France’s No. 1 player
tries for Serena upset
Charles Bricker
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (KRT)
PARIS — This is the day and this
is the place where Amelie Mauresmo
can finally purge the nerves and bad
history that have diminished her
reputation among French tennis
fans for years.
Although twice last year, at
Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, she
played to reach a Grand Slam final,
Tuesday’s quarterfinal against top
seed and defending champion Ser
ena Williams is, in some respects,
Mauresmo’s most important
match.
She’s in her home country, not
London or New York, and the
French will pack into the Phillipe
Ghartrier stadium court, virtually
demanding that their No. 1 woman
player, who lives in a Paris suburb,
steel herself against the best player
in the world and perform at Roland
Garros the way she performs in oth
er countries.
Even though she defeated
Williams on May 17 in the semifinals
at Rome, Mauresmo cannot be fa
vored in this match. There is a
Grand Canyon of difference between
Rome and Paris. Or, as Williams put
it that day, “Better to lose here than
Roland Garros.”
Still, could there be a better time
for the 23-year-old French woman to
disrupt the flow of Williams streak of
four consecutive Grand Slam titles?
She has the confidence of having
beaten her for the first time, and she
is buoyed by Venus Williams’ upset
loss of two days ago.
For the first time in a year, small
cracks are appearing in the Williams
armor. Now, can Mauresmo widen
them?
“She hasn’t lost a match in a
Grand Slam in a year. It’s going to be
interesting,” Mauresmo said.
Assuming rain, which hung
around much of the morning on
Monday, doesn’t reappear and wipe
out this afternoon’s program, the
women will get down to the final
four today.
The winner of the Williams
Mauresmo match will play the
winner of Justine Henin
Hardenne vs. Chanda Rubin. In
the bottom half of the draw, Kim
Glijsters, the No. 2 seed, plays
the resurgent Gonchita Mar
tinez, who at 31 is resurrecting
her career, and the winner faces
either Vera Zvonareva or Nadia
Petrova.
Mauresmo doesn’t have a classic
service motion, but she gets plenty
of power on the ball and her back
hand down the line is a constant
threat. “Actually, I think she hits a
cross-court almost better,” said
Williams.
Mauresmo believes she played her
best tennis in Rome, coming back
from a first-set loss in which she was
down 5-0 before she found any sort
of rhythm.
But things have a way of changing
for her in Paris, where she has nev
er gone past the round of 16 in
eight years. In 2001, she began
with a 31-3 record, then was upset
in the first round at the French by
Jana Kandarr, who has never won a
WTA tour title.
In 2002, concerned that the
French media were pressuring her
too much, she shut off interviews be
fore the tournament, submitting to
questions only after her matches.
She went out in the fourth to Paola
Suarez, another player she should
have beaten.
If Williams wins a fifth straight
Slam, equaling the effort of Steffi
Graf in 1988-89, she’ll have to go
through three tough players — Mau
resmo and then probably Henin
Hardenne and Glijsters.
© 2003 South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
Hockaday
continued from page 11
large Bee trophy would’ve crushed
Samir this year, so he’ll come back
when he’s a little bigger and win the
dam thing.
The Funniest Voice award be
longed to Nicholas Truelson, a sev
enth grader from South Dakota.
Nicholas had bulletproof glasses
and a voice that was all nose, but
he could’ve kicked the dress pants
off anybody else in the competi
tion. No, really, he has a brown belt
in tae kwon do.
Nicholas never had to spell
“tae kwon do,” which is difficult
but would’ve been a cakewalk
compared to “bombycine,”
which he misspelled b-o-m-b-i-c
i-n-e in the 10th round — and
finished sixth. Talk about heart
break. I would’ve gone for the
“i” too. Bombycine is a silky fab
ric. But you knew that.
Then there was the champion.
The greatest speller in the land,
Sai. In the later rounds, Sai
spelled “halogeton” (a coarse an
nual herb; what’s with all the
plants?), “dipnoous” (having two
openings for the entrance of air
or other matters) and “peirastic”
(fitted for trail or test, experimen
tal). That’s like three Randy John
son fastballs in a row, and Sai
jacked every one out of the park
like Barry Bonds.
Then the competition got whit
tled to two, and Sai started sweat
ing. In the 12th round, it was Sai
and Evelyn Blacklock, a steely eyed
eighth grader from New York. Eve
lyn was a no-nonsense speller,
hardly asking for definitions before
firing off her spellings.
But in the first round of the fi
nals, she spelled “seriatim” as s-i-r
i-a-t-i-m. Oooh. Seriatim means “in
a series,” and Evelyn looked like
she was out of the series.
But Sai couldn’t put away the
win. He was like Armando Benitez
blowing a save for the Mets. He mis
spelled “gadarene” as g-a-d-o-r-e-n
e. Double oooh. The competition
was still on.
Finally, in the 14th, Evelyn
missed a silent “g” and spelled
“gnathonic” as n-a-t-h-o-n-i-c. Bru
tal. So Sai came in and finally dis
patched Evelyn, spelling
“rhathymia” and “pococurante” in
rapid succession. He raised the cup
as champion.
Ultimate
continued from page 11
championship bracket, defeating
Pennsylvania 15-8, Williams 15-7,
Ohio State 15-7, William & Mary 15
5 and Garleton 15-13.
As soon as the season ended, next
season began for the Ducks. The re
cruiting process plays a large roll
when competing in the loaded
Northwest region. The Ducks will
return 14 of 22 players next year
and look to add to an experienced
roster with a strong recruiting class.
“We should have a very strong
team next year,” Wiggins said. “If we
recruit well, we should be good.”
Even with winning the Callahan
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tion, Wiggins said his favorite mem
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top in the Northwest regional tour
nament, overcoming the likes of
Stanford, Califomia-Santa Cruz and
Oregon State.
“The high point of the year was
winning the Northwest region,” Wig
gins said. “Nobody picked us to win
that tournament.”
With the men’s team getting plen
ty of attention, the women’s ulti
mate team looked as if its season
was heading toward a promising end
as they finished the regular season
ranked No. 5 in the nation. But as
with the men, the women had to
deal with the rest of the talent-heavy
Northwest region, which featured
the top five teams in the country.
The Ducks placed fourth in the re
gional tournament, failing to make
the national tournament.
Jon Roetman is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Rhathymia means “the state or
condition of being cheerful or care
free; optimism.” Now, when was
the last time you felt rhathymia to
ward the NBA Playoffs, especially if
you’re a Blazer fan?
Exactly. So until next year, hap
py spelling. If you want me, I’ll be
eating some boudin in my bom
bycine robes.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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