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Post by avalon on Mar 24, 2006 8:03:09 GMT 3
Take care and lets hope you get some good news tomorrow!!! ;D
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Post by avalon on Mar 24, 2006 8:05:06 GMT 3
Finally!!! Now the fun starts ;D
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Post by yse on Mar 24, 2006 9:13:16 GMT 3
 ;D ;D ;D miami today |
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Post by avalon on Mar 24, 2006 9:27:29 GMT 3
 The game isn't even over and you have pictures. Love him in white. But clean shaven, I think I prefer the goatee. Although, he probably had nothing to do this afternoon waiting for the rain to clear so he had a shave  . Thanks Yse ;D
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Post by emma on Mar 24, 2006 9:52:15 GMT 3
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Post by avalon on Mar 24, 2006 9:57:58 GMT 3
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Post by emma on Mar 24, 2006 10:05:26 GMT 3
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Post by arwen21 on Mar 24, 2006 11:42:49 GMT 3
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Post by emma on Mar 24, 2006 11:48:47 GMT 3
Thanks Arwen!!!!
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Post by Annie on Mar 24, 2006 15:12:49 GMT 3
Win in the wee hours for Henman over Safin
By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer
March 24, 2006
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- It was after 1 a.m. when Marat Safin's notorious temper blew as he launched a ball out of the stadium, perhaps onto a front lawn where someone would find it with the morning paper.
While Safin fumed, the odd hour agreed with Tim Henman, who won their first-round match 6-3, 6-3 early Friday at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
The schedule was backed up Thursday by rain delays, including one lasting nearly five hours, which forced Henman and Safin to wait until shortly after midnight to take the court.
That made it after 5 a.m. in London, and after 9 a.m. in Moscow.
"I don't think I've ever gone on after midnight," said Henman, an 11-year tour veteran.
He and Safin waited together in the locker room while the preceding match on stadium court took 2 1/2 hours to complete. Shortly before it finished, tournament officials paid Henman and Safin a visit.
"They said, `It's up to you. You don't have to play now,"' Henman said. "We're like, `Now you tell us. What option have we got? If we don't play, we're not going to sleep before 3 or 4 o'clock, and then we've got to play today and Saturday."'
Several hundred fans were still on hand when Henman and Safin walked onto the court to a loud ovation.
"It was good," Henman said. "I think basically anyone on site is allowed to come in. They weren't going to be fussy."
The crowd dwindled, and by the second set, noise from the cleanup crews outside the stadium could be heard during rallies.
Henman took control from the start, chipping returns and charging to keep pressure on Safin. The Russian became increasingly frustrated and double-faulted on match point at 1:35 a.m.
"It's a better feeling to hang around this long and win than it is to lose," Henman said.
Safin's record fell to 4-3 this year. Coming back from a knee injury, the two-time Grand Slam winner was playing in only his fourth tournament since August.
Henman advanced to a second-round match against a player he has never beaten, No. 13-seeded Lleyton Hewitt.
"I'm 0-8. It's not much different from 0-9," Henman said with a smile. "So let's see what happens."
Arnaud Clement finished before the rain started, earning a shot at top-ranked Roger Federer on Saturday by beating Peter Luczak 6-1, 6-2.
Mark Philippoussis beat Davide Sanguinetti 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in a match that ended 7 1/2 hours after it began.
"It's good to come out with a win after this long day," Philippoussis said.
Carlos Berlocq earned his first ATP Tour win at age 23 by beating 16-year-old American Donald Young 6-0, 6-0. Young, the reigning world juniors champion, won only 20 points while committing 34 unforced errors and fell to 0-9 in tour events.
On the women's side, American Jill Craybas advanced to a second-round match against defending champion Kim Clijsters by defeating Jelena Kostanic 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Seventeen-year-old Californian Vania King rallied to defeat Syville Bammer 0-6, 6-1, 7-5. King has climbed to 101st in the rankings from 162nd at the start of the year.
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Post by emma on Mar 24, 2006 15:35:12 GMT 3
Thanks Annie.... I didn't know he lost on a double fault  Glad you're back.... not too frozen?  |
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Post by Annie on Mar 24, 2006 15:38:02 GMT 3
emma it's cold as hell...I just ran from the car straight home and am not going out again today LMAO ;D
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Post by jewell on Mar 24, 2006 15:38:25 GMT 3
Well done Tim.
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Post by marats on Mar 24, 2006 16:19:20 GMT 3
Thanks all for the info and pics !
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Post by arwen21 on Mar 24, 2006 16:58:51 GMT 3
annie thanks for the article!!!
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