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Costa meets Courier in final
ROME. May 17: Unseeded Carlos Costa defeated Czechoslovak eighth seed Petr Korda 6-4. 6-3 on
Saturday to clinch a place in the final of the men's Italian Open clay court tournament, reports Reuter.
The emerging Spanish talent. who has the best results on clay of any player this season. will meet world number one Jim Courier today in what promises to be an intriguing match.
Top-seeded Courier recovered to beat German outsider Carl-Uwe Steeb 5-7. 6-1. 6-2 In the first semifinal
The 24-ycar-old Costa, who has risen to a career best 15lh in the world rankings after winning titles in Estoril and Barcelona, controlled the match throughout against Korda.
The Czechoslovak had earned the admiration of the Roman crowd by recovering from the brink of defeat against Argentine Alberto Mancini and second-seeded American Pete Sampras In earlier rounds.
But his service let him down badly against Costa, who clinched an easy win In 84 minutes.
Korda. 24, saved three match points before finally succumbing to Costa.
The boisterous Foro Italico crowd cheered each reprieve wildly but the world number nine was unable to produce another rescue act.
He overturned a 3-6, 0-5 deficit against Mancini and trailed by one set and 3-5 before beating Sampras In the quarter finals.
Korda complained bitterly al»ut ihe condition of the centre court which both he and Courier had said on Friday lacked a decent clay covering.
"It Is so slippery. I don't know what they did, if they
added more clay, but I couldn't run on it."
Korda said Costa was playing well enough to pose a threat to Courier as the top
seed aims to become the first American to win here since Jimmy Arias In 1983.
“If Costa plays every shot as well as he did today, he has a good chance to beat him."
Costa, a neat right-hander, is delighted with his current progress. A year ago he did not even figure In the world top 200.
He said: "Korda Is a very strange player. He plays three brilliant shots and then hits one out. I had no idea where he would play the next ball."
The Spaniard, who had not won a title until this season, has not dropped a set In Rome. Courier, playing his first clay tournament of the season, was happier with the surface on Saturday which had been heavily watered and was repaired after the second set of his match.
The 21 year-old had a furious row with Australian umpire Richard Ings during the first
Ings overruled a line Judge to cal) a Steeb return in and give the German a break for 6 5
Courier responded by blasting a ball at the drinks cooler beside the umpire's chair and carried on the argument for two or three minutes.
But he regained his composure to take the next two sets as Steeb, ranked 38th tn the world, ran out of steam.