That's too bad about Chris. I watched the mens finals of the singles and
doubles and thought they were good matches. I wish Mardy Fish had won, but I
was still happy to see a good match.

Unfortunately Todd didn't win yesterday, but he did play one great set.
Hopefully by playing these close recent matches he'll be warmed up for a great
run at the US Open. Here is the description of the match from the tournament
website.

Martin Is Out After A First Set Blast
Monday, August 23, 2004
By Michael R. Sisak
msisak@...
Todd Martin, the lanky, gray-trimmed former United States Open champion,
withered in the cool Commack breeze after burning through the opening set of his
first round match with Jurgen Melzer, of Austria, at the TD Waterhouse Cup,
Monday night.
Martin, 34, opened the match with two consecutive aces and snatched the first
set in 28 minutes, 6-1. The momentum quickly evaporated. Martin went down a
break point in the second set, broke back, then lost serveÊagain -- a pattern of
defeat repeated again in the third set as Melzer took both frames, 6-3.
"I intended to play more tournaments to prepare myself for the U.S. Open," said
Martin, who took the U.S. Open title in 1999. "This tournament was good enough
to give me a wild card, so I will have had some competition before next week."
The loss pushed Martin's season singles record to 10-14 and continued a downward
spiral that has prompted him to contemplate retirement.
"I must admit that is has been on my mind now and then, now more after this
loss," said Martin, whose reserved style is reminiscent of the classic,
tight-stroking and modest-serving players of the 1960s and 1970s. "However, I'll
know when it is time and I won't stay any longer than when reality sets in."
Melzer, currently ranked No. 48 in the annual ATP Tour standings, appeared
frazzled early as he disputed calls made on serves by a far linesman. The same
linesman later caught the ire of Martin, who was called out on several returns.
"He was tough to play, and his experience showed the entire match," Melzer said.
"I had a tough time playing under the lights, since I haven't been in many night
matches. Once I made the adjustment, I turned things around. Melzer will play
the winner of Tuesday's match between Igor Andreev of Russia and Albert Costa of
Spain.

Mary Fouraker <jaxlass@...> wrote:

Thanks, Max.

My cousin's son (Chris) rolled his canoe right at one of the gates - causing him
to miss it and incur a 50 second penalty. That dropped him from 4th place in
the
qualification rounds into last and cost him making the cut for the finals.

My aunt's nephew and his partner made the double sculls finals, but placed
6th.

An acquaintance (a friend of a friend) went to the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.
She held the World Record in several breaststroke events, but had to pull out of
her individual races after finding out she had mono! I also do volunteer work
with
Mal Washington. He, and a number of the celebs that attend his events, are also
former Olympians.

Hard to believe that the Americans are out of the tennis competition now....

Thanks for the word on Todd. I'm hoping to see him here in a few weeks. He
usually attends Mal's Gala each September. Nice to see Todd considered
both "notable and popular"!

Mary
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max payne <warcraft3bn@...> wrote:

I hope all your relatives did well. My uncle almost qualified for the
olympics in the 60's in swimming. He missed it by 1/10 of a sec. I've been
watching a lot of events, including of course tennis. The men's doubles and
singles finals were great.

Anyway, I noticed Todd is playing in another warmup for the US Open. He was
given a wildcard and will play Jergen Melzer on center court tonight at 7:00. I
saw him play Melzer at the NASDAQ and it should be a tough but winnable match
for Todd. Here is the tournament website.
http://www.tdwaterhousecup.com/

The tournament page mentions that "Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Martin are two of
professional tennis' more notable and popular stars". Hopefully Todd will have
a good run here.









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