Hmmm, it happened. Roger beat Marcos to take the title. Deja vu ...
Score was 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. Good tournament, Marcos. Hold your head
high.


--- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Carlos lost to Andrei Pavel in his first round at the Aussie Open,
in
> 5 sets, 4-6, 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-3, 4-6.
> I see nobody has been reporting about Carlos since I left for
> Melbourne tennis ... now I'm back & still no reports! So here's
mine:
>
> I was there to suffer with Carlos in person ... so disappointing
> after he got back from 2 sets to love down ... he fought very
> bravely, but actually lost this match with errors on his own serve
at
> 5-4 in the 5th set!! He has played better in the past,
definitely ...
> and I think he was still carrying that injury from Sydney.
> But I don't think Carlos would have beaten Santoro in the next
round,
> however. Fabrice has played really well at this tournament and only
> lost in the quarters to Nalbandian. The guy who beat Carlos, Andrei
> Pavel, got 'wiped' by Santoro in straight sets.
>
> I also watched Carlos play doubles with Zabaleta (they lost), and
> then the mixed doubles with his girlfriend, Flavia Pennetta, against
> Aussie Wayne Arthurs & Ai Sugiyama. They lost that match too, and
> Flavia was beaten in her 3rd round singles. (but she already HAS her
> prize, Carlos ! :-))
>
> So I DID see Carlos 3 times, although it would have been great if
> he'd won something!! Aaaargrh, can't do anything about it. I am back
> from Melbourne now & watching the rest of the Aussie Open on TV.
>
> I am enjoying that Cyprus boy, Marcus Baghdatis ... I see he has
> gotten to the final, just like Carlos did in 1997. It's like 'deja
> vu' for me ... Carlos was, like Marcos, unseeded, 20 years old, had
> beaten top-seeded guys on his way to the final (such as Boris
Becker
> & Michael Chang), just like what's happening this year. And Carlos
> played the favourite in 1997, Pete Sampras, in the final, who beat
> him in straight sets. But Carlos became an 'overnight sensation' in
> this country then, and I've been following him ever since. Carlos
> kept rising, and won the French Open the following year.
> We'll soon see if the favourite THIS year, Roger Federer, does the
> same to Baghdatis. I will be cheering for Marcos, but I can't get
> this 'deja vu' thingy out of my head ... and if Marcos loses, keep
an
> eye on him next year at Roland Garros ... ;)
>
> I'm still a faithful Moya fan, but I'll follow Rafael and Marcos
too
> now.
>
>
>
>
> --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Carlos has drawn to play Andrei Pavel (Romania) in the first
round
> > of the Aussie Open. If he wins that, he will play the winner of
> > Fabrice Santoro & Vince Spadea (USA). Buena suerte, Carlos.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, Connie Steed <peagmama@y...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > We made it in. Hope we show better than our ranking. Go Moya,
Go!
> > >
> > > bev29x <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Seeded players have
> been
> > announced. Carlos just made it into number
> > > 32! Hmmm, thought he'd be at least no. 30 after Chennai
final ...
> > > Draw will take place tomorrow. Friday 13th, from 10.30am
> > onwards ...
> > > hope it's not 'Black Friday' for Carlos!
> > >
> > > AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2006 MEN'S SEEDS:
> > >
> > > 1. Roger Federer (SUI)
> > >
> > > 2. Andy Roddick (USA)
> > >
> > > 3. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
> > >
> > > 4. David Nalbandian (ARG)
> > >
> > > 5. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
> > >
> > > 6. Guillermo Coria (ARG)
> > >
> > > 7. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
> > >
> > > 8. Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
> > >
> > > 9. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
> > >
> > > 10. Thomas Johansson (SWE)
> > >
> > > 11. David Ferrer (ESP)
> > >
> > > 12. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
> > >
> > > 13. Robby Ginepri (USA)
> > >
> > > 14. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
> > >
> > > 15. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
> > >
> > > 16. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
> > >
> > > 17. Radek Stepanek (CZE)
> > >
> > > 18. Mario Ancic (CRO)
> > >
> > > 19. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
> > >
> > > 20. James Blake (USA)
> > >
> > > 21. Nicolas Kiefer (GER)
> > >
> > > 22. Gael Monfils (FRA)
> > >
> > > 23. Igor Andreev (RUS)
> > >
> > > 24. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
> > >
> > > 25. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
> > >
> > > 26. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
> > >
> > > 27. Taylor Dent (USA)
> > >
> > > 28. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
> > >
> > > 29. Filippo Volandri (ITA)
> > >
> > > 30. Max Mirnyi (BLR)
> > >
> > > 31. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
> > >
> > > 32. CARLOS MOYA (ESP)
> > >
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