Moscow wind

The Kremlin Male Cup lost the second and third rackets of the cold Moscow wind continues to blow the favorites of the Kremlin Cup. On Thursday, Mikhail Yuzhny and Andi Murray, the second and third number of the local sowing, respectively, left the Sports Compults from the Olympic sports complex, respectively. The men's tournament, unlike female, is generally poor at the stars, so each such loss is very sensitive. Especially when it comes to Mikhail South, one of the most popular tennis players in Russia.

His exploits in the Davis Cup are unlikely to be forgotten, and they are especially awesome for the South in Moscow. All the more offensive to the fans his defeat from the German Michael Berrera.

The 27-year-old German tennis player wound most of his career along Chelengers, very rarely selecting for serious ATP tournaments. But this year he managed to achieve unexpected progress: Berrer rose to the 72nd line in the ranking and visited the quarter-finals of Los Angeles and Hertogenbosha. In the classroom, he, of course, is not a couple of southern, but the class must be confirmed on the court, and this was not the Russian man who could not do it. The south began well, but gradually, sharpness disappeared from his game, and there were too many mistakes. Using a sluggish state of the opponent, Berrer seized the initiative: he went a lot and successfully to the grid, the benefit allowed, assumed at the reception, won points with attacking blows. At the end of the first set, Yuzhny lost his presentation, and then gave the opponent another game at the beginning of the second batch. The fans remained only to hope that Berrer, like many outsiders, was simply scared of his own agility, but the German tennis player withstood to the end and did not give the southern a single Breek Punt. Thus, instead of the advertised quarterfinals, the South - the Kolshraiber of the audience is awaiting a purely German duel.

Following the South, another seeded tennis player - Scot of Andy Murray also lost. Of course, he had not yet gained a uniform after his injury, turning it out of the tour for three months, but the victory in the first round over Evgeny Korolev allowed to count on a good game in his performance. However, Yanko Tibsarevich turned out to be no tough: Serb played more reliable, sharper, and most importantly - more stable. Having lost the first set, the Scot, it seems, perked up and led 5: 2. But then health lifted him again: his knee washed out, a doctor appeared on the court, and Murray did not won a game in the match anymore. In the end, the British refused his nerves: offended by several judicial decisions, he practically stopped playing. In the quarterfinals, Tyusarevich will play with Radek Stepanec from the Czech Republic.

In women, everything went much quieter and calmer. Serena Williams, Lame, won Tatyana Bustyniz: Ukrainian was afraid of rivals and failed to use the numerous mistakes of Williams. The main sensation, if, of course, can be considered one, happened in the match of Anna Chakvetadze and Dinara Safina. There was a lot to expect from this game, but, unfortunately, the tennis level was extremely low. Both rivals were mistaken a lot, nervous, bullets balls in auto and grids. The decisive moment came on a tie-break in the first party. Safina managed to pull herself together, won decisive glasses and further dominated the court. Chakvetadze completely pasted and without any struggle she released her opponent to the quarterfinals. There, Dinare has to play with Vera Zvonareva, who surprisingly easily defeated Agnieshka Radvansk - that very tennis player who, in the open championship of France, knocked out Maria Sharapova itself from the struggle. In other quarterfinals, Williams will meet with Nikol Vidishova, Svetlana Kuznetsova will be measured by the forces with Vera Dushevina, and Elena Dementieva - with Victoria Azarenko.

Kremlin Cup

ATR

Prize fund - $ 1 million

The second round

F. Serra (Fra) - K. Fliggen (Bel) - 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2

M. Berrer (Ger) - M. South (Ros, 2) - 7: 5, 6: 4

J. T -Sarevich (Ser) - E. Murray (VLB, 3) - 6: 4, 7: 5

WTA I Category Tournament

Prize fund - $ 1.34 million

The second round

S. Williams (USA, 4) - T. Dubinis (UKR) - 7: 5, 6: 4

N. Vidishova (Czech, 8) - E. Vesnina (Ros) - 6: 3, 6: 4

V. Zvonareva (Ros) - A. Radvansk (Paul) - 6: 2, 6: 2

D. Safina (Ros) - A. Chakvetadze (Ros, 3) - 7: 6 6: 2

10.10.2007 / Kirill Dementiev, the material was published in the newspaper No. 191 dated 10.10.2007.