Seppi Beats Rain Into Semis at ATP Palermo
Posted on October 1, 2005Rain stopped the completion of play Friday at the ATP claycourt stop in Palermo, but not before three unseeded players advanced into the semifinals.
No. 3 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero's dark-cloud season continued when the former No. 1-ranked Spaniard blew three match points in a 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 7-5 loss to Germany's Tomas Behrend.
"Tennis is an incredible sport," Behrend said. "I was match point down in the second set, then 4-0 down in the third, and it wasn't against an inexperienced player, it was Ferrero, a Roland Garros winner. I kept believing in myself and going for my shots."
Other winners were 21-year-old Italian Andreas Seppi (d. 31-year-old countryman (8) Sanguinetti), and Russian Igor Andreev (d. A.Martin).
"He (Sanguinetti) had beaten me badly at Wimbledon so I wanted to get the revenge," Seppi said. "I did not want to give him too many angles so I played more in the middle. It was good to win in two sets after my two marathon matches the first two rounds."
Scheduled for Saturday is (2) Robredo vs. (6) Volandri, Andreev vs. Seppi, then Behrend vs. (6) Volandri or (2) Robredo.
No. 3 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero's dark-cloud season continued when the former No. 1-ranked Spaniard blew three match points in a 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 7-5 loss to Germany's Tomas Behrend.
"Tennis is an incredible sport," Behrend said. "I was match point down in the second set, then 4-0 down in the third, and it wasn't against an inexperienced player, it was Ferrero, a Roland Garros winner. I kept believing in myself and going for my shots."
Other winners were 21-year-old Italian Andreas Seppi (d. 31-year-old countryman (8) Sanguinetti), and Russian Igor Andreev (d. A.Martin).
"He (Sanguinetti) had beaten me badly at Wimbledon so I wanted to get the revenge," Seppi said. "I did not want to give him too many angles so I played more in the middle. It was good to win in two sets after my two marathon matches the first two rounds."
Scheduled for Saturday is (2) Robredo vs. (6) Volandri, Andreev vs. Seppi, then Behrend vs. (6) Volandri or (2) Robredo.