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| August 16, 2002 | Friday | Jamadi-us-Saani 6, 1423 |
Unknown teenager upsets Kafelnikov
INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), Aug 15: Croatian teenager Mario Ancic added another top name to his hit list, dumping former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov out of the second round at Indianapolis Wednesday.
Ancic, 18, who beat Switzerland’s Roger Federer in the first round at Wimbledon earlier this year, overpowered the fourth-seeded Russian 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to set up a third round match with 15th seed Arnaud Clement of France.
Wednesday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):
Second round: 5-Tim Henman (Britain) beat Nicolas Massu (Chile) 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Taylor Dent (US) 6-4, 6-4; Felix Mantilla (Spain) beat 7-Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 7-6 (7-2), 7-5; 11-Andrei Pavel (Romania) beat Francisco Clavet (Spain) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Arnaud DiPasquale (France) beat Stefan Koubek (Austria) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); 15-Arnaud Clement (France) beat Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1); 13-Michel Kratochvil (Switzerland) beat David Prinosil (Germany) 6-4, 6-1; 16-Fabrice Santoro (France) beat Wayne Arthurs (Australia) 6-4, 6-2; 1-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-3, 7-5; Mario Ancic (Croatia) beat 4-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; 14-Greg Rusedski (Britain) beat Lionel Roux (France) 6-3, 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat 10-Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-4, 7-5; 9-Rainer Schuettler (Germany) beat Jonathan Erlich (Israel) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) beat Alexander Popp (Germany) 6-4, 7-5.
MONTREAL: Anna Kournikova’s revival came to an abrupt halt Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Canadian Open by Spain’s Virginia Ruano Pascual 7-5, 6-1.
Wednesday’s results:
Second round: 2-Jennifer Capriati (US) beat Sarah Taylor (US) 6-4, 6-1; 3-Jelena Dokic (Yugoslavia) beat Martina Sucha (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-4; 4-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) beat Nicole Pratt (Australia) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; 5-Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia) 5-7, 6-0, 4-1 — retired; 8-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) beat Anna Kournikova (Russia) 7-5, 6-1; Ai Sugiyama (Japan) beat Paola Suarez (Argentina) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Barbara Schett (Austria) beat Chanda Rubin (US) 6-4, 6-4; Laura Granville (US) beat Silvia Farina Elia (Italy) 6-2, 6-1; Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) beat Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6-3, 6-3; Clarisa Fernandez (Argentina) beat Nathalie Dechy (France) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Daja Bedanova (Czech Republic) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Alexandra Stevenson (US) beat Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. —Reuters/AFP
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