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| August 9, 2002 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29,1423 |
Awesome Agassi; Sampras, Henman out
CINCINNATI (Ohio), Aug 8: Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt both cruised into the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters tournament Wednesday, but Pete Sampras and Tim Henman are out after an eventful day at the $2.95 million event.
Agassi blasted his way into the third round with a one-sided 6-0, 6-2 demolition of Argentina’s Guillermo Coria.
There was good news too for American veteran Michael Chang, whose 5-7, 7-6, 6-0 second round win over Fernando Vicente marked the first time he had won consecutive matches since this time last year.
The 1989 French Open champion has fallen on hard times in recent years and needed a wildcard to get into the event.
Earlier, Sampras joined Britain’s Henman as second round casualties.
Sampras, the 13-time Grand Slam champion, lost to big-serving Australian qualifier Wayne Arthurs, while Henman, who beat defending champion Gustavo Kuerten in the first round, lost 7-6, 6-2 to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
Former world number one Sampras, who has not won a title since Wimbledon in 2000, was knocked out by Arthurs 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
Henman’s Davis Cup team mate Greg Rusedski is also out of the $2.95 million event after losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to Spain’s Tommy Robredo.
World number one Lleyton Hewitt had another easy match, progressing after just 18 minutes when his opponent David Sanguinetti retired at 5-0 down.
In the first round he thrashed Robby Ginepri 6-0, 6-0 in only 41 minutes.
Twelfth seed Andy Roddick joined Hewitt in the last sixteen following a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 victory over Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
James Blake couldn’t join his fellow Americans in the third round despite pushing eighth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero to three sets.
The Spaniard, who reached the final of the French Open earlier this year, beat Blake 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS (PREFIX NUMBER DENOTES SEEDING):
SECOND ROUND: 6-Andre Agassi (US) beat Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 6-0, 6-2; Rainer Schuettler (Germany) beat Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 6-3; Michael Chang (US) beat Fernando Vicente (Spain) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0; Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) beat 7-Albert Costa (Spain) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; Wayne Arthurs (Australia) beat 15-Pete Sampras (US) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Taylor Dent (US) beat Marcelo Rios (Chile) 6-3, 6-2; Richard Krajicek (Netherlands) beat Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) beat 4-Tim Henman (Britain) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; 16-Carlos Moya (Spain) beat Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) 6-2, 6-4; 12-Andy Roddick (US) beat Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 6-4, 6-3; Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Greg Rusedski (Britain) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Hyung-Taik Lee (South Korea) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (9-7); 1-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 5-0 — retired.
HANTUCHOVA SUFFERS
MANHATTAN BEACH: Serena Williams celebrated her first match as the world number one with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Lina Krasnoroutskaya Wednesday to reach the third round of the Los Angeles Open.
Williams was one of the few seeds to win on a day when Daniela Hantuchova slumped to her second early round defeat in two weeks after being dumped out of the tournament by Eleni Daniilidou.
The sixth seeded Hantuchova was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by her Greek opponent in a second round match after she had received a bye into the round of 32.
Other seeds to fall on the day were number seven Elena Dementieva, who was outlasted 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 by Ai Sugiyama, 11th seed Anna Smashnova, who was crushed 6-0, 6-2 by Amanda Coetzer, and 14th seed Meghann Shaughnessy, who lost 6-4, 6-4 to Janette Husarova.
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS:
SECOND ROUND: 1-Serena Williams (US) beat Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Russia) 6-4, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama (Japan) beat 7-Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5; 4-Jelena Dokic (Yugoslavia) beat Tini Pisnik (Slovenia) 6-3, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) beat 6-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4, 6-2; Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) beat 11-Anna Smashnova (Israel) 6-0, 6-2; 8-Daja Bedanova (Czech Republic) beat Alexandra Stevenson (US) 6-3, 6-2; 10-Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) beat Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian (Switzerland) 6-2, 6-2; 15-Nathalie Dechy (France) beat Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) 6-4, 6-2; Janette Husarova (Slovakia) beat 14-Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 6-4, 6-4.—Reuters
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