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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Swede seventh to go down at U.S. Open
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Another injury struck the U.S. Open yesterday, and this one left Magnus Norman with an aching back and Gustavo Kuerten in the quarterfinals.
Norman had to quit during the fourth round against the fifth-seeded Kuerten, becoming the seventh player to retire from a men's singles match in nine days. And that doesn't include top-seeded Pete Sampras, No. 11 Mark Philippoussis and Karol Kucera, all pulling out before play began.
In a mild upset, Cedric Pioline of France beat 14th-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 and will play Kuerten in the next round.
Norman raced to the net for a drop shot
But when he went to get up from his chair and return to the court, Norman grabbed his back on the right side. He called for a trainer, who rubbed liniment on the right side of his back.
and flicked the ball crosscourt for the winner, pumping his fist as he broke Kuerten. After the changeover, the Swede was to serve for the set.
"I felt a click in the back when I was going to return the serve at 30-40, the break point. I felt like just unbelievable amount of pain in the back. I thought this is something that is going to go over."
Visibly hampered, Norman lost serve, sending the set to a tiebreaker. Kuerten just kept the ball in play as Norman lacked movement and his shots went astray. The blustery, swirling winds also were no help, and Norman lost the
"I tried to serve, but was no way. I mean, no chance," Norman said.
tiebreak 7-4.
The trainer again worked on Norman's back, but the Swede returned to the court and quickly fell behind 15-30. Then he told the umbrella he was finished.
"It's strange," Kuerten said. "I thought he was really hurt. But sometimes players still can play very tennis. I just put the ball back, and he couldn't do anything with it."
Norman, who won a warmup tournament the day before the U.S. Open, was the second Swede to pull out with an injury during this year's event. Magnus Larsson retired from his third-round match with seventh-seeded Todd Martin.
Jan-Michael Gambill and No. 8 Carlos Moya in the second round and defending champion Patrick Rafter, who was seeded fourth, and Julien Boutter of France in the opening round.
Other men to retire were Fabrice Santoro of France in the third round,
In women's singles, Lindsay Davenport is getting monotonous. Put her on the court, and two sets later she has another victory.
Her latest win, 6-1, 6-2 Monday night against No. 9 Julie Halard-decugis of France, put Davenport into the quarters, just three wins from a second consecutive Grand Slam tournament title. She has yet to play three sets, nor has she been kept on court for more than an hour.
been kept on court for more than an hour. Also posting fourth-round victories Monday were No. 4 Monica Seles, No. 5 Mary Pierce and No. 7 Serena Williams. In the quarterfinals, Davenport will face
Pierce and Seles will play Williams.
No. 2 Andre Agassi advanced to the quarters, beating Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Agassi will next take on Frenchman Nicolas Escude, who pulled off Monday's only upset, knocking off No. 10 Marcelo Rios 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
No. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov and No. 12 Richard Krajicek are paired in another quarterfinal. Kafelnikov defeated Andre Medvedev 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 6-0, and Krajicek ousted Vince Spadea 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.
Today, No. 1 Martina Hingis was to face Anke Huber, and No. 3 Venus Williams, Serena's older sister, meets No. 12 Barbara Schett as the top half of the women's draw goes after semifinal berths.
The men completed their quarterfinal pairings late yesterday.
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