VIDEO Highlights from JC's match against Pavel and a short clip from his post match interview. JC was asked whether or not he would change his game against Arazi because of his injury to which he responded "no." He feels that he should be fully recovered by his next match in 2 days.
>> low bandwidth
>> high bandwidth
ARTICLE Men's quarter-final preview
Juan Carlos Ferrero (3) v Hicham Arazi
A run of seven-straight losses in tournament play isn't the ideal preparation for the year's first Grand Slam but Juan Carlos Ferrero has bounced back in superb style at Melbourne Park. After not dropping a set against either Albert Montanes or Filippo Volandri, he progressed in four against Swede Joachim Johansson and Romanian Andrei Pavel. His biggest battle so far has been with a groin injury which has threatened to derail his campaign. The injury, a torn adductor muscle, cost him the second set against Pavel, but he continues to receive treatment.
The athletic Arazi is exactly the sort of opponent Ferrero wouldn't want to be facing in a Grand Slam quarter final under an injury cloud. Before his straight-sets demolition of Mark Philippoussis, the left-hander had shown little to suggest that he would trouble the tournament's top seeds. He defeated Frenchman Olivier Mutis in four and then was the beneficiary as Cyril Saulnier retired injured in the second round. He dropped the first set of his third-round match with Albert Costa but recovered to win in four and set up his match with Philippoussis.
Ferrero holds the edge 3-2 in their five clashes so far but each of those wins have come on clay, the most recent in the 2002 Davis Cup tie in Spain. Arazi has won both matches played on hard courts, in Cincinnati and Paris in 2001.
>> full article
>> low bandwidth
>> high bandwidth
ARTICLE Men's quarter-final preview
Juan Carlos Ferrero (3) v Hicham Arazi
A run of seven-straight losses in tournament play isn't the ideal preparation for the year's first Grand Slam but Juan Carlos Ferrero has bounced back in superb style at Melbourne Park. After not dropping a set against either Albert Montanes or Filippo Volandri, he progressed in four against Swede Joachim Johansson and Romanian Andrei Pavel. His biggest battle so far has been with a groin injury which has threatened to derail his campaign. The injury, a torn adductor muscle, cost him the second set against Pavel, but he continues to receive treatment.
The athletic Arazi is exactly the sort of opponent Ferrero wouldn't want to be facing in a Grand Slam quarter final under an injury cloud. Before his straight-sets demolition of Mark Philippoussis, the left-hander had shown little to suggest that he would trouble the tournament's top seeds. He defeated Frenchman Olivier Mutis in four and then was the beneficiary as Cyril Saulnier retired injured in the second round. He dropped the first set of his third-round match with Albert Costa but recovered to win in four and set up his match with Philippoussis.
Ferrero holds the edge 3-2 in their five clashes so far but each of those wins have come on clay, the most recent in the 2002 Davis Cup tie in Spain. Arazi has won both matches played on hard courts, in Cincinnati and Paris in 2001.
>> full article
