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Copa AT&T - Buenos Aires, Argentina First Round Opponent was Atilla Savolt - Mariano defeated him 6-3 6-4 Sara report - M played really well!! 2nd round Coria won in three sets.
Last official match was 2001 Vina del Mar - Coria won in 3 sets
Coria won again in three sets. Sara report - it was a pretty bad day tennis wise...
First of all its been just like Wimbledon cold, wet
and windy... in fact windier than at w (at least you
expect it to be cold there)
As a result its been less than ideal conditions for
tennis...
Hopefully the weather will improve for the doubles....
There's a decent (Spanish) match report on the Official Page site above.
Mariano will be teaming up with Gaudio this week (to the delight of Egg and Corina!). Their first round match will be between Devin Bowen and Ashley Fisher. The other guys were meant to be seeded 4 - Mariano and Gaston took the first set easily; lost the second and then took all night (ok it seemed like all night when the scoreboard insisted on freezing up leaving Corina and I in suspense waiting for a result - subtle hint Sara!) to take the 3rd set TieBreak 8-6 to win the match 6-4 3-6 7-6 (6). The dynamic duo go on to round two to face the winner of Guga/Sa or LucasArnold/Nalbandian.
Sara report - The guys played really well Summary Mariano defeated No 2 Seed David Nalbandian 2-6 7-6 6-3 Coverage via the Auckland Site's Official "Zcam" (conveniently named!!) (this costs $14.95 but provides a constant feed from Centre Court - today's match more than paid for the fee....) The Match After a shakey start (losing the 1st set 2-6) Mariano broke Nalbandian straight away in set two; of course Nalbandian returned the favour; Mariano fought hard and successfully served to stay in the match twice in the second set and then took the tiebreaker. The third set was phenomenal; Nalbandian broke him and took the lead 1-3 (time to bite all the nails again) but Mariano then slipped into Top Gear and won the next 5 games forcing the No 2 Seed and Wimbledon Finalist to leave the tournament!!! Great Match Mariano - keep going... 2nd Round - Vince Spadea Auckland was hit by terrible rains on Wednesday; this completely wiped out play for the day. Mariano was scheduled to (hopefully) play 2 matches on Thursday. He easily defeated Vince Spadea and had to wait for his Qtr final opponent to be decided before playing him again Thursday. The rain returned instead and wiped out play for the rest of the day again. Mariano def Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-1 and will now play Guga in the Semis on Centre Court! - Zcam coverage will be available. The Guga Match - Guga won 6-3 6-3. This was a great match. Ok so Guga played very impressively, so did Mariano; the points and rallies were incredible; both players flew literally all over the court. This was the first time they had met in an official match; next time may not be so easy for the Brazilian! Best of Luck in Australia! Mariano starts off the new season in Adelaide in winning style!. Singles 1st round opponent was Alexander Waske; this was be their first (official) meeting. His 2nd round opponent was Dutch Guy Martin Verkerk; Mariano beat him in straight sets 6-4 6-4!
Nikolay Davydenko is Mariano's Quarter Final Opponent. Official Yahoo Argentina Report + Terrible English Translation Doubles 1st round opponents (with Alberto Martin) were Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett - Mariano and Albert beat them 6-4 2-6 6-4! - not bad - considering they are defending champions and were seeded (3) in the tournament!. Good Luck in Auckland next week!!
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Head to Head 1-0 Coria 
Doubles Action:
Auckland, New Zealand 6 January 2003
Mariano defeated Vince Spadea easily
Mariano then had a 2 day break before he could play his qtr final match due to torrential rain!
Mariano defeated Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-1
Guga beat him in the semis - but it was their first official match.
This was their first official ATP match. 
The Season 2003 has begun
Mariano easily disposed of Waske 6-1 6-4.
Ok so Davydenko won - but everyone agrees that this was a great start to the year! - Keep going!!!
Their 2nd Round opponents were Florint and Ljubicic. - F&L won.