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Gustavo Kuerten
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Gustavo Kuerten has been a role model for Brazilian players and now he's a fashion model in Brazilian Vogue. The three-time French Open champion hit the newsstands all over Brazil as Guga graces the cover of the December issue of Vogue RG Brazil.
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Gustavo Kuerten(born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis , Santa Catarina) is a professional tennis player from Brazil . He is ... known as "Guga", an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name "Gustavo" in Brazil. He is a former World No. 1 and three-time French Open champion.
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Igor Andreev (Russia) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3; 28-Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-4 6-4 6-4; Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) beat Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 6-0 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. 8-David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Stefan Koubek (Austria) 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-1) 7-5. 23-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-0 6-3. 12 -Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat 19-Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1. 20-Marat Safin (Russia) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 6-7 (4-7)6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5
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Ohne die finanzielle Hilfe seiner Oma in Deutschland, Olga Schlösser, hätte Gustavo Kuerten den Aufstieg ins Profilager wohl nicht geschafft. Da staatliche Unterstützung fehlte, musste die Familie selbst für die sportliche Ausbildung ihres Tennis-Talentes aufkommen. Als Sechsjähriger von Vater Aldo, nach dessen frühem Tod von Bruder Raphael trainiert, spielte sich Gustavo in der Junioren-Rangliste auf Platz sechs. 1994 wechselte er ins Profiteam. Nicht nur bei Einzelturnieren fiel der 18-Jährige auf. Als hervorragender Doppelspieler gewann er mit Nicolas Lapentti das Juniorturnier der French Open 1994.
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As late afternoon slipped into dusk and turned into a humid night swarming with moths, a smiling Kuerten was alert from the rain-delayed start. With the Brazilian soccer-style crowd chanting the familiar ''Guga! Guga!'' refrain in Armstrong Stadium, Kuerten, the top-seeded player in the men's draw, satisfied the fans by dismantling Costa, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7).
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Kuerten has never faced Nalbandian on any surface. "Nothing's going to be easy for me," Kuerten said. "But everything I face now is a kind of motivation to raise my game even higher."
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