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SAP Open Sunday Tennis Results |
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SAP OPEN
San Jose, U.S.A.
RESULTS - SUNDAY, 17 FEBRUARY, 2013
Singles - Final
[1] M Raonic (CAN)
d [4] T Haas (GER) 64 63
Doubles - Final
[4] X Malisse (BEL) /
F Moser (GER) d [WC] L Hewitt (AUS) / M Matosevic (AUS)
60 67(5) 10-4
SUNDAY REVIEW – RAONIC CLINCHES THREE-PEAT;
MALISSE/MOSER TRIUMPH
• World No. 13 Milos Raonic won his fourth ATP World
Tour title. He won all 39 of his service games this
week, facing just one break point.
• Raonic
became the first player to win three straight Bay Area
tournament titles in the Open Era (since 1968) and the
first since Tony Trabert from 1953-55.
• During
his three-year run at the event, Raonic won all 24 sets
he played.
• Xavier Malisse and Frank Moser
captured their first team title. Malisse successfully
retained the crown, while Moser collected his first ATP
World Tour trophy.
• This was the final edition of
the SAP Open. The tournament ran for 125 years since its
inception in 1889.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Milos Raonic: “It’s pretty awesome. It’s
pretty special. It’s more than just the trophies that I
have. It’s the little things that come with it. There
was always the maple syrup story. The San Jose Sharks
jersey. It all means a lot. With this event, that has
had so many great champions, it’s pretty special. To
sort of one-up it and three-peat is pretty awesome.”
On the improvement of his all-around game:
“Today, I’m more of a complete player. I was able to put
pressure on him in most of his service games. I was able
to hold quite handily, which I’ve shown I can do in the
past. I was able to create pressure every game. It
wasn’t just one game. I was getting to a lot of deuce
games.”
Tommy Haas: “There was nothing I could
have done. I didn’t play a bad match. I just came up
against a guy who played phenomenal tennis today. He
didn’t give me any looks on his serve. All the credit to
him for that. He served extremely well. He has a lot of
confidence. He took risks when he had to and got
rewarded for it. That’s his game and that’s what makes
him so tough.”
Xavier Malisse: “We couldn't do anything
wrong until 4-0 in the second set. Everything was going
well. I knew it was an important game when I lost my
serve. They started playing better and making a lot of
returns. Luck turned a little bit to their side, so it
can go quickly. But we fought hard. I’ve had some good
times here, so it’s been a nice ride.”
Frank Moser: “It feels so nice. I was
having so much fun playing with Xavier. I'm just really
happy. I lost three times [in a final before] and I
didn't want to lose another one.”
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