Posts Tagged ‘2003’

Guillermo Coria recorded another straight-sets victory
from the official ATP website
3 August 2003
A potential showdown between the two hottest clay court players on the circuit this year, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Guillermo Coria, was denied by Luis Horna of Peru. Ferrero came into the match with a 32-3 record on clay, before Horna restored the Spaniard to a more human status with his 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory. The 22-year-old Peruvian No. 1 had just upset No. 7 seed Dominik Hrbaty to reach the quarterfinals. Horna also reached the semifinals in Amersfoort two weeks ago as well as the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires earlier this year.
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Second seed Carlos Moya is knocked out in the first round by countryman Albert Portas, but top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero moves through in Sopot.
from the official ATP website
31 July 2003
Second seed Carlos Moya was knocked out in the first round of the Idea Prokom Open after losing to fellow Spaniard Albert Portas in a three-set battle in Sopot. Portas defeated the in-form Moya 7-6(4) 6-7(6), 7-5 to book his place in the second round against countryman Galo Blanco.
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26 July 2003
Top seed and French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero suffered a surprise defeat by ninth seeded Argentine Mariano Zabaleta to dash his hopes of becoming world number one.
The Spaniard would have taken over from Andre Agassi at the top of the rankings if he had gone on to win the tournament.
But he appeared sluggish after having to play two matches in one day.
The 23-year-old had beaten 15th seed Flavio Saretta 7-6 6-3 earlier in the day but was unable to match Zabaleta in the quarter-finals a few hours later, going down 6-1 6-4.
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25 July 2003
The top three players in the ATP Champions Race — Roger Federer, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andre Agassi — are separated by 75 points going into the North American summer hard court circuit. All three players have captured a Grand Slam title this year, marking the first time in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973) that the Top 3 players in the post-Wimbledon ranking have accomplished the feat.
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from Sports Network
18 July 2003
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – With three quarters of the year’s Slams already under the belt, it would appear to be a three-horse race between Roger Federer, Juan Carlos Ferrero and the ageless Andre Agassi for the coveted year-end top ranking.
“The Fed,” who currently leads the wildly-popular Champions Race, is a sizzling 53-10 this season with a tour-best five titles, including his first- ever Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon earlier this month.
The 21-year-old Swiss is arguably the most talented player on the planet right now and finally enjoyed his much-anticipated “breakthrough” at the All England Club a couple weeks back. The versatile star excels on all surfaces, as evidenced by his titles on four different coverings in 2003.
He’s 10-2 at the Slams, including a vastly-disappointing first-round loss at the hands of little-known Peruvian Luis Horna at Roland Garros. The Swiss, however, surely redeemed himself on the storied grass at SW19.
Just for the record, Federer is 1-0 against Ferrero this year (semifinal in Rome) and has yet to play Agassi.
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from ananova.com
2 July 2003
Sebastien Grosjean will face Tim Henman in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a hard-fought victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Grosjean secured a 6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6 victory on Court One in a fourth round match held over from Monday night when bad light halted play with the Frenchman leading two sets to one.
It gives Henman the chance to gain revenge on the 25-year-old after he lost to the 13th seed in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Stella Artois Championships last month. (more…)