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August 26th 2006 09:41
Andy Roddick played Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals of the Cincinnati Tennis Tournament, defeating the Spaniard 6-3 6-4 enroute to his first title of the year.
In winning at Cincy Andy also won the US Open Series, a repeat of last year.
In January before the Australian Open Andy Roddick also defeated German Tommy Haas at the Kooyong Classic but that was an exhibition tournament.
The Cincinnati tournament was choc filled with surprises, with up-and-coming British teenager Andy Murray beating the Swiss world number 1 Roger Federer in straight sets. Federer later conceded he had considered pulling out of the tournament after making the finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto (and winning) in order to recover for this week's US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year.
Murray was later defeated by Andy Roddick in the semi-finals. Murray had become just the second person to defeat Roger Federer this year, with World Number 2 Rafael Nadal being the only other person to beat him.
Surprisingly it was Juan Carlos Ferrero who beat Rafael Nadal at Cincinnati at the quarter finals, also in straight sets, although both sets went to tiebreaks. Nadal broke Ferrero early in the 1st set but Ferrero broke straight back. In both tiebreaks Juan Carlos clearly sped to leads to clinch the best performance of (at least) the year.
So at the Cincy tournament it was a rematch of Andy Roddick v Juan Carlos Ferrero at the 2003 US Open. For Ferrero, it has been the only final he had been in for several years.
The promising results at Cincinnati propelled Andy Roddick back to No. 10 on the ATP Rankings and Juan Carlos back into the Top 20 at No. 18, jumping 13 places.
All eyes will now be on the upcoming US Open, where America's much loved Andre Agassi will play last before his retirement.
*Pictures courtesy of AP Photos and Getty Images and Yahoo, Copyright.
In winning at Cincy Andy also won the US Open Series, a repeat of last year.
In January before the Australian Open Andy Roddick also defeated German Tommy Haas at the Kooyong Classic but that was an exhibition tournament.
The Cincinnati tournament was choc filled with surprises, with up-and-coming British teenager Andy Murray beating the Swiss world number 1 Roger Federer in straight sets. Federer later conceded he had considered pulling out of the tournament after making the finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto (and winning) in order to recover for this week's US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year.
Murray was later defeated by Andy Roddick in the semi-finals. Murray had become just the second person to defeat Roger Federer this year, with World Number 2 Rafael Nadal being the only other person to beat him.
Surprisingly it was Juan Carlos Ferrero who beat Rafael Nadal at Cincinnati at the quarter finals, also in straight sets, although both sets went to tiebreaks. Nadal broke Ferrero early in the 1st set but Ferrero broke straight back. In both tiebreaks Juan Carlos clearly sped to leads to clinch the best performance of (at least) the year.
So at the Cincy tournament it was a rematch of Andy Roddick v Juan Carlos Ferrero at the 2003 US Open. For Ferrero, it has been the only final he had been in for several years.
The promising results at Cincinnati propelled Andy Roddick back to No. 10 on the ATP Rankings and Juan Carlos back into the Top 20 at No. 18, jumping 13 places.
All eyes will now be on the upcoming US Open, where America's much loved Andre Agassi will play last before his retirement.
*Pictures courtesy of AP Photos and Getty Images and Yahoo, Copyright.
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