The
Latin duo fell to Molik and another partner, Francesca Schiavone, in the
first round last week in Doha.
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