And, you know, she wears you down.”Bradshaw was saddled by 34 unforced errors compared to just 12 for Sanchez-Vicario The second set was no contest, over in 23 minutes. It was a dose of realism for the youngster.”She has a lot of future,” Sanchez-Vicario said “She’s just young She just needs to play more tournaments She has the game, especially on a fast surface, to do well. She’s only 17, right?”No, actually, she’s 19.”Oh, yeah,” Sanchez-Vicario said, still getting acquainted “She still has a long way to go.”. Sixth-seeded Monica Seles fought off Chanda Rubin to lead a parade of favourites into the fourth round of the U.S Open tennis championships on Friday. Sixth-seeded Monica Seles fought off Chanda Rubin to lead a parade of favourites into the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Friday.
Seles had the hardest time before beating Chanda Rubin 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.In other early matches on Friday, top-seeded Martina Hingis beat Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-1, 6-0; No.
11 Sandrine Testud crushed Kristie Boogert of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-1; No. 15 Jennifer Capriati ousted Adriana Gersi of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3; No. 8 Nathalie Tauziat downed Janet Lee of Taiwan 6-3, 6-2; and No. 9 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario bested Allison Bradshaw of San Diego 7-6 (2), 6-0.The men are a round behind. But like the women, Friday’s early matches were devoid of upsets.No.
8 Alex Corretja, of Spain, beat Marc Rosset of Switzerland 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3; No. 14 Nicolas Kiefer of Germany defeated Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman 6-1, 6-4, 6-3; and Sjeng Schalken, of the Netherlands, stopped Adrian Voinea of Romania 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.Rubin matched Seles nearly stroke for stroke before Seles pulled off a second-service ace and a sharply angled forehand to win.Seles had trouble finding her game, although she won the opening set by breaking Rubin’s serve in the final game. Rubin, who once was ranked sixth in the world before a wrist injury sidelined her, returned the favor in the final game of the second set.In the third set, the two had trouble holding serve. After trading breaks in the fifth and sixth games, the latter at love, Seles broke Rubin once again at love to take a 4-3 lead.
