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Verkerk storms into final

AFP, Paris
Big-serving Dutchman Martin Verkerk roared into the French Open men's singles final on Friday, beating Argentine seventh seed Guillermo Coria 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 in 2hr 40min.
The 24-year-old Verkerk, the first ever Dutchman to make the final, will now meet either Spain's defending champion Albert Costa or last year's finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero in Sunday's final.
Only one Dutchman has even won a Grand Slam title. Richard Krajicek, like Verkerk a huge server, landed the 1996 Wimbledon crown.
Verkerk, a late developer who won his first title at Milan in February, is only the third Dutchman to reach a Grand Slam final with Tom Okker having been 1968 US Open runner-up.
His 400,000-euro (468,000-dollar) pay cheque for reaching the final doubles his entire previous career earnings.
"I still don't know what happened. It's a fantastic moment for me. It's a dream for me to be in the final of Roland Garros. It's unbelievable," said Verkerk, who wiped away tears of joy at the end when Coria
had completed a miserable tiebreak by double faulting.
"He was much better in the first set than I was - but then I took more risks on his serve and also in the tiebreak. All my friends wanted to come - and it was great to have their support.
"But I wasn't so cool - I was really nervous."
A tight opening set saw a ninth ace from the 1.91m Verkerk, dwarfing his opponent by 16 centimetres, go level at 6-6 to force the tiebreak.
There, Verkerk stepped up his game and took it 7-4, a brilliant backhand having brought him back from 0-2.
Coria responded by throwing his racquet and grazing a ballgirl.
Having seen off 1999 champion Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals,
the Argentine, who came here having lifted the Hamburg masters, was a hot favourite to beat Verkerk who prior to this tournament had never won a single Grand Slam match in his life.
But Verkerk's monstrous serves and all-court style had seen off 1998 winner Carlos Moya in his quarterfinal in five sets - the Spaniard his third, seeded victim after Vince Spadea of the United States and Germany's Rainer Schuttler, the Australian Open finalist.
Verkerk's run here has already taken him to the brink of the top 10 in the ATP Champions Race, the barometer to season form. Coria stands third behind Ferrero and Agassi.
Coria, putting his tiebreak loss behind him, broke at the start of the second set but Verkerk scored his
first break of the match in some style, taking the Argentine's serve to love with a superb backhand in the fourth game.
He then moved 3-2 clear before Coria misfielded a ball following an off-target first serve, spraining his left thumb in the process.
But the 21-year-old nicknamed El Mago (the magician) gritted his teeth and moved to 40-15 on the Verkerk serve in the ninth game when a Dutch half volley went astray.
Coria fired his first break point wide on the backhand, then netted a routine forehand.
A pair of volleys from close in gave Verkerk the game and the orange-clad hordes backing the underdog roared their approval.
A backhand down the line and two more wayward Coria forehands in the 10th game handed Verkerk a two-set lead and, often serving at around 200 kph - some 50 kph faster than his rival - he maintained his momentum into the start of the third.
Coria broke for 3-2 in the third -but Verkerk broke right back. Both men then traded further breaks before Verkerk again cranked up his serve to move 6-5 clear. But Coria held to bring about the tiebreak.
This time Verkerk started like an express train and moved to 3-0 with two minibreaks after a bludgeoned backhand and then a forehand.
A 19th ace by Verkerk - to one for Coria - and then an unreturnable serve took the man from Leiderdorp to 5-0.
A netted Coria forehand made it six match points and the Argentine, totally drained by now and having been hammered on the outright winners count 62 to 31, threw in a double fault to end his misery.
He wrapped himself in a towel and left the centre court - but to a standing ovation - before Verkerk took the plaudits and a place in the trophy match.