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Entry system ranking: 143 (282 points (-1)) Champions Race: 126 (7 points)(-3) Current tournament: Place: Monte Carlo, Monaco Next tournament:
Place: Munich, Germany
Date: April 29 - May 5, 2002 Draw Size: 32 Surface: Clay Prize Money: US $381,000 Stadium Court Seating: 3,800 Tournament Director: Rudi Berger Website: www.iphitos.de Thanks Ivanna for the photo! (Norman in Bueno Aires) Visit the Official Magnus Norman Websit for weekly letters!
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Levy
upsets Henman, Norman survives scare Source: AP MegaSports Publication date: 2001-03-09 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) _ Tim Henman is the latest seed to fall at the Franklin Templeton Classic, and it wasn't even close. Harel Levy, a 22-year-old Israeli, dominated the sixth-seeded British player from the start for a 6-2, 6-4 quarterfinal victory Friday. Levy advances to the semifinals against the highest remaining seed, No. 3 Magnus Norman of Sweden, who survived a scare from 19-year-old American Mardy Fish 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Levy's victory was his first over a top 10 player. Henman, who made it to the finals in Scottsdale last year, is 10th in the latest 52-week rankings. ``I know the tournament is not over yet. I can't get too excited,'' said Levy, who advanced to the finals in last year's Tennis Masters Series _ Canada. ``It was a great win, but I have to think about my next match.'' Only three of the eight seeded players remained in the competition, and two of them, defending champion Lleyton Hewitt, the No. 4 seed, and seventh-seeded Marcelo Rios were to play each other in Friday night's final quarterfinal match. The top two seeds and the tourney's biggest draws, Pete Sampras and Andre Agasse, were ousted Tuesday in the first round. With 17 winners in 18 ATP events so far this season, upset may be the wrong word. ``It happens in the men's game when the depth is as strong as it is,'' Henman said. ``So-called upsets seem to happen, and it has happened this week.'' Henman had seven double faults. He was leading the second set 4-2 but lost the next four games, two of them on double faults on break points. ``I played two slack games and pretty much gave him the second set,'' Henman said. Fish, with the support of a big crowd at the Scottsdale Princess Resort, was thrilled to have played Norman so tough. ``I mean, being in the third set with a guy who's like three or four in the world is an accomplishment for me,'' Fish said. ``This tournament was so good for me and my confidence and just my development and knowing I could play with these guys.'' Norman broke Fish's serve to go up 3-1 in the third set when the teen-ager mis-hit an overhand return of a lob on game point. Fish came back to break serve to make it 4-3, but the experienced Swede took the next game. ``In that 4-3 game, I was as nervous as I'd been to that point,'' Fish said, ``and that may have taken its toll.'' Norman was pleased to be in the semifinals, but far from happy with his play. ``I was struggling a lot, just hanging in there,'' Norman said. ``It was a good victory, but I'm nowhere near my best yet.'' Source: Tennis.com |