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    Sargsian survives against Massu
    By THE JOURNAL NEWS

    The Journal News.com, NY
    Sept 3 2004

    It took Sargis Sargsian 5 hours and 10 minutes to beat No. 10 Nicolas
    Massu 6-7 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, the second-longest match in
    U.S. Open history. The first set alone lasted 83 minutes. Michael
    Chang and Stefan Edberg hold the record with their 5:26 match in the
    1992 Open. ... In a matchup between two Grand Slam winners, 2002
    Australian Open champ Thomas Johansson defeated this year's French
    Open winner, No. 9 Gaston Gaudio, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. 2004 French
    Open winner Anastasia Myskina also was eliminated yesterday. ...
    Louis Armstrong Stadium was filled to capacity while Maria Sharapova
    and Jelena Jankovic were still warming up for their second-round
    match. Latecomers were turned away. Sharapova needed 2:07 to defeat
    Jankovic, the same amount of time she needed to win her first-round
    match. It's probably just a coincidence. ... How hard is it to
    complete a calendar-year Grand Slam? Consider this: Eleven horses
    have won the Triple Crown, but only five tennis players have won the
    Big Four in a calendar year, including Rod Laver, who did it twice.
    ... American Mardy Fish lost to Michal Tabara 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3,
    6-3, and failed to advance past the second round for the fifth time
    in as many U.S. Open appearances. Fish, however, did hit a home run
    when he took batting practice at Shea Stadium on Wednesday. Tabara
    advanced to the third round despite being out-aced 54-9 in his first
    two matches. ... Playing in her 13th U.S. Open, Chanda Rubin advanced
    to the third round with a straight-set win over Antonella Serra
    Zanetti. Rubin, 28, has made it to the third round in four of her
    last five U.S. Opens, but has never made it past the fourth round.
    ... Eight of the 15 Russian women have advanced to the third round.
    ... No. 5 Tim Henman turns 30 on Monday. "It doesn't seem quite right
    to me," he said. ... Gov. Olene S. Walker of Utah showed up for the
    day session Wednesday. "Arrested Development" star Jason Bateman
    watched the night session. ... You know you're getting old when your
    third-round opponent is young enough to list you as a tennis idol.
    Eighteen-year-old Vera Douchevina faces her role model, No. 8
    Jennifer Capriati, in the third round today.
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