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pic: looking dejected
pic: wipe sweat
pic: scratch head
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pic: return
pic: in action
ARTICLE Guccione stuns Ferrero in Sydney
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Chris Guccione, ranked 447th in the world, has pulled off a shock 6-3 7-6 win over French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Sydney international.
The 18-year-old upset the world number three and tournament top seed with a display of powerful serving, sending down 19 aces to seal only his third match win as a senior professional.
"When someone serves like that, there's nothing you can do," Spaniard Ferrero said on Tuesday. "I'm not disappointed because I don't think I played badly, he just served too well."
Guccione, who stands 1.98 metres tall, was a junior finalist at Wimbledon in 2003 and was rewarded for his performance with a job as orange boy, helping out the Australian team at last year's Davis Cup final with Spain.
Regarded as one of Australia's most promising junior players, he was given wildcard entry to both the Sydney international and the Australian Open, starting next week in Melbourne.
"That's the best match I've ever played," he told a news conference.
"I was really nervous for the first points but I was serving so well that I started to get a bit of confidence."
pic: stretch
pic: sweat
pic: backhand
--with watermarks--
pic: looking dejected
pic: wipe sweat
pic: scratch head
pic: another backhand
pic: return
pic: in action
ARTICLE Guccione stuns Ferrero in Sydney
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Chris Guccione, ranked 447th in the world, has pulled off a shock 6-3 7-6 win over French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Sydney international.
The 18-year-old upset the world number three and tournament top seed with a display of powerful serving, sending down 19 aces to seal only his third match win as a senior professional.
"When someone serves like that, there's nothing you can do," Spaniard Ferrero said on Tuesday. "I'm not disappointed because I don't think I played badly, he just served too well."
Guccione, who stands 1.98 metres tall, was a junior finalist at Wimbledon in 2003 and was rewarded for his performance with a job as orange boy, helping out the Australian team at last year's Davis Cup final with Spain.
Regarded as one of Australia's most promising junior players, he was given wildcard entry to both the Sydney international and the Australian Open, starting next week in Melbourne.
"That's the best match I've ever played," he told a news conference.
"I was really nervous for the first points but I was serving so well that I started to get a bit of confidence."
