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Familiar foes in last four
LONDON, July 5: A potential final between world number one Steffi Graf and
defending Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez loomed ever larger on Tuesday after four quarterfinals which failed to shake the familiar order in women’s tennis, reports Reuter.
All four top seeds cruised into the last four without dropping a set, led by five times winner Graf who romped through 6-3, 6-0 against 13th seed Mary Joe Fernandez and? has dropped just 17 games en route to the semifinals.
She now faces Jana Novotna, a tearful loser when the pair met in the 1993 Wimbledon final with the winner assured of a Spanish inquisition against either Martinez or Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
Martinez won a tense 7-8, 7-6 victory over Gabriela Sabatini, while a delighted Sanchez-Vicario reached the last four on grass for the first time with a 6-4, 7-6 win against Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands.
It is the third time in eight years at Wimbledon that the women's semifinalists have faithfully followed the seeding committee's list, and in each previous case the symmetry has persisted right to the final with the top two seeds winning through.
Third seed Martinez, though, will not be daunted by tne prospect of facing compatriot Sanchez-Vicario on grass, while Graf's career record of 23-3 over Novotna speaks for itself.
Defenders of women's tennis were quick to point out the top four men's seeds have also progressed in an orderly fashion but only Graf's match was a contender for inclusion in any "best or" video of the championships.
Her second-set performance, in particular, left Fernandez helpless as she reeled off a succession of winners to wrap up a set to love for the third match in a row.
The German, who came into the tournament with doubts surrounding her fit ness, admitted afterwards she was amazed at how well she had-been playing.
' I felt I could do anything I wanted to," she said. "It's such a joy "
She conceded though, the women's game badly needed new talent, or better still a fit-again Monica Seles, to lift general morals, "I need the challenge, the tour needs it and the media need it," said Graf.
With the first set even at 3-3, Graf reeled off straight games. She won 14 straight points while finishing off the first set and moving out to a 3-0 lead in the second. She dropped only seven points during the second set.
Graf described it as her best performance in years and said it would be impossible to play any better.
Only last week, Graf
looked tentative as she struggled to cope with her chronic back condition and recent wrist injury.
’I've been surprised by how well I ve been playing here, I have to say " she said! "I didn't have the nest preparation for this tournament. In the start of the tournament, I didn't feel the best. To produce this kind of tennis, I didn't think about it being possible."
Fourth seeded Novotna looked to be coasting to victory over the sixth seeded Japanese after wrapping up the opening set in 32 minutes but aid allow Date a tempo rary foothold in the second.
The chance to be the first Japanese woman ever to reach the last four at Wimbledon was clearly a big incentive but although Date saved three match points, Novotna finished the job at the fourth attempt to reach only her second Wimbledon semifinal.
^Martinez's win capped a gritty performance but owed more tnan a little to the inconsistency which has dogged Sabatini's game throughout the tournament.
The Argentine made an excellent start and led 4-1 in
the first set before Martinez fought back to take it 7-5 She also enjoyed a brief purple patch in the second, saving two match points at 5-2 down before going on to force a tic-break.
Visions of a final set thriller were swiftly banished when Martinez won the tie break 7-5 and the Spaniard believes she can return to the final stage she graced 12 months ago.
"I feel very confident and I'm very happy to be in the semifinals again. I think I'm playing good and wins like this give you confidence," Martinez said.
The look on Sanchez Vicario face in the moment of victory against Schultz McCarthy suggested the same was equally true for her. .
She still looks a relative stranger on grass compared with net beloved Barcelona clay but the sense of achievement she felt at finally reaching the last four on her ninth visit to the All-England Club was clearly visible.
"It's one of the happiest days of my life," she admitted. I'm getting better and better all the time. "It's my best Wimbledon so far."