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Courier, Seles hope for the best
NEW YORK. Aug 31: Monica Seles and Jim Courier want to believe that Wimbledon was lust a sche
duled bump in thelr rush to being named players of the year, reports AP.
After all. both Seles and Courier begin a trip they hope will culminate In their third Grand Slam titles of 1992 as the US Open begins its two-week run at Flushing Meadow Monday
They captured the singles title on the rubberised hardi courts of the Australian Open in January, then grabbed the second of the four Grand Slam crowns by winning over the slow, red clay at the French Open. That was before the slippery grass courts of Wimbledon ended their chances at being the first Grand Slam winners since Steffi Graf performed the feat In 1988.
The year’s final Grand Slam tournament was started by llth-sccded Michael Stich. the 1991 Wimbledon champ who took on Olivier Delaitre of France on Stadium Court.
That was followed by Seles' opener against Audra Keller of Memphis. Tenn, ranked 78th tn the world. Monday night.
Courier will battle Alex O'Brien, the NCAA champion from Stanford.
Seles, seeded No 1 on the hardcourts of the National Tennis Center, is in the unique Citlon of having to defend record. She had. after all. lost her last three trips to the final — to Graf at Wimbledon. Martina Navratilova at the Vlr glnla Slims of Los Angeles and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario at the Canadian Open. The three are ranked. In order. Nos 2. 3 and 5 In the world.
Chopped liver, they're not. Still, the questions come.
"It s a bit surprising to me that Monica's lost three finals, but I really don't think that will affect her In the Open." Graf said "I would say she lias a big chance here.
The third battle on Stadium Court will be a rematch of Marc Rosset of Switzerland against fifth-seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia. Rosset upset the heavily favoured Ivanisevic at the Barcelona Olympics, and went on to capture the gold medal.
Ivanisevic, runner-up at Wimbledon, had to settle for a bronze medal and hints he might not last too long at the US Open.
"When you've played too much tennis, you come to the
point where you hate to we the court, hate to sec the other guy across the net," Ivanisevic said. "I have to get over that or I'm going nowhere ’
Then comes the Courier-O'Brien match.
While Courier Is expected to advance easily and face the winner of the Pablo Albano Andrei Chesnokov match, he know* that another NCAA cltamplon from Stanford John McEnroe, made an Impact on tlx: US Open just after winning his NCAA title In 1978. reach ing the semifinals in the inaugural year at Flushing Meadow
If the seedings hold, Courier will meet McEnroe, a four-time US Open champion, in the fourth round.
"Dils Is the one where you have to realty bear down men tally." Courier said of the US Open, where the crowd, noise and heat can easily distract a player's concentration.
"You have to be fit to begin with, and you always know there's going to be at least one match over the course of two weeks where you aren't going to be at your best but you've still got to figure out how to win It." he said. "And for a player who's never done that, ft can be overwhelming."