PHOTOS From JC's 4-6, 4-6 second round defeat to Kevin Kim in the China Open.
pic: questioning himself
pic: ball toss
pic: forehand
pic: stretch
pic checking strings
pic: in dismay
pic: serve
pic: backhand
pic: disbelief
pic: walking off court
pic: post-match interview
pic: obviously upset =(
ARTICLE Ferrero Downed at China Open
BEIJING (Reuters) - Juan Carlos Ferrero became the second major casualty of the China Open on Thursday, the number two seed losing 6-4, 6-4 to American Kevin Kim in the second round.
Fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya, the top seed in Beijing, went out to French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round on Wednesday.
Like Moya, Ferrero played as if his mind was already on this month's Davis Cup semi-final against France, making a string of unforced errors against his 143rd-ranked opponent.
"Some days you lose," shrugged the former world number one, who has dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since May 2002 after an injury-troubled year.
"I don't know about Moya but I wasn't thinking about the Davis Cup. I had a lot of chances in the second set but I didn't make them and I lost the match. It happens."
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Spain take on France in their Davis Cup semi-final in Alicante from September 24 to 26.
pic: questioning himself
pic: ball toss
pic: forehand
pic: stretch
pic checking strings
pic: in dismay
pic: serve
pic: backhand
pic: disbelief
pic: walking off court
pic: post-match interview
pic: obviously upset =(
ARTICLE Ferrero Downed at China Open
BEIJING (Reuters) - Juan Carlos Ferrero became the second major casualty of the China Open on Thursday, the number two seed losing 6-4, 6-4 to American Kevin Kim in the second round.
Fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya, the top seed in Beijing, went out to French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round on Wednesday.
Like Moya, Ferrero played as if his mind was already on this month's Davis Cup semi-final against France, making a string of unforced errors against his 143rd-ranked opponent.
"Some days you lose," shrugged the former world number one, who has dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since May 2002 after an injury-troubled year.
"I don't know about Moya but I wasn't thinking about the Davis Cup. I had a lot of chances in the second set but I didn't make them and I lost the match. It happens."
[...]
Spain take on France in their Davis Cup semi-final in Alicante from September 24 to 26.
