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Agassi Overcomes Escude to
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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. |
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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.
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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
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