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WIMBLEDON NO. 5 SEED SAFIN BEATEN BY ENQVIST AT BOODLESACE GROUP PRESS RELEASE, 17/06/05ACE GROUP PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELONDON 16 JUNE 2005WIMBLEDON NO. 5 SEED SAFIN BEATEN BY ENQVIST AT BOODLESMARAT SAFIN AND PAT CASH MADE THEIR DEBUT APPEARANCES AT THE BOODLES CHALLENGE TODAY AT STOKE PARK CLUB. DAVID NALBANDIAN, THE WIMBLEDON NO.18 SEED BEAT PAT CASH IN STRAIGHT SETS, IN AN ENTERTAINING EXHIBITION MATCH. NEXT ON COURT AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION MARAT SAFIN WAS BEATEN BY SWEDE THOMAS ENQVIST 6-3, 7-6. SAFIN WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH A SLIGHT INJURY IN RECENT WEEKS, HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIS INJURY WORRIES AHEAD OF WIMBLEDON:‘THE KNEE HAS BEEN TROUBLING ME FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I AM ALREADY 25, SO I HAD BETTER START TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.’COMMENTING ON HIS DEBUT AT THE BOODLES CHALLENGE:‘THE COURT IS PRETTY FAST, NO BAD BOUNCES AND IT’S PRETTY SIMILAR TO WIMBLEDON.’IN THE FIRST MATCH OF THE DAY FERNANDO GONZALEZ CONTINUED HIS GOOD FORM THIS WEEK, WITH ANOTHER CONVINCING WIN OVER NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO. DAVYDENKO REPLACED JOACHIM JOHANSSON WHO UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO PULL OUT WITH A VIRAL INFECTION. GONZALEZ HAS WON ALL OF HIS MATCHES THIS WEEK AT STOKE PARK CLUB, AND WAS UPBEAT ABOUT HIS WIMBLEDON CHANCES:‘I LOST TO KARLOVIC LAST WEEK, BUT HERE EVERYDAY I HAVE GOT BETTER, AND I HOPE FOR A GOOD COUPLE OF WEEKS AT WIMBLEDON’RESULTS THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2005FERNANDO GONZALEZ (CHI) BT NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO (RUS) 6-3, 6-2EXHIBITION:DAVID NALBANDIAN (ARG) BT PAT CASH (AUS) 7-6, 6-1QUARTER FINAL:THOMAS ENQVIST (SWE) BT MARAT SAFIN (RUS) 6-3, 6-4ORDER OF PLAY FRIDAY 17 JUNE 20052.15PM – EXHIBITION:K. ULLYETT (ZIM) / W. BLACK (ZIM)VB. BRYAN (USA) / M. BRYAN (USA)FOLLOWED BY – SEMI-FINAL:G. RUSEDSKI (GBR)VT. ENQVIST (SWE)
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