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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
NEW YORK, SEPT 3: Andre Agassi's supporting cast continued to dwindle at the US Open tennis championships here last night as eighth seed Carlos Moya retired injured in the second round.
Moya bowed out in the third set against France's Nicolas Escude with a strained lower back muscle, robbing the tournament of the last of last year's semi-finalists.
Mark Philippoussis, who finished runner-up to Rafter last year, withdrew before the tournament even started with a knee injury. Sampras departed without hitting a ball with a herniated disc and Rafter retired in the first round against Cedric Pioline with a torn rotator cuff.
Moya won the opening game of the third set before calling it quits with Escude leading 6-1, 6-4, 0-1. Moya said he had injections before the match to stave off pain that started first at the ATP tour event in Commack last week. ``I wanted to try,'' Moya said. ``But after the second set I saw that it was no point to keep playing.''
Two other seeds remained in Agassi's quarter. Number 10Marcelo Rios of Chile advanced to the third round with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Swiss qualifier George Bastl, and 15th-seeded German Nicolas Kiefer defeated compatriot Michael Kohlmann 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Agassi created all the drama in his 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 second-round victory over supporting player Axel Pretzsch.
US Open Results
How the seeds fared
Men singles (2nd round): 2-Andre Agassi (US) bt Axel Pretzsch (German) 6-3 6-2 6-1; Nicolas Escude (France) bt 8-Carlos Moya (Spain) 6-1 6-4 0-1 (retired); 10-Marcelo Rios (Chile) bt George Bastl (Swiss) 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3; 12-Richard Krajicek (Ned) bt Lorenzo Manta (Swiss) 6-2 6-4 6-1; 15-Nicolas Kiefer (German) bt Michael Kohlmann (German) 6-3 6-2 6-2.
Women singles (2nd round): 2-Lindsay Davenport (US) bt Ruxandra Dragomir (Rom) 6-0 6-2; 4-Monica Seles (US) bt Silvia Farina (Italy) 6-2 6-3; 5-Mary Pierce (France) bt Gala Leon Garcia (Spain) 6-2 6-3; 7-Serena Williams (US) bt Jelena Kostanic (Croat) 6-4 6-2; 9-Julie Halard-Decugis (France) btFang Li (China) 6-2 6-4; 11-Nathalie Tauziat (France) bt Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo (Spain) 7-5 4-6 6-1; Magui Serna (Spain) bt 14-Sandrine Testud (France) 6-3 6-3; 16-Conchita Martinez (Spain) bt Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (France) 6-0 6-0.
Other second round results
Men singles: Vincent Spadea (US) bt Guillermo Canas (Arg) 7-5 7-6 (3) 5-7 3-6 6-3; Laurence Tieleman (Italy) bt Galo Blanco (Spain) 6-4 6-3 6-3; John van Lottum (Ned) bt Ivan Ljublcic (Croat) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 7-6 (5); Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 6-2 6-4 6-7 (5) 6-4; Andrei Medvedev (Ukr) bt Sebastien Lareau (Can) 6-4 6-1 6-0; Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Cecil Mamiit (US) 3-6 6-3 6-7 (4) 7-6 (6) 6-2; Jan Kroslak (Slovak) bt Paul Goldstein (US) 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-3; Arnaud Clement (France) bt Michael Chang (US) 6-3 6-3 6-4; Justin Gimelstob (US) bt Daniel Vacek (Czech) 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-3.
Women singles: Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Adriana Gersi (Czech) 6-3 6-2; Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 4-6 6-3 6-1; JenniferCapriati (US) bt Seda Noorlander (Ned) 5-7 6-1 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (Jap) bt Karina Habsudova (Slovak) 6-2 4-6 7-5; Angeles Montolio (Spain) bt Paola Suarez (Arg) 7-6 (5) 6-2; Sabine Appelmans (Bel) bt Samantha Reeves (US) 6-4 6-7 (5) 6-3; Amelie Cocheteux (France) bt Sylvia Plischke (Aut) 6-3 4-6 6-3; Amy Frazier (US) bt Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 6-2 6-4.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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