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Sampras sails into final
FRANKFURT. Nov 20 Pete Sampras overwhelmed Andrei Medvedev 6 3. 6-0 Saturday to reach the final of
the ATP Tour World Cham pion ship serving out the match with his 1.000th ace of the season reports AP
The semifinal lasted only 51 minutes.
Sampras was tn devastating form In his eight service games. Sampras dropped only seven
He simply rolled past Medvedev. hitting winners from al] over the court
*1 was In a bit of a zone.’ Sampras sold.
Sampras is assured of fin Ishlng the year as No 1 In the world, even if he does not win the dlrs 2.75 million touma ment which pits the eight topranked players. He won the event in 1991
The 22 year old American has won eight titles this year Including Wimbledon and the
points, and four were doublefaults. In the second set. he lost three points — all on doublefaults.
Medvedev, playing the tour-ending event for the first time, dropped his serve In the second game and It was all downhill from there for the 19-year-old rookie from Ukraine.
'He' played incredibly,' Medvedev said.
Apart from hitting serves at speeds reaching 207kph(124 mph). Sampras also produced shots rarely seen In the game.
On game point in the fifth game. Sampras was caught on the wrong foot by a Medvedev shot that skimmed the net cord. He casually reached behind his back with he racket, and In an unorthodox version of a forehand half-volley, gently placed the ball across the net. just beyond Medvedevs reach.
Most of the brief match, however. Sampras did not need such acrobatic skills.
US Open, and his singles record for the season is 83-14, the best since Ivan Lendl went 84-7 in 1985.
In the second semifinal. Michael Stlch plays Goran Ivanisevic.
Earlier on Friday. Goran Ivanisevic fired 20 aces and beat Stefan Edberg for the sixth time In a row to reach the semifinals.
Ivanisevic won the error-filled match 7 6 (7-3) 6-7 (5-7). 6-3 and will meet Michael Stlch in Saturday's semifinals.
"Whenever he came close. 1 hit and ace." Ivanisevic said after reaching the semifinals for the second straight year.
Edberg, the tournament champion in 1989. served nine double-faults, had only three aces and hit 35 winners to Ivanisevic's 59. The Croatian also had 27 service winners to Edbergs 4.
Pete Sampras, the top-_ranked player in the world and
the 1991 tournament champion. will face Andrei Medvedev in the second semi final.
Such beat Jim Courier 7-5. 6-4 and will replace the American as No. 2 to the world tf he wins, the tournament.
Such had a 3-0 match record In leading his group while Courier, second in thia event the last two years, dropped to 0-3.
Earlier Friday. Sampras beat Sergl Bruguera 6-3. 1-6, 6-3 to a match that had no Impact on the final group standings In the round robin portion of the tour ending, dlrs 2.75 million event.
Sampras led his group with a 3-0 record and Ivanisevic is 2-1.
The tournaments its the top eight players in the world, split into two groups The top two from each groups advance, and three semifinal berths had been decided before Friday.
In the only match that really counted. Ivanisevic again needed smelling salts early In the second set to ease his breathing, suffering from the same problem that plagued him in Thursday's win over Bruguera.
’I was breathing with difficulty and ft made me dtzzy. but it only lasted for a couple of games.' the eighth-ranked Croatian said 1 was OK after that.'
Ivanisevic was the final player to qualify for the tournament. and was helped by Sampras' sepilfinal victory over Cedric Plolirle at Antwerp last week. •
'I spent last week sweating in front of the TV and now I am in the semifinals.* he said *1 lost to Boris Becker last year '
Stlch has been carrying Germany's hopes, after Becker failed to qualify for the tournament he won last year.
Ivanisevic started with an ace. setting the tone for the entire match He broke for a 5-3 lead, and was serving for the set. only to allow Edberg to break back at love.
In the tiebreaker, an Edberg double-fault and an ace gave Ivanisevic three set points and he got the first when the Swede hit a return into the net.
A similar pattern followed In the second set. Ivanisevic broke for a 5-4 lead, served for the match and was broken instead. /
In the tiebreaker, he hit a simple overhead smash . Into the net. giving Edberg two set points. He saved one. but Edberg evened the score with a service winner.
The key break came in the eight game of the third set when Ivanisevic took a 5-3 lead. This time he made no mistakes-, serving ' out the match at love, after one hour, 57 minutes.
’It was one of the best matches I've played mentally.' Ivanisevic said.
Edberg, ranked No. 5 in the world, finished the tournament at 1 -2.