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As first seed at the Brasil Open, Ferrero rediscovered his form. He crushed Łukasz Kubot in the final in 61 minutes, conceding one of his service games but breaking all of Kubot's to win 6-1, 6-0. [25] At Buenos Aires, Ferrero defeated top seed David Ferrer in the final to take his second title in a row and extend his winning streak to ten ...
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In the quarterfinals at the US Open, Agassi lost a 3-hour, 33 minute epic match [58] with Sampras, 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 6–7, [59] with no breaks of serve during the 52-game match. Despite the setback, Agassi finished 2001 ranked No. 3, becoming the only male tennis player to finish a year ranked in the top 3 in three different decades.
His first official tournament for the year was in the Australian Open. As the 9th seed, he lost in the fourth round against Nikolay Davydenko in a five-set match. His next tournament was the SAP Open in San Jose, California. Before his first-round match, he won an exhibition match against Pete Sampras in straight sets. In the tournament final ...
Her serve is powerful, allowing her to serve numerous aces in any match. At the peak of her career, her first serve would average 182 km/h (113 mph), and would frequently peak at 199 km/h (124 mph); her serve has slowed since then, averaging 172 km/h (107 mph), and peaking at 189 km/h (117 mph).
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This was Nadal's first defeat on clay in 33 matches and his first loss to Federer since the semi-finals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. [ 145 ] By beating Marcos Daniel in the first round of the French Open , Nadal broke Björn Borg 's 28-year male record of 28 consecutive victories at the French Open, [ 146 ] and he then broke Chris Evert 's ...
The early 2000s were seen as a time of transition in tennis, with older champions retiring and a few players breaking through at the very top of the game. [16] [17] Roger Federer first played on the ATP Tour aged 17 in 1998, [18] [19] finishing his first full ATP season the following year. By the end of the 2002 season, he was ranked sixth in ...