from Salta CUEVAS IS WORLD NEWS!
A resounding, historic victory achieved yesterday by defeating Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Andy Roddick, world number eight, who defended his title at the Miami Masters 1000.
Uruguayan tennis player added his second win on the ATP to a former number-one world ranking in 2009, in Valencia, had bowed to English Juan Carlos Ferrero, won his first game against a Top 10 and also advanced for the first After the third round of a Masters 1,000.
Playing one of the best games of his career, Cuevas demonstrated in the main court at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park its huge conditions, this time accompanied by a strong and absolute confidence that you did not break his opponent.
"This was the most important triumph of my career, "Cuevas said without hesitation." It was the end that I realized that Roddick was not right, it would not move like it normally does on the court, "added the Uruguayan.
Roddick faced a match decimated by disease. "I felt good, I had trouble breathing," he said after the game.
Even so, the merit of Cuevas was tremendous. The Salta played as equals in the first six games before getting the decisive break in the seventh, the fourth opportunity which enjoyed.
Cuevas was concentrated and very fast legs, reaching balls over the entire surface. In addition, gave a couple of spectacular shots. The Uruguayan finished the match with 36 winners against 22 of its opponent.
Roddick was never comfortable with the party that proposed the Salta, who did play long points, limited right and moved around the court.
In the second set the American, who had huge problems to play his first service (46% effective), recovered some of its shape. Roddick became more aggressive, trying to speed up the process, which benefited his style and his status physical. Cuevas
barely respond to the rival attack but gave no options when it was his turn to serve. The Uruguayan, who had placed six aces in the first set, had nine in the second round. In total, 15 aces and one double fault, winning 80% of the points played on his first serve.
parity led to the tiebreak which exploded Cuevas their greater mobility for the win.
The spectacular victory, achieved in `48, 1:56 game, assures Cuevas 45 points for the ATP rankings. To put into perspective the importance of victory: Roddick is to 2525 points in the ranking and has won more than 18 million dollars in prizes. Since 2002 that Roddick was not dismissed so early Miami Masters, a tournament he won twice.
The next challenge for Uruguay is to Frenchman Giles Simon, the world number 27, coming off a 6-4 defeat, 6-3 to German Rainer Schuettler. Both have never met.
