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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 20:14:15 GMT -5
2-3 on serve
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 20:20:49 GMT -5
*4-3
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 20:25:14 GMT -5
4-4 -- Evil Austrian!
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 20:32:04 GMT -5
6-4 Eitzinger.
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 21:02:17 GMT -5
4-6 *3-4 after a heroic service break.
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 14, 2006 21:14:21 GMT -5
4-6 4-6.
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Post by Lee on Nov 15, 2006 1:42:40 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Nov 15, 2006 13:46:07 GMT -5
Oh well. After that sad doubles score, I thought he'd do even worse in the singles. , so this sounds almost good to me. At least he gave it a go.
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 15, 2006 16:01:02 GMT -5
Oh well. After that sad doubles score, I thought he'd do even worse in the singles. , so this sounds almost good to me. At least he gave it a go. Yes -- he said that he thought he was playing at the level of a 150 to 300 ranked player and of course hopes that will get better with matches. He sounds like he has no other 2006 plans beyond that exhibition with his buddy Nico, and will start off 2007 playing the challengers in South America rather than looking for ATP wild cards. Anyway I don't think he ever liked the Australia trip very much. Apparently the highlight last night was when he asked for scissors and during a changeover cut some hair off his forehead because it was getting in his eyes. I guess he wasn't wearing the "war wound bandana".
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Post by janie on Nov 15, 2006 18:45:25 GMT -5
Apparently the highlight last night was when he asked for scissors and during a changeover cut some hair off his forehead because it was getting in his eyes. Lucky fans.
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Post by Lee on Nov 15, 2006 22:25:17 GMT -5
I guess he wasn't wearing the "war wound bandana". No, he didn't
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 26, 2006 23:27:46 GMT -5
Guga will play an exhibition vs Lapentti on November 23rd. globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/0,,AA1325939-4434,00.html Guga volta às quadras no dia 23 de novembro Brasileiro joga torneio exibição na Bahia. Lapentti deverá ser o adversário Guga joga amistoso em novembro, na Bahia RIO DE JANEIRO - Gustavo Kuerten já tem data para voltar às quadras. O tricampeão de Roland Garros fará um jogo exibição no dia 23 de novembro, no Club Med de Itaparica, na Bahia. O provável adversário será o equatoriano Nicolas Lapentti, 69º do Ranking de Entradas da ATP e um dos melhores amigos de Guga, que é o número 1.127 do mundo. A partida marcará a reestréia da parceria entre Guga e o técnico Larri Passos, retomada no início de outubro. Este será o primeiro jogo de simples de Guga desde fevereiro, quando foi eliminado na primeira rodada do Brasil Open, na Costa do Sauípe, pelo também brasileiro André Ghem. Em setembro, Guga disputou uma partida de duplas pela Copa Davis. Ao lado de André Sá, ele perdeu para os suecos Jonas Bjorkman e Simon Aspelin. Guga def. Nico por 4/6, 6/3 e 11/9, no super tie-break. He says he feels the power coming back to his shots, he played better than in Paraguay, and is excited about 2007.
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Post by janie on Nov 28, 2006 8:36:41 GMT -5
Whew! Finally, some good news. (even though it was just a "meaningless exhibition"!)
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Post by Lee on Dec 14, 2006 11:01:49 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Dec 14, 2006 16:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Jan 24, 2007 21:18:40 GMT -5
Miércoles 24 de enero de 2007 Kuerten eliminado en la primera ronda en ChileSANTIAGO, Chile (AP).— El tenista brasileño Gustavo Kuerten fue eliminado en primera ronda del torneo Challenger de Santiago en el que también perdió el argentino Mariano Zabaleta. Kuerten, ubicado actualmente en el lugar 1,079 del escalafón aunque alguna vez estuvo en el número uno, perdió ante el serbio Boris Pashanski (122) por 6-2, 7-5. “Guga'''' retornaba a las canchas tras un largo receso. En otro de los partidos disputados la noche del martes, el chileno Adrián García dio cuenta de Zabaleta, quien el domingo se había adjudicado el torneo Challenger de La Serena. Zabaleta cayó por 6-1, 7-6 (2). Evil Boris!!!
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Post by janie on Jan 26, 2007 19:13:37 GMT -5
Tenis: Gustavo Kuerten se despidió definitivamente de la Copa Kia
El brasileño Gustavo Kuerten (525º en parejas) terminó su participación en la Copa Kia al quedar eliminado este jueves en la competencia de dobles. El ex número uno del mundo y su compatriota Marcos Daniel (278º) se inclinaron ante la dupla del argentino Brian Dabul (194º) y Marc López (306º), quienes ganaron por 6-3 y 6-4. Kuerten (1.079º) perdió el martes en la primera ronda individual del challenger de Santiago, frente al serbio Boris Pashanski (122º), defensor del título. (Cooperativa.cl)
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Post by janie on Jan 28, 2007 13:30:19 GMT -5
NEW!! Guga pic from Santiago (and there's more on Sid's old board!)
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 29, 2007 18:43:46 GMT -5
(Q)O Hernandez (ESP) d G Kuerten (BRA) 76(2) 76(3)
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Post by janie on Jan 30, 2007 7:54:16 GMT -5
Two tiebreaks? He's getting closer!
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Post by janie on Feb 10, 2007 11:36:39 GMT -5
Following his straight-sets loss to Gorka Fraile:
The former number one of the world assures that his anxiety to obtain his first victory is impeding his game.
"My anxiety hindered a little bit my game and I was tired in the second Set", Kuerten declared who had an ovation from the public after having concluded the match.
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Post by janie on Feb 14, 2007 9:21:25 GMT -5
Kuerten ends two-year winless streak February 13, 2007 COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) -- Three-time French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten defeated seventh-seeded Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-3, 6-1 to snap a two-year winless streak in the first round of the Brasil Open on Tuesday.
Kuerten has battled to recover following arthroscopic hip surgery in 2004. His previous victory on the ATP tour was in September 2005 in a Davis Cup tie against Uruguay. Since then, he'd played only one match in 2006 -- at Costa do Sauipe -- and two round-robin matches in Vina del Mar, Chile two weeks ago.
"I knew it was just a matter of time, I'm improving physically and this win should give me more confidence," the 30-year-old Kuerten said. "I was able to serve well and maintained a good rhythm."
The former No. 1, now ranked 1,076th and playing with a wild card, won served 13 aces and needed only 46 minutes to eliminate the 44th-ranked Volandri.
Kuerten has won 20 ATP titles, including the French Open in 1997, 2000 and 2001.
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Post by Brinyi on Feb 28, 2007 15:31:00 GMT -5
Guga vs B.Becker underway. 2-2.
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Post by Brinyi on Feb 28, 2007 16:25:26 GMT -5
4-6 3-6
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2007 8:06:20 GMT -5
Beaten Kuerten content with progress of comebackBy Simon Cambers LAS VEGAS, March 1 (Reuters) - Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten missed out on a quarter-final spot at the Las Vegas Open on Thursday but said he was satisfied with the progress of his comeback. The Brazilian had qualified for the round-robin stage but was beaten 6-4 6-4 by Jan Hernych. The Czech advanced to the last eight. But having only played one match in 2006 after hip surgery, world No. 804 Kuerten said he was pleased with his efforts. "I was able to play well and hit the ball pretty good. I still have doubles and it will be good for me to finish the week strong and start again next week," he said. "Today was the only day that I felt a little tired, but that is to be expected after playing singles and doubles yesterday." The Brazilian's ranking is likely to soar over the next few weeks as he has been awarded wildcards into next month's two Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami, which both carry significant rankings points. The 30-year-old said the process of rebuilding his game was the most important thing. "It will not be my only concern to win matches," he said. "Obviously I will try to win but I will work on all the other things that are important for me." Kuerten won three French Open titles in 1997, 2000 and 2001 but said that he would only be in Paris this year if he continued to make good progress.
"(T)he French Open is so special for me, so I don't want to just go there to be there. I would rather get myself ready, maybe for the next year. I want to be 100 percent."
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2007 8:07:25 GMT -5
Anyway, he's still alive in the doubles in LV.
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2007 19:28:02 GMT -5
Gugado won!
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Post by Brinyi on Mar 14, 2007 19:56:00 GMT -5
March 14, 2007
One of Those Amazing Tennis Stories
SUNRISE --I can't tell you if 16-year-old Tamira Paszek, currently ranked 101, is going to splash down with a 50-foot wave on the WTA Tour, and, really, neither can her coach, Larri Passos, who, as many of you know, is that man who helped take Gustavo Kuerten to three French Open titles.
But if she does make the impact Passos expects, the story of how she got there will become a classic.
This saga began on the streets of New York in 2004, where Guga would go out in pain in the first round of the U.S. Open, just weeks before undergoing the hip surgery that even now threatens to send him into retirement.
Paszek and her father, Mohamed Ariff, had spotted Passos and Kuerten walking in Manhattan and asked if she could take a photo with Guga. Of course Kuerten said yes. A year later, out of nowhere, Passos gets a call at his home in Brazil from a man in Dornbirn, Austria, identifying himself as "Mohamed."
"He wanted me to coach his daughter," said Passos, who gets calls like this all the time from parents insisting their children are all going to be the next Navratilova.
Passos' face turned very expressive as we talked in the players lounge at the BMW Tennis Championship here on Wednesday. He shrugged, as if to say, "Just what I need -- another doting father or mother begging me to coach their kid." But now Passos is explaining that there is something intangible about this call, something that tells him maybe there is something significant here.
He's non-committal, but he began doing junior research on the teenager and asking around about her. He was intrigued. He got back to the father, who paid Passos' expenses to Austria, where he worked the girl out for a week.
"The first question I asked her is why she wanted to play tennis," said Passos. "She said, 'Because I love the game.' That's a good answer," he said. The passion is there. That's important for Passos. After a week of working with her, he was convinced she had potential and brought her to his academy, where the rapid development began.
In 2006, at age 15, Paszek reached the quarterfinals of the French Open juniors, where she lost to ITF No. 1 junior Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia. Paszek then reached the semis at Wimbledon and the final at the U.S. Open, where she took a set from Pavlyuchenkova.
By September of last year, Passos had her in regular WTA events and she won at Portoroz, Slovenia, beating No. 55 Emilie Loit in the semis and No. 64 Maria Elena Camerin in the final.
After another three months of intensive training in Brazil, she opened 2007 at the Australian Open, where she qualified and defeated No. 37 Severine Bremond in the first round before going out to No. 22 Vera Zvonareva.
Next stop, Dubai. She qualified there and beat No. 23 Katarina Srebotnik in the first round of the main draw, then took a set from Justine Henin in a split-set loss in the second.
With no points to defend because she is basically a rookie on tour, she has gone from 187 at the start of the year to 101 and is into the qualifying at Key Biscayne next week. It all started on the streets of New York.
How far can she go? I asked Passos. He nodded toward Guga, who was waiting at the door of the lounge to go out for a hit on a back court. "I helped take him to No. 1," he said.
Posted by Charles Bricker at 08:53 AM
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Post by janie on Mar 15, 2007 14:14:59 GMT -5
Guga lost to Seppi in Sunrise, 67(1) 46
SUNRISE – Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten, trying to rally back to tennis' elite, was beaten again Wednesday, displaying a clear power outage off his backhand side, where he's still hampered 21/2 years after hip surgery.
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Post by janie on Mar 16, 2007 14:24:47 GMT -5
In today's second stadium court match, Andreas Seppi found himself face-to-face with one of his own tennis idols - Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten. But he didn't let the occasion overwhelm him. "I never had played him, I just saw him always on TV when I was like 15 or 16 in Roland Garros," Seppi said. "So to play him that's special, and to beat him better. He's one of the greatest players, he was number one in the world and on clay maybe the best ever because he won 3 times Paris and that was amazing so it was perfect for me to play him here and it was a good win." For Kuerten, the early losses in both doubles and singles was a disappointment, but he sounded philosophical - saying the important thing for his recovery is to test himself on the court. "I've been playing better. Here I think I did not play as well as I played the weeks before but that's why I need some more tournaments to establish myself, be more sure and consistent so that's probably the goal for this year, to get myself the confidence again that I will be playing back to back tournaments." "I wish I could advance more in the tournament, I only play two matches here but I think it is important for me now to get some matches going, get my rhythm back again. So that was the idea coming here, the field is very strong so I knew I would play some good players. So for me it's good for me to play some doubles and then some singles today, unfortunately I couldn't win some more matches to get myself in better shape but it was good to come here." Looking forward, and speaking about the current crop of clay court experts - Kuerten sounded less than definitive about his chances. "I think it depends how far I can go on my way back, if I manage to play the same way again, I have some good chance with the roads in front of me too - but as far as I don't have everything sure in my mind I think that's going to be the key for me to get all set together, especially in the mental part of the game, to be 100% sure I can be there." One thing Kuerten was sure about was the positive experience he had in his short sojourn at the BMWTC. "As far as the toughest challenger all year long, the players that play here, probably 5 or 10 guys here have been around top 20 in the world, so it's a great tournament for me. It's only two days I've been here but it seems like the crowd appreciate it too, especially at night, it's a nice, warm central court there so it's fun to be around and I hope the tournament keeps going, you know it's a pleasure for me to be here."
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