British duo are through in style.Tim henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford) is a former English tennis player. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. cruised through the first round of the Madrid Masters The Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event is held annually in Madrid, Spain, and is played on indoor hardcourts (from 2003 in the Madrid Arena). with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born November 15, 1983 in Madrid) is a professional tennis player from Spain. Currently he is one of the best Spanish tennis players, and he plays well on all of the surfaces. yesterday. The Englishman was rarely troubled during the 98-minute match and now faces another Spaniard David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern Gaydamak (born April 2 1982 in Javea, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He was born in Javea, Spain and lives in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 2000. , the number 14 seed. He joins British number one Andy Murray in the second round after the Scot beat Ivan Navarro Ivan Navarro (born 1972) is an artist based in New York. Navarro was born in Santiago, Chile. He makes sculptures of objects like shopping trolleys and tables using fluorescent lights[1] which make clear reference to formalist art,[2] Pastor 6-2 6-4 to set up a meeting with third seed Ivan Ljubicic. Henman, whose only previous encounter with Verdasco ended in a first-round defeat at last year's US Open, opened up with a successful service game and showed that particular part of his armoury was up to scratch with three aces the next time he returned to the baseline. However, his opponent was just as good as as the next five games all went with serve. The Spaniard's first break point came at advantage in the ninth game but Henman's serve forced the left-hander to mis-hit long and the Briton recovered. Henman survived another break to take a 6-5 lead and then almost let three set points slip before Verdasco drove long at 30-40. Boosted by having taken the first set an early break then put the British number two 2-0 up in the second. Faced with break point on three occasions in the next, Henman salvaged the situation each time with powerful serves and extended his lead. Another flawless service game put him 4-1 up and despite Verdasco pushing it to 5-3 Henman was in no mood to be denied. Murray, meanwhile, was delighted with his earlier victory, saying he produced his best service display for four months. The 19-year-old British number one put two early tournament exits behind him to overcome the serve-volleying Spaniard 6-2 6-4 and set up a second-round clash with third seed Ivan Ljubicic. "I can only remember losing four or five points in the match on my first serve," Murray said. "I volleyed well today, which is something I've been working on. "I'm trying to work on my game a bit, and I thought I mixed things up pretty well today. "I did everything well, so I was happy with the way that I served." |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion