Tommy Haas played the hero again Saturday at the ATP's World Team Cup in Dusseldorf, winning in singles and doubles to defeat Argentina and claim a sixth overall title for Germany.
After Argentina's
Guillermo Coria pasted
Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-1 in the opener, Haas responded with a 6-4, 6-3 win over reigning Roland Garros champ
Gaston Gaudio.
"Of course, I was a little tired," Mayer said of his double-breadsticking. "But I played one of the best claycourt players at the moment. Maybe I deserved a few games more, and it's frustrating to lose one and one."
Haas followed his singles heroics by teaming with
Alexander Waske for the clinching doubles point, rolling over Coria and
Guillermo Canas 6-1, 6-2.
"We had nothing to lose playing against Argentina, the best claycourters in the world," Haas said. "The guys who were playing the singles against us today were in the French Open final last year and I was really happy the way I played my singles."
The win added to previous German titles in 1998, '94 and '89.
