InfoWarrior Article

Sport Entertainment Music Health Business Politics Computer & Technologie Travel Shopping Home & Family  

 
Tennis
Football
Formula 1
Cycling
Athletics
Wintersports
Volleyball
Basketball
Rugby
Motorsports
 
Search
Edit Preferences
Payment Center
 
Logout
 
Agassi Overcomes Escude to Meet Rafter - Again  
Second seed Andre Agassi battled past Nicolas Escude to reach his fifth semifinal at Wimbledon with a 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory on Wednesday. He will now play Australian Pat Rafter for the third year running in the last four.  

Although the American raced to a 3-1 lead in the first set after breaking France's Escude in the opening game with a delicate lob, the 24th seed fought back bravely to level at 3-3 with superb attacking net play.

The set saw another exchange of breaks before Escude, conqueror of Lleyton Hewitt and Sebastien Grosjean in the previous two rounds, captured it on his sixth set point in the tiebreak 7-3.

With his unfancied opponent threatening to gain the upper hand, Agassi dug deep to get his blistering service returns back on track in the second set.

The 31-year-old, the only former champion left in the draw, kept his cool and broke Escude's serve four times in the last three sets to seal victory.
Eurosport : Reuters

 Headlines

Wimbledon: Capriati shocked

Henman claws his way into semi-finals

Goran rumbles into semis

Rafter beats Enqvist to reach semis

Ivanisevic books historic semifinal


Copyright © 2001 [InfoWarrior]. All rights reserved.
Revised: Dezember 02, 2001.