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**anatmob** · 10-04-2011, 02:43 AM

Re: The BNP Paribas Zurich Open - March 8
http://www.zurichopen.net/index.php?page=News&id=69

Henman and Lendl through to super Saturday
Tim Henman became the first player through to Saturday’s finals day with his second consecutive straight-sets win, this time over Michael Stich 6-3, 6-4, and was soon followed by Ivan Lendl who defeated Henri Leconte in a champions' tie-break.

In the BeFair Partners ag group, all four participants are still in with a shout. A win over Pete Sampras and Mark Philippoussis will be in his second consecutive ATP Champions Tour final after winning the tournament in Delray Beach in February. That result would also open the door for Thomas Muster to sneak into the third-place play-off by beating Goran Ivanisevic.

All eyes will be on Sampras, who strained a left quad muscle against Ivanisevic on Wednesday and though he has promised to play, he is unlikely to be at 100% and will struggle against the youngest player in the tournament (Philippoussis being a spring chicken compared with the rest of the field at 34 years old). Should Pistol Pete defeat the Australian however then it will be time to get the calculators out, particular if Ivanisevic beats Muster. That would leave everyone except the Austrian on two wins and one defeat, and it will come down to the number of sets and perhaps even the number of games won and lost by each to separate them.

10-04-2011, 02:43 AM	#25
anatmob Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 598 Senior Member	Re: The BNP Paribas Zurich Open - March 8 http://www.zurichopen.net/index.php?page=News&id=69 Henman and Lendl through to super Saturday Tim Henman became the first player through to Saturday’s finals day with his second consecutive straight-sets win, this time over Michael Stich 6-3, 6-4, and was soon followed by Ivan Lendl who defeated Henri Leconte in a champions' tie-break. In the BeFair Partners ag group, all four participants are still in with a shout. A win over Pete Sampras and Mark Philippoussis will be in his second consecutive ATP Champions Tour final after winning the tournament in Delray Beach in February. That result would also open the door for Thomas Muster to sneak into the third-place play-off by beating Goran Ivanisevic. All eyes will be on Sampras, who strained a left quad muscle against Ivanisevic on Wednesday and though he has promised to play, he is unlikely to be at 100% and will struggle against the youngest player in the tournament (Philippoussis being a spring chicken compared with the rest of the field at 34 years old). Should Pistol Pete defeat the Australian however then it will be time to get the calculators out, particular if Ivanisevic beats Muster. That would leave everyone except the Austrian on two wins and one defeat, and it will come down to the number of sets and perhaps even the number of games won and lost by each to separate them.
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