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Yinette PerezCroatia leads Germany; Clement out, Guga, Agassi,
May 27th 2006 12:45
Karlovic Hands Croatia Lead Over Germany
Ivo Karlovic gave Croatia a 1-0 lead over defending champions Germany in the final of the 29th ARAG ATP World Team Championships at the Rochusclub on Saturday.
The late replacement for Mario Ancic, who continues to suffer with a stiff back, came back from a 3-0 second set deficit to beat Alexander Waske of Germany 7-6(5), 6-4.
Germany captain Patrick Kuehnen was also forced into a late change, with original selection Philipp Kohlschreiber suffering a muscle injury before the championship decider commenced.
Karlovic and Waske had previously met twice at Challenger circuit level (2001-Puebla; 2003-Lubeck), with Waske winning both meetings.
While the first set went with serve to a tiebreak, Karlovic fell 3-0 behind in the second set before regaining his composure to win in 89 minutes.
Croatia reached the 1985 final losing to Germany, while Germany is vying to win a fifth title in Duesseldorf following wins in 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005.
Both countries emerged from their round robin groups undefeated 3-0, this week.
Reuters mentions that Arrnaud Clement, who was due to play Roger Federer in the 1st round of the French Open, has pulled out due to a groin injury attained whilst playing soccer (he was probably too excited what with the Champions League finals the World Cup coming. <-- I'm joking.)
Anyway, that article is here.
Sorely missed at the french open would be Gustavo Kuerton. Kuerton misses the FO after being a three-time champion there because of a hip injury. He has had hip surgery in 2004 and has not played much since, playing only 1 singles game this year.
Many probably already know that Andre Agassi has decided to skip the entire clay court season this year. Igor Andreev also misses out on FO because of a knee injury.
The players are falling like flies!
The debate again is with the tennis season being too hectic too long. For example, Monte Carlo, Rome Hamburg are played positively within weeks of each other. By the end of the season many are skipping tournaments to recover from injury or just to take a longer break. The season usually starts in Dubai or in Australia as a lead up to the Australian Open in early January, the Masters Cup in Shanghai (in which Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Agassi, and Nadal all pulled out last year) is in late November, and if a country makes the Davis Cup final then they play beyond that.
- Article about the Arag World Team Cup is Copyright © Rochusclub Turnier-GmbH, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Ivo Karlovic gave Croatia a 1-0 lead over defending champions Germany in the final of the 29th ARAG ATP World Team Championships at the Rochusclub on Saturday.
The late replacement for Mario Ancic, who continues to suffer with a stiff back, came back from a 3-0 second set deficit to beat Alexander Waske of Germany 7-6(5), 6-4.
Germany captain Patrick Kuehnen was also forced into a late change, with original selection Philipp Kohlschreiber suffering a muscle injury before the championship decider commenced.
Karlovic and Waske had previously met twice at Challenger circuit level (2001-Puebla; 2003-Lubeck), with Waske winning both meetings.
While the first set went with serve to a tiebreak, Karlovic fell 3-0 behind in the second set before regaining his composure to win in 89 minutes.
Croatia reached the 1985 final losing to Germany, while Germany is vying to win a fifth title in Duesseldorf following wins in 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005.
Both countries emerged from their round robin groups undefeated 3-0, this week.
Reuters mentions that Arrnaud Clement, who was due to play Roger Federer in the 1st round of the French Open, has pulled out due to a groin injury attained whilst playing soccer (he was probably too excited what with the Champions League finals the World Cup coming. <-- I'm joking.)
Anyway, that article is here.
Sorely missed at the french open would be Gustavo Kuerton. Kuerton misses the FO after being a three-time champion there because of a hip injury. He has had hip surgery in 2004 and has not played much since, playing only 1 singles game this year.
Many probably already know that Andre Agassi has decided to skip the entire clay court season this year. Igor Andreev also misses out on FO because of a knee injury.
The players are falling like flies!
The debate again is with the tennis season being too hectic too long. For example, Monte Carlo, Rome Hamburg are played positively within weeks of each other. By the end of the season many are skipping tournaments to recover from injury or just to take a longer break. The season usually starts in Dubai or in Australia as a lead up to the Australian Open in early January, the Masters Cup in Shanghai (in which Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Agassi, and Nadal all pulled out last year) is in late November, and if a country makes the Davis Cup final then they play beyond that.
- Article about the Arag World Team Cup is Copyright © Rochusclub Turnier-GmbH, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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