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| May 14, 2003 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1424 |
Moya ousts Draper to set up Nadal clash
HAMBURG (Germany), May 13: Spaniard Carlos Moya set up a second round clash with talented teenage compatriot Rafael Nadal after overcoming a spirited challenge from Australian Scott Draper in the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday. Second seed Moya won 6-3 5-7 6-3.
Moya found Draper a difficult opponent to overcome, dropping his serve in the second game of the match before eventually taking the first set 6-3.
He then led 4-2 in the second but Draper broke back immediately and then earned a second break to lead 6-5 before forcing a decider. Moya regained his composure though and two breaks helped him secure victory.
In other matches, tenth seeded Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean earned a second round clash with Britain’s Tim Henman by beating Filippo Volandi of Italy 6-3 6-4, while Chile’s 15th seed Fernando Gonzalez recovered from 5-1 down in the third set and saved a match point to overcome Olivier Mutis of France 6-2 2-6.
First Round results:
Roger Federer (SWI) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3, 6-3; Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Alex Corretja (SPA) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3; Carlos Moya (SPA) bt Scott Draper (AUS) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Fernando Gonzales (CHI) bt Olivier Mutis (FRA) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; S{bastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-3, 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-4, 6-4; Sargis Sargsian (ARM) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVQ) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4; Albert Costa (SPA) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-4, 6-4; David Nalbandian (ARG) bt Jean-Ren{ Lisnard (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Jiri Novak (CZE x6) 6-1, 6-4; Rainer Schuttler (GER) bt David Ferrer (SPA) 7-5, 6-1; Anthony Dupuis (FRA) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; Karol Beck (SVK) bt Wayne Arthurs (AUS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt Adrian Voinea (Romania) 6-0 6-2; Olivier Rochus (Belgium) bt Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4; Arnaud Clement (France) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) 6-4 6-2; Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) bt Juan Ignacio Chela.
ROME: American Monica Seles advanced to the second round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday after defeating feisty Swiss 17-year-old Myriam Casanova at the Foro Italico.
Winner of four Grand Slams, 29-year-old Seles responded well after losing the first set and eventually triumphed 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Italian capital.
A champion here in 1990 and 2000 and a former world number one, Seles will now face Russian Nadia Petrova in the next round.
Broken in the opening game, Seles had quick chances to even the scores but she spurned two break points in an error-strewn fourth game.
Growing in confidence, Casanova’s two-handed backhand proved her most effective weapon as she went on to take the first set 6-4 in 36 minutes.
With Seles’ first serve percentage remaining above 70 per cent in the second, Seles stormed back to draw level, as Casanova wilted in the blazing afternoon sun.
Casanova broke in the fourth game of the decider to go 3-1 up in the third, and although her vicious serve gave her experienced opponent problems, a string of unforced errors undid all her good work and allowed the American to advance.
Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva hit 40 winners on her way to a 6-4, 6-4 first round victory over local favourite Silvia Farina Elia, while Greek Eleni Danilidou, winner of one ATP Tour title, edged American Samantha Reeves 6-2, 6-4.
Left-handed Spaniard and keen golfer Magui Serna booked her second round ticket by ousting Russian Elena Likhovtseva 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
First round results:
Monica Seles (US) bt Myriam Casanova (Switzerland) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) bt Silvia Farina Elia (Italy) 6-4, 6-4; Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) bt Samantha Reeves (US 0 6-2, 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (Japan) bt Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6-2, 6-3; Maja Matevzic (Slovenia) bt Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) bt Meilen Tu (US) 6-4, 6-4; Magui Serna (Spain) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Dinara Safina (Russia) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) bt Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian (Switzerland) 6-3, 6-2.—Agencies
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