AGE THE EDGE FOR AGASSI ; SERENA ALSO ADVANCES 1N/5/6/7 SPORTS FINAL Edition

The men filled out the round of 16 slots as No. 3 seed and French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 6 David Nalbandian, No. 10 Tim Henman, No. 13 Sebastien Grosjean of Boca Raton and unseeded Olivier Rochus, Alexander Popp and Mark Philippoussis advanced. Philippoussis is next for [Andre Agassi...

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Published inThe Hartford courant
Main Authors Bricker, Charles, SPECIAL TO THE COURANT, Charles Bricker covers tennis for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hartford, Conn Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 29.06.2003
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Summary:The men filled out the round of 16 slots as No. 3 seed and French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 6 David Nalbandian, No. 10 Tim Henman, No. 13 Sebastien Grosjean of Boca Raton and unseeded Olivier Rochus, Alexander Popp and Mark Philippoussis advanced. Philippoussis is next for [Andre Agassi], who has won the past six matches in this seven-match series. "I wasn't convinced one way or the other how it was," said Agassi, who was just about right over the spot where the ball landed. Surprisingly, El Aynaoui let the call linger in his mind. He played a few loose points and Agassi was up 4-1, closing out the crucial set with a winning backhand approach. Photos: (2 b&w), Associated Press; WITH AN UPSET of [Jelena Dokic], 16-year-old [Maria Sharapova] joins four other Russian women in the final 16, a Grand Slam record. FOR THE FIFTH TIME in five meetings, Andre Agassi beats Younes El Aynaoui to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
ISSN:1047-4153