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 THE opening day of the U.S. Open was a celebration
of comebacks.Corina Morariu returned to Grand Slam action less
than 18 months after starting treatment for leukemia and did
what she could to keep top-seeded Serena Williams off-balance
in their first-round match Monday before falling 6-2,
6-3.Lindsay Davenport, the player many consider the most
capable of challenging the Williams sisters’ dominance, wasn’t
given much of a test in her first major tournament match since
right knee surgery in January. She beat Eva Dyrberg of Denmark
6-2, 6-1.Others advancing were fifth-seeded Jelena Dokic, No.
8 Justine Henin, and 2000 semifinalist Elena Dementieva.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Andre Agassi wrapped up Monday’s
action by beating Robby Ginepri 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.Michael Chang,
who has struggled to regain his form of years past, reached
the second round with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 victory over
Spanish veteran Francisco Clavet.Chang broke his 33-year-old
opponent seven times as he overcame 60 unforced errors to
prevail in just over three hours. It was Chang’s first win
over Clavet since 1997 after losing their two previous
meetings, both on clay.Men’s winners included fourth-seeded
Yevgeny Kafelnikov, French Open winner Albert Costa, No. 13
Roger Federer, and No. 25 James Blake.And Anna Kournikova had
a whopping 40 unforced errors — nearly one per minute — in a
6-3, 6-0 loss to Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia. Widjaja
didn’t have a single forehand or backhand
winner.(SD-Agencies)
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