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Moya Blames Rain for Early Exit
By REUTERS
Filed at 12:01 p.m. ET
SOPOT, Poland (Reuters) - Second seed Carlos Moya slid out of the first round of the Polish Open Wednesday, blaming rain delays for his 7-6, 6-7, 7-5 loss to fellow Spaniard Albert Portas.
Heavy storms in the seaside resort of Sopot disrupted play Monday and Tuesday, leaving Moya saying a lack of practice had contributed to his defeat to Portas, ranked 85th in the ATP Tour Entry System, 81 places below Moya.
``I didn't adapt very well to the conditions. I was only able to practice for 20 minutes today and 15 minutes yesterday because of the rain,'' Moya told reporters.
``If it hadn't rained I would have had a bigger chance of winning.''
In another upset in the $570,000 men's tournament, Argentina's Mariano Puerta beat fifth-seeded Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-4, 6-0.
Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain had no such trouble, beating Polish wildcard Bartlomiej Dabrowski 6-3, 6-1.
In the $300,000 WTA women's event, favorites Anastasia Myskina of Russia and Switzerland's Patty Schnyder, who both had first round byes, posted second round wins.
Myskina beat Stefanie Gehrlein of Germany 6-3, 6-4, while Schnyder had to win a third set tiebreak to get past Silvija Talaja of Croatia 2-6, 6-3, 7-6.
By REUTERS
Filed at 12:01 p.m. ET
SOPOT, Poland (Reuters) - Second seed Carlos Moya slid out of the first round of the Polish Open Wednesday, blaming rain delays for his 7-6, 6-7, 7-5 loss to fellow Spaniard Albert Portas.
Heavy storms in the seaside resort of Sopot disrupted play Monday and Tuesday, leaving Moya saying a lack of practice had contributed to his defeat to Portas, ranked 85th in the ATP Tour Entry System, 81 places below Moya.
``I didn't adapt very well to the conditions. I was only able to practice for 20 minutes today and 15 minutes yesterday because of the rain,'' Moya told reporters.
``If it hadn't rained I would have had a bigger chance of winning.''
In another upset in the $570,000 men's tournament, Argentina's Mariano Puerta beat fifth-seeded Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-4, 6-0.
Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain had no such trouble, beating Polish wildcard Bartlomiej Dabrowski 6-3, 6-1.
In the $300,000 WTA women's event, favorites Anastasia Myskina of Russia and Switzerland's Patty Schnyder, who both had first round byes, posted second round wins.
Myskina beat Stefanie Gehrlein of Germany 6-3, 6-4, while Schnyder had to win a third set tiebreak to get past Silvija Talaja of Croatia 2-6, 6-3, 7-6.
