Congratulations to Fabrice Santoro for reaching the semi-finals at
Metz:
1r + Diego Veronelli, 6-3 6-0
2r + Olivier Mutis, 7-6 (7/4) 6-4
qf + Alexander Popp, 2-6 6-3 6-4
sf - ARNAUD CLEMENT (4), 2-6 1-6

And to Jan-Michael Gambill for reaching the quarter-finals at the
Japan Open in Tokyo:
1r bye
2r + Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3 6-4
3r + Michel Kratochvil, 6-3 7-5
qf - SÉBASTIEN GROSJEAN (2), 3-6 6-7 (4/7)

In the women's Japan Open, Akiko Morigami thrashed Maria Kirilenko 6-
1 6-2 in the first round, then came up against *the* Maria of Russia!
This is what I wrote as a Sharapova fan:
>>>
On Thursday, Maria had a most intriguing second-round match against
Japan's unorthodox Akiko Morigami. Akiko is a Selesian player (two
hands both sides), and although she's not a hard hitter, she does
take the ball very early and can mess up an opponent's rhythm. But
Maria was too brilliant to be messed up, and won 6-1 6-3.
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--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/selesians.html