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Karol Kucera
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Lleyton Hewitt's opponent, Karol Kucera, yesterday accused the Australian Open line judges of deliberate pro-Hewitt bias in their second-round match on Rod Laver Arena. "Even the linespeople helped him," Kucera said after his 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 loss. "I think it was a little bit on purpose."
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Kucera proved to be a stubborn opponent as he frustrated Massu by saving numerous break points and three set points in the opening set. A break in the 10th game gave Massu the breakthrough to clinch the set.
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It will be a battle between the old guard and the new generation in the ATP, as Kucera and Srichaphan take center court in the finals tomorrow. The two have met once before, at the Australian Open in 2000, which Srichaphan won 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3. In the first doubles semifinal, the top seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) and Todd Woodbridge (AUS), who between them have 100 career ATP doubles titles, lost tamely to the fourth-seeded Czech pair of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl 2-6 2-6.
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Kucera was not able to repeat his brilliant performance against Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) that he showed in the last round. He will have to increase his efficiency significantly to be victoriously against Arnaud Clement (France) or Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) in the quarter final.
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Hewitt has never shirked one, and early in yesterday's match against Kucera it seemed that his latest challenge had come earlier, and perhaps a little more threateningly, than expected. Hewitt took more than 20 minutes to win his first game, but about two hours later had won the match, to reach the Open's third round for the fourth time.
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The top-seeded Sampras had 13 aces in a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over No. 9 Karol Kucera, who had eliminated Andre Agassi a day earlier. Sampras will play defending champion Patrick Rafter in the semifinals.
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