| Moodie Vanquishes Murray/Mirnyi |
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| Wednesday, 02 January 2008 17:40 |
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The Monte Carlo Tennis Academy’s Wesley Moodie has begun 2008 in style by reaching the doubles semifinals at the Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar. The South African teamed up with partner Jeff Coetzee to see off the newly-formed and much-hyped partnership of Max Mirnyi and Jamie Murray 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. It was an impressive victory for Moodie and Coetzee against opponents who had both won Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 2007. “We broke Mirnyi mid-way through the first set and held comfortably throughout,” said Moodie afterwards. “We played well on our service games and picked up our return games at the right times.” The win put Moodie and Coetzee into a semifinal clash with Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson. The Swedish pair saw off top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the quarterfinals. In the first round, Moodie and Coetzee defeated Nicolas Kiefer and Dmitry Tursunov. Moodie won through two rounds of singles qualifying, but lost out to Christophe Rochus in the final round. |
