Thursday, August 10, 2000
Rain delay rescues Kuerten
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Gustavo Kuerten
(AP photo)
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MASON — Fourth-seeded Gustavo Kuerten might have been saved by Wednesday's lengthy rain delay. Kuerten defeated 35-year-old Gianluca Pozzi 7-5, 6-3, though he might have retired during the first set if he had had to keep playing.
He called trainers to the court because he was ill.
“I don't know, I was just feeling bad, something strange, no breath,” Kuerten said. “Probably heat. I just started feeling dizzy. They tried to make me drink a lot. Maybe it was dehydration. ... Maybe I ate something bad, too.”
Kuerten led 5-4 in the first set when the match was delayed almost four hours. During that time, he drank more and slept.
“When I got back, I was feeling so much better,” he said.
Kuerten plays today against Stefan Koubek, who defeated Andrea Gaudenzi 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
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