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Article: Goran has aball in the graveyard.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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Byline: ALAN FRASER
NOT EVEN being dispatched to the 'graveyard of champions', as Court No 2 is known, could kill off Goran Ivanisevic.
His love affair with Wimbledon continued in dramatic fashion as he recovered from a deficit of two sets to one to record a hugely popular 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over promising Italian Filippo Volandri.
Ivanisevic threw his racket high into the crowd. It struck a steward on the head before being snapped up by an adoring fan.
The Croat then tore off his shirt to offer another souvenir of an emotional occasion to a different section of the crowd.
'I wanted to throw the chair and ...