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LOS ANGELES, Aug 3: Andre Agassi, blunting Tim Henman's 130 mph-plus serves with whipsaw returns, rolled through the Brit 6-4, 6-4 to win the Mercedes Cup, his 11th consecutive match victory without dropping a set.
LOS ANGELES, Aug 3: Andre Agassi, blunting Tim Henman's 130 mph-plus serves with whipsaw returns, rolled through the Brit 6-4, 6-4 to win the Mercedes Cup, his 11th consecutive match victory without dropping a set.
Agassi needed just one hour, 20 minutes yesterday to win his fourth tournament of the year and second in as many weeks. He'll rise two spots to No. 11 in today's ATP Tour rankings.
Agassi's victory streak includes one Davis Cup match. He hasn't lost since the second round at Wimbledon, where he and Henman were practice partners. They had never faced each other in a match until yesterday.
Costa struggles
KITZBUEHEL, (AUSTRIA): Spain's Albert Costa needed almost three hours today to beat Andrea Gaudenzi in a lackluster match and win the Generali Open for the second time after 1995.
Costa, ranked 14th, picked up his eighth career title by struggling past the Italian, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at the $ 535,000 event.
There was little drama in the two hour, 50 minute match between two clay court specialists as each set turned into a rout after an early service break.
Davenport wins
STANFORD (US): Lindsay Davenport outlasted an injured and erratic Venus Williams in three sets to win sweltering final of the Bank of the West tournament.
Playing in temperatures of more than 90 degrees (32 degrees celsius) that forced a ten-minute break before the third set, the top-seeded Davenport won 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to capture the $ 79,000 first prize yesterday.
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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