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Agassi, Coria gain at Pacific Life
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-03-17 14:40
Andre Agassi moved into the quarterfinals of the Pacific Life Open with a
7-5, 6-2 victory over Mikhail Youzhny on Tuesday night.
Andre
Agassi smiles after defeating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-2 in their
fourth-round match at the Pacific Life Open Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in
Indian Wells, Calif. [AP] | Top-ranked Roger
Federer, Juan Ignacio Chela and Guillermo Coria also were among the fourth-round
winners.
In the women's competition, Lindsay Davenport earned a quarterfinals berth by
again winning in straight sets.
Federer ran his record for the year to 19-1 with a methodical 6-4, 6-1
victory over Mardy Fish. The win was the Swiss star's 24th in 25 matches dating
to his Tennis Masters Cup championship last November.
Chela, who ousted two-time defending champion Lleyton Hewitt a day earlier,
came back with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tommy Haas.
Coria lost the first set but came back to beat Sebastien Grosjean 3-6, 7-6
(2), 6-2.
Former No. 1 Davenport, back at full strength after fighting injuries the
past three years, beat Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-3.
Federer played his usual steady game to beat Fish, making just 11 unforced
errors to Fish's 28. Fish also had five double faults.
Chela followed his three-set win over Hewitt — ending the Australian's
13-match winning streak — with a similarly consistent performance against Haas.
The 24-year-old Argentine was especially effective with his spinning,
hard-to-handle second serves, winning points on 15 of his 18 in the match.
"I think that my match with Hewitt gave me a lot of confidence," said the
34th-ranked Chela, speaking through an interpreter. "I'm ready for the most
important points, to get them and carry it out."
Haas, a former No. 2 coming back from 2002 shoulder surgery that sidelined
him all last year, complimented Chela.
"He counter-punched really well the whole time," Haas said. "He didn't make
any easy mistakes, played really solid and hit all the balls back."
Davenport, ranked No. 4, looked entirely back in form. She has lost only
seven games in three matches this week at Indian Wells, where she has appeared
in four of the last seven finals and won twice.
She underwent surgery last October to sever a nerve between the third and
fourth toes on her left foot and relieve pain that had been hampering her.
Because of a string of ailments that began in 2001, Davenport was beginning
to wonder if she should call it a career at 27.
She said the thought crossed her mind while she was in Hawaii last fall that
"Maybe I'm done."
She laughed and added, "Certainly sitting on a beach in Hawaii, I seemed very
close. But it always seems like you never want to come back from Hawaii."
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