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Gaudio's backhand in these videos fires me up to want to go hit the ball for a few hours... there is one point where hewitt is actually pushing gaudio around, and gaston just rips a cross court winner whilst sliding backwards and to the left... respekt...

this match broke my heart at the time that it happened... but, you can see why he won the title... i mean... i felt hewitt was a big contender that year...

watching this match also makes you wonder about what factors went in to making gaudio play this way... for all the self loathing and berating, his form betrays what is really going on... you wonder what sort of emotional state he is in when produces a show like this and how he got to feel like that...