AND CARLOS HAS WON AGAIN!!!
He beat Richard Gasquet in the Sydney semi-finals 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to
set up a final against defending champion James Blake. Blake
meanwhile, had an easy run to the finals as his semi-final opponent
Jurgen Melzer withdrew with a stomach illness.
VAMOS CARLOS! We believe! Buena suerte!

Unfortunately Moya and Blake have also been drawn to play each other
again in the first round of the Australian Open next week. Pooh!




--- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> OH MY GOD, CARLOS WON !!!!! He beat Baghdatis 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
> What a match!! Another 3-setter!
>
> Carlos won the first set easily, racing ahead 6-1, then he lost the
> second set 3-6, and was broken early in the third set, after a
> dramatic incident when Baghdatis fell and looked like he twisted
his
> ankle - (an uncanny 'deja vu' of the time when Carlos himself
twisted
> his ankle in that final against Lleyton Hewitt in 2004).
> Carlos immediately went up Baghdatis's end of court to see if he
was
> OK ... the doctor and physio came out on court and there there
were
> 8 mins of time out, with Baggy's ankle getting strapped again; he
> seemed OK, so play started again and Carlos got broken.
> It was 3-1, then 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4. With Baghdatis serving
for
> the match at 5-4 up, Carlos broke him back to level at 5-5. Carlos
> then served to reach 6-5, but Baggy won his serve to make it 6-6!
> Then it was the tie-break ... very tense, but Carlos made it to 6-
3,
> finally winning with 7 points to 3.
> Amazing stuff! 2 hours & 27 minutes. A brilliant match!!
>
>
>
> --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Carlos is now in Sydney playing in the Medibank International
> > tournament as a 'warm-up' for the Aussie Open. He has had two
tough
> 3-
> > set matches in a row, but coming out the winner of both. Now he's
> in
> > the quarter-finals! :-)
> > First match was a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 win over Aussie wild card
qualifier
> > Luke Bourgeois, and then he survived 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. In both
matches
> > Moya faced match points against him. Great survival stuff,
Carlos.
> > Bueno!
> >
> > His quarter-final match will be against last year's Aussie Open
> > finalist, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Buena suerte to Carlos!
> >
>