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Coria confident for new season.


Tennis: Guillermo Coria Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born January 13, 1982 in Rufino, Santa Fe Province), nicknamed El Mago (The Magician in Spanish), is a professional tennis player from Argentina. He was named after tennis champion and countryman Guillermo Vilas.  claims he is returning to form under new coach Hernan Gumy.

In November, Coria co·ri·a  
n.
Plural of corium.
 ended his season at a disappointing 116th place in the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate.
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Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms.
 rankings.

Coria said: "I'm fine and I want to feel the adrenaline again."

After dispensing with Spanish coach Jose Higueras and Argentinian Horacio de la Pena, Coria believes Gumy is the right man.

"Hernan Gumy studies and analyses a lot," said Coria. "He has been watching a lot of videos of 2003, my best year.

"I want to get back to who I was in 2003 and then to do better than that. I'm feeling very comfortable, with a very different feeling to the one I had with other coaches."

Tough target

CRICKET: Sri Lanka spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan will not rule out taking 1,000 Test wickets before he retires. "It's a tough one. I am 34 now and if I go on for another five years without an injury, it's possible."

Racing goes on

RACING: Sedgefield got the all-clear to go ahead with today's meeting as scheduled.

Clerk of the course Charlie Moore initially called for an early-morning check due to frost in the ground.

But as the track was raceable yesterday, Moore was content to give the six-race card the go-ahead.
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Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Dec 26, 2006
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