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Chang feels pain of lopsided loss to Wozniacki
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September 4, 2010, Saturday
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CHINESE Taipei's Chang Kai-chen advanced in the US Open and wound up with a difficult matchup in the second round -- top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, the woman Chang calls "a wall."
Indeed, everything came back during 47 ugly minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Chang found herself on the wrong end of the worst kind of defeat -- 6-0, 6-0.
"I'm pretty disappointed, but not embarrassed," Chang said. "I know it's in front of a lot of people and on TV and stuff. But things happen."
Denmark's Wozniacki, a finalist last year at Flushing Meadows, won 52 points to 24 for Chang, but the most telling numbers were these: Wozniacki won despite only hitting seven winners. She also made only 12 unforced errors.
"She just doesn't give up many points or make many mistakes," Chang said. "She's a wall."
Lest she feel too bad, she should know that Wozniacki has lost a grand total of two games in her first two matches. "I've been playing really great tennis," Wozniacki said. "I'm feeling good, so no worries."
Chang figured she shouldn't worry about it too much, either. Best to simply put it behind her. Her mother came over from Taipei to share in the US Open experience.
Pretty ugly match
"She saw a pretty ugly match," Chang said, "but I'm happy she's here with me."
On the men's court, Frenchman Richard Gasquet's convincing win over No. 6 seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia left some people wondering if the winner was really that good, or the loser was really that bad.
Davydenko knew where he stood. "I didn't play so good, so I can't even tell you how he played," the Russian said after a 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 loss that was stunning mostly because of its thoroughness.
Some statistics might help solve the mystery: Gasquet hit 30 winners against 21 unforced errors while Davydenko had 23 winners and 32 unforced errors. "All he had to do was hit the ball back to me a few times and I make a mistake and he wins the point," Davydenko said.
The Russian complained about his rackets, his strings, the weather. He missed 11 weeks earlier this year after breaking his left wrist, but said his problems went deeper than that.
"I don't know if it's the problem is with my wrist, or the problem is with my head," he said.
Indeed, everything came back during 47 ugly minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Chang found herself on the wrong end of the worst kind of defeat -- 6-0, 6-0.
"I'm pretty disappointed, but not embarrassed," Chang said. "I know it's in front of a lot of people and on TV and stuff. But things happen."
Denmark's Wozniacki, a finalist last year at Flushing Meadows, won 52 points to 24 for Chang, but the most telling numbers were these: Wozniacki won despite only hitting seven winners. She also made only 12 unforced errors.
"She just doesn't give up many points or make many mistakes," Chang said. "She's a wall."
Lest she feel too bad, she should know that Wozniacki has lost a grand total of two games in her first two matches. "I've been playing really great tennis," Wozniacki said. "I'm feeling good, so no worries."
Chang figured she shouldn't worry about it too much, either. Best to simply put it behind her. Her mother came over from Taipei to share in the US Open experience.
Pretty ugly match
"She saw a pretty ugly match," Chang said, "but I'm happy she's here with me."
On the men's court, Frenchman Richard Gasquet's convincing win over No. 6 seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia left some people wondering if the winner was really that good, or the loser was really that bad.
Davydenko knew where he stood. "I didn't play so good, so I can't even tell you how he played," the Russian said after a 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 loss that was stunning mostly because of its thoroughness.
Some statistics might help solve the mystery: Gasquet hit 30 winners against 21 unforced errors while Davydenko had 23 winners and 32 unforced errors. "All he had to do was hit the ball back to me a few times and I make a mistake and he wins the point," Davydenko said.
The Russian complained about his rackets, his strings, the weather. He missed 11 weeks earlier this year after breaking his left wrist, but said his problems went deeper than that.
"I don't know if it's the problem is with my wrist, or the problem is with my head," he said.
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