Agassi史上勝場排名第五,將於決賽碰Hewitt - 網球

Hewitt and Agassi Battle for Title


No. 11 seed Andre Agassi will look to become the third player in the
Open Era and the 11 th player in the 106-year history of the tournament
to win the Cincinnati title at least three times. The 1995-1996 winner
will play in his first ATP final of the year when he battles
No. 10 seed Lleyton Hewitt on Sunday. Mats Wilander won the title
four times (1983-84, ‘86, ‘88) and Pete Sampras three times
(1992, ‘97, ‘99) in the Open Era.

若在決賽中打敗Hewitt,
Agassi將成為開放年代以來第三位至少贏過Cincinnati冠軍的選手.(1995,1996)
這也是Agassi今年首度打進ATP賽事的決賽.

Hewitt, a finalist here in 2002 (l. to Moya), is going for his third
career ATP Masters Series title in six tries. Agassi and Hewitt have
the most career titles among active players on the ATP circuit with
58 and 21, respectively. The winner will be the second-lowest seed to
win the title here behind No. 16 Carlos Moya who won two years ago.
Agassi, who moved into fifth place for all-time wins in the Open Era
with his 807 th in the semifinals against Andy Roddick, is the
third-oldest finalist in Cincinnati history at 34 years, 3 months
and 10 days.

Agassi和Hewitt是兩位目前在ATP巡迴賽事中擁有最多title的選手.
Agassi有58個, Hewitt有21個.
在semi-final中打敗Roddick之後,
Agassi已成為開放年代史上勝場排名第五的選手(807 wins).
34歲3個月又10天的Agassi是Cincinnati史上進入決賽第三老的球員.

He would be the second-oldest titlist in Cincinnati behind Aussie
Ken Rosewall who won the title in 1970 at 35 years, 8 months and 24 days.
He is playing for his 59 th career title in his 86 th final,
and is 2-0 in championship matches here.

Hewitt, who is 4-3 lifetime against Agassi, is looking for his third
ATP title of the year, having already picked up titles in Sydney
(d. Moya) and Rotterdam (d Ferrero). In five matches thus far,
he has lost his serve once (46 of 47 games) and he has yet to lose
a set. In the Open Era, 10 players have won the title here without
losing a set, the last was Moya two years ago, capped by his win over
Hewitt in the final. Hewitt is 21-7 all-time in career finals.

Hewitt則在尋求今年的第三個ATP賽事冠軍.
他和Agassi的對戰記錄是四勝三敗.
進入決賽前的五場比賽他只被破發一次(46 of 47 games), 並未失一盤.
開放年代以來只有十位選手能未丟一盤的拿到冠軍.

The winner of Sunday's best-of-three sets final earns 100 INDESIT
ATP Race/US Open Series points and $400,000 while the finalist collects
70 INDESIT ATP Race/US Open Series points and $200,000.


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