TENNIS; Sanchez's Unusual Serve Trips Up Chang in Lipton

"[Emilio Sanchez] is one of the few players who is better on clay but is able to play well on hardcourts and grass, and that in itself is unique," said [Michael Chang], a former French Open champion. "The other players respect him for that, and they see him as a true top-10 player bec...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe New York times
Main Author ROBIN FINN, Special to The New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 20.03.1991
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Chang, Michael
FINN, ROBIN
Sanchez, Emilio
TENNIS
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla., March 19
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:"[Emilio Sanchez] is one of the few players who is better on clay but is able to play well on hardcourts and grass, and that in itself is unique," said [Michael Chang], a former French Open champion. "The other players respect him for that, and they see him as a true top-10 player because of it." "When I'm playing well, the other guys get into trouble with that usually," said Sanchez, who also employed the kick serve when he drummed Ivan Lendl out of this tournament last year. "Michael did get in trouble because he either played it very far back or sometimes very far inside to try and hit it earlier, and this bounce you have to meet at just the right time." Down by 2-5 in the third set, Chang managed to work his way back to 4-5 before his weak lob at 30-15 of the final game set Sanchez up to serve out the match. Missed overheads, in addition to the pressure Sanchez inflicted with his own serves as well as his assaults on Chang's exploitable second serve, cost Chang the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals on his first visit to Key Biscayne.
ISSN:0362-4331