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Article: Goran goes to the wall // Wins marathon fifth set for a shot at Sampras
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 4, 1998
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WIMBLEDON, England Goran Ivanisevic was laughing and looking up
at the heavens when he first reached match point in his Wimbledon
semifinal Friday, his tongue hanging out and his head clearly in the
clouds. It was still midafternoon, the sun was bright, the crowd
restless and the second semifinal - Pete Sampras against England's
Tim Henman - seemed tantalizingly close.
Ninety minutes and 31 games later, his large body now casting a
late-afternoon shadow across the Centre Court baseline, Ivanisevic
dropped to his knees and screamed at those same heavens in relief.
After blowing a two-sets-to-none lead and squandering two match
points in the fourth set, Ivanisevic finally finished off No. ...
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September 2, 1990 ;
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... ... Gilbert said. Ivanisevic's problem was more ... play anymore," Ivanisevic said. "I gave him the fifth set. I don't know ... very stupidly," Ivanisevic said. "After he went up 2-0 in the fifth set, I wasn't trying ...
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