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	rediff.com sports: Costa steps from shadows to Grand Slam glory
		It was a day on which Costa could hardly miss and one which he will remember for the rest of his life as he joined a list of Spanish heroes who have made the French Centre Court their own.
		Generous and softly spoken off the court, Costa was a tyrant on it, cruelly shredding Ferrero's hopes with razor-sharp groundstrokes and pinpoint serving.
		Ferrero -- surely a champion in waiting -- was gracious in defeat, but did say he had been hampered by a niggling injury.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/jun/10costa.htm (698 words)

	ESPN.com - French Open 2002 - Costa dominates Ferrero early
		Costa won the French Open on Sunday, using steady tennis and benefitting from the error-filled play of fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero for a 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 victory.
		The 22-year-old Ferrero was playing for just the third time at Roland Garros and made the semifinals in his first two tries, but he made 60 unforced errors to only 48 for Costa.
		Costa hit an ace to hold his serve for a 2-1 lead and then breezed, twice breaking his younger opponent's serve.
	espn.go.com /tennis/french02/s/2002/0609/1392715.html (752 words)

	Costa finally wins at all-Spanish final (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With Ferrero out of synch — he complained later about ankle, abdomen and leg injuries — Costa pounced, stepping in from the baseline to whip strokes at severe angles that sent his opponent nearly into the courtside geraniums to retrieve balls.
		On Sunday, Costa was strong from the baseline, won the point on 81 percent of his trips to the net, and caught Ferrero off-guard with seven drop shots.
		The 11th-seeded Ferrero, who lost to champion Gustavo Kuerten in the semifinals the past two years, was so out of sorts against Costa that he went to the wrong side of the court to start the third set.
	www.reddingemployment.com /newsarchive/20020610sppro230.shtml (788 words)

	Sports: Costa finds his moment at French
		This final was supposed to be Ferrero's coronation as the prince of Spanish tennis; instead, he had been completely embarrassed 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 and his eyes burned with the kind of enraged impatience a 22-year-old can manufacture.
		When Costa walked onto the court Sunday, he looked as comfortable as if he were on the red courts of his native Lerida.
		Ferrero, also playing in his first final, was stiff and unfocused to start, and after the players returned from an early 25-minute rain delay, he fell apart.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/06/10/Sports/Costa_finds_his_momen.shtml (803 words)

	FRENCH OPEN TENNIS : A hard day's work in Paris
		When Costa's last shot of the day — a deft backhand drop volley — cleared the net and bounced twice before Tommy Robredo could reach it, he threw his arms in the air, spun and dropped to the clay, exhausted and overwhelmed.
		We believe Costa now, and to be honest, we believed him already after the first round when he erased a two-set deficit and a 1-4 deficit in the third set to beat the Argentine lucky loser Sergio Roitman.
		Costa has reached the same stage of this tournament now, and there will be no rest for the weary, because he faces Ferrero on Friday.
	www.iht.com /articles/2003/06/06/tennis_0.php (970 words)

	Costa humbles Ferrero to win French Open -DAWN - Sport; June 10, 2002
		Costa, who has not won a tournament for the past three years, was far more focused and consistent in the first two sets and never let his young opponent into the match.
		Ferrero continued to spray his shots in the next game, even sending a couple of returns into the stands, but he managed to hold serve and earn a break point in the next game.
		Costa is the lowest seed ever to have won a Grand Slam title under the new system which was introduced at Wimbledon last year.
	www.dawn.com /2002/06/10/spt1.htm (708 words)

	NEWS 06/23/00
		Alex Corretja, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Albert Costa and Juan Balcells were today named to Spain's Davis Cup team that will face the United States in the 2000 Davis Cup by NEC semifinal, held July 21-23 in Santander, Spain.
		Ferrero, 20, was a semifinalist at the 2000 French Open, where he was defeated in five sets by eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil.
		Costa, who will turn 25 on June 25, was also a quarterfinalist at the 2000 French Open and has won 11 ATP Tour singles titles.
	www.angelfire.com /art/mosquito/news/news062300.html (464 words)

	Ferrero, Costa to meet in all-Spanish final: 6/9/02
		Ferrero has come close in the previous two years, losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten.
		Costa won a three-setter against Ferrero on clay at Hamburg, Germany, last month and they are 2-2 in head-to-heads.
		When the final is over Sunday, Costa or Ferrero will be the eighth man to win in the last eight Grand Slam tournaments.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-02/06-09-02/e04sp143.htm (567 words)

	JUAN CARLOS FERRERO: MOSQUITO SEASON IS AGAIN UPON US
		After freezing against Albert Costa in the final last year, the 2003 version of Ferrero appears to be more hardened and ready to take the next step toward super stardom and grand slam immortality.
		With soccer was out of the picture, it was not soon after that Ferrero met up with tennis teacher Antonio Martinez, who asked the 11-year-old to train with him at his Esquelite tennis center in Villena, a short 20-mile drive from his family in Onteniente.
		Ferrero followed up his rookie performance by reaching finals in Dubai and Barcelona and the semifinals at Roland Garros, leapfrogging to No. 12 by the end of 2000.
	www.tennis-x.com /story/2003-05-05/c.php (1823 words)

	BBC SPORT \| TENNIS \| Juan Carlos Ferrero
		Ferrero first made an impression on the ATP tour in 1999 when he won his first title aged just 19.
		Ferrero's time at Roland Garros looked to have come this year when he beat Andre Agassi and Marat Safin on the way to his first Grand Slam final.
		Ferrero was also the key member of the Spanish team which won the Davis Cup for the first time in 2000, beating Pat Rafter and then Lleyton Hewitt to clinch the tie.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/tennis/1595528.stm (214 words)

	USATODAY.com - Costa rolls past Ferrero in French Open final (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By Michel Euler, AP Albert Costa fires a backhand return to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero during their French Open final match.
		On Sunday, Costa was strong from the baseline, won the point on 81% of his trips to the net, and caught Ferrero off-guard with seven drop shots.
		The players reverted to form in the fourth set: Ferrero rushing, and Costa reading his opponent's shots as though he were stealing signs.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/02french/2002-06-09-mens-final.htm (968 words)

	Juan Carlos Ferrero \|\| Juanqui.net \|\| A Juan Carlos Ferrero website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ferrero's breakthrough win in Paris means the "little kid" is now well and truly becoming an adult in the sporting world.
		Ferrero has little to fear with very good head-to-head records with the best players in the world.
		After making the 2002 Masters Cup final (blasting out Agassi and Carlos Moya along the way) in November, Ferrero was also in the championship match of the Sydney International and a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in January.
	www.juanqui.net /articles/130603.php (926 words)

	tennisreporters.net
		Ferrero, as the champion of Monte Carlo, was the obvious favorite going into the match but he has been struggling with a collection of injuries since the tournament began.
		Costa was, admittedly, playing good solid stuff on the other side of the net and was not showing a trace of nerves, but Ferrero was awful.
		The most exciting thing the ATP could find to say about him in their media guide is that he is not related to Carlos Costa.
	www.tennisreporters.net /commentary_AC_060902.html (915 words)

	Alex Corretja, Albert Costa, Andy Murray, ATP Tour, TENNIS - CBS SportsLine.com
		Ferrero defeated Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-1, 6-2, and Costa beat American Vincent Spadea 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-1.
		Ferrero and Costa were among eight Spaniards to win on the opening day.
		Costa, the former French Open champion, announced his 14th straight appearance at Real Club would be his last.
	cbs.sportsline.com /tennis/story/9393231/rss (438 words)

	The Hindu : Maiden Grand Slam title for Costa
		But Ferrero broke Costa in the 10th game, when Costa missed a drop shot, to capture the third 6-4, but Costa wrapped up the match in the fourth set by winning it 6-3 on a cool day at Roland Garros.
		Costa, who will turn 27 later this month and is scheduled to be married on Friday, is competing in his ninth straight French Open.
		Ferrero, 22, is playing for just the third time at Roland Garros and made the semifinals in his first two tries.
	www.hindu.com /2002/06/10/stories/2002061004641900.htm (419 words)

	ESPN.com - French Open 2002 - Ferrero ready to party; Costa serious
		It'll be the first Grand Slam final for both Ferrero and Costa, who are friends and are tied 2-2 in previous matches.
		Ferrero, seeded No. 11, had little trouble in his semifinal against a temperamental and inconsistent Marat Safin, beating the Russian 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
		Their 3-hour, 10-minute semifinal ended with Costa tripping and falling as he chased down a backhander by Corretja that went wide.
	espn.go.com /tennis/french02/s/2002/0608/1392423.html (564 words)

	BBC SPORT \| TENNIS \| Spanish fiesta in Hamburg
		Juan Carlos Ferrero swept aside Thomas Johansson 6-2 6-2 at the Hamburg Masters on Friday to set up an all-Spanish semi-final with Albert Costa.
		Ferrero is aiming to become the first player to win the Rome and Hamburg tournaments in the same season for 29 years.
		Ferrero's frail physique has taken a pounding in the last few weeks - he has won 15 consecutive matches on clay - and fatigue looks to be setting in.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/tennis/1338584.stm (431 words)

	Costa to face Ferrero in French Open semis - Jun. 05, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Costa, who became the first man to survive four five-set contests at one Grand Slam event, says he is now at the top of his form having come here on the back of 22 winless events, stretching back to last year's trophy match.
		Ferrero also found Gonzalez 'going for it' in his match, aside from a first and third set which the Spaniard raced through.
		Those statistics counted for nothing as Costa began his long road back, breaking for a 5-4 lead in the third set when Robredo netted a forehand and the champion took the set by holding when his rival netted again.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2003/jun/05/spo_6-1.htm (590 words)

	Sports: Just call Costa a comeback king
		PARIS - Albert Costa was as cool as his rackets in the courtside fridge after double-faulting to give Tommy Robredo a two-set lead in the French Open quarterfinals.
		His opponent Friday is a friend, countryman and the man he beat in the 2002 final: Juan Carlos Ferrero.
		Costa rallied from two sets down against Sergio Roitman in the first round and Nicolas Lapentti in the third and also went five sets against Radek Stepanek.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/06/05/Sports/Just_call_Costa_a_com.shtml (558 words)

	Costa ends career with loss in Barcelona - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Former French Open champion Albert Costa's career ended Thursday with a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 loss to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round of the Open Seat Godo.
		Spanish tennis player Albert Costa reacts after winning a point against Juan Carlos Ferrero, from Spain, at the Open Seat Godo 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 27, 2006.
		BARCELONA, Spain --Former French Open champion Albert Costa's career ended Thursday with a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 loss to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round of the Open Seat Godo.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2006/04/27/costa_ends_career_with_loss_in_barcelona (201 words)

	Agustin Calleri, Albert Costa, Alberto Martin, TENNIS - CBS SportsLine.com
		Ferrero, seeded 10th, defeated fellow Spaniard Alberto Martin 6-4, 7-6 (7-1); sixth-seeded Robredo beat Italy's Potito Starace 6-4, 6-0; and Costa upset eighth-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia 6-3, 7-5.
		Costa set up a showdown with Ferrero, their first since the 2003 French Open semifinals when Ferrero prevailed.
		Costa beat Ferrero en route to his 2002 French Open crown, and Ferrero won their semi when he claimed his only Barcelona title.
	cbs.sportsline.com /tennis/story/9398731/rss (490 words)

	One Year Ago on the ATP: - WTAworld.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was a most impressive display of clay-court tennis, with Ferrero showing accuracy and variety and a willingness to use the whole court.
		Moya kept it close for a set, and Ferrero had a brief lapse at the start of the third, but except for that, it was all Ferrero....
		Carlos Moya is perhaps not in Ferrero's league these days, but he too seems to be getting back toward the form that once took him to #1 in the world." The only seeming error in that assessment was the comparison of Moya and Ferrero.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=63662 (4065 words)

	Ferrero sets all-Spanish showdown with Costa -DAWN - Sport; June 8, 2002
		Costa needed to settle his nerves before closing out an emotional 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over good friend Alex Corretja to take his place in the first Grand Slam finale of his nearly decade-long career.
		Ferrero was clinical in his dismantling of the game of Safin, whose form can exploded into either brilliance or mediocrity at any moment.
		Costa took his victory over Corretja, a finalist in 1998 and 2001, in three hours, 10 minutes.
	www.dawn.com /2002/06/08/spt1.htm (786 words)

	CNN.com - Spain recall Costa to Davis squad - Feb 18, 2005
		Costa was a member of the team that won the Davis Cup for the first time in Barcelona in 2000, but was dropped ahead of the 2003 final against Australia.
		Ferrero and Robredo asked to be left out of the first round tie in order to regain their form after injury.
		"Ferrero wanted to regain his ranking and form by playing tournaments, while Tommy is still trying to recover his form after his shoulder injury," said Avedano.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/02/18/tennis.costa (296 words)

	If I were Juan Carlos Ferrero - Talk Tennis
		Ferrero is just getting back into his stride from his injury he still played very well today.
		Seeing Ferrero recently he has alot less power, I know he's a pro and it's all in the strokes but he just doesn't have the punch that he used to work people around with.
		I bet that flex-point he uses is the closest thing to the POG longbody, but he might do what Costa did and just say the hell with the endorsement and play the POG again.
	tt.tennis-warehouse.com /showthread.php?t=34453 (767 words)

	Outsports Tennis: French Superlatives
		Costa not only stood firm against Juan Carlos Ferrero’s psychotic fugue of a performance in the final, which was truly a feat, but also beat both of last year’s finalists, Gustavo Kuerten and Alex Corretja, and one of the ATP tour’s most promising stars, Guillermo Canas, en route to the championship match.
		Juan Carlos Ferrero, for the raw, vulnerable vocal efforts he produced out of desperation in the men’s final.
		The B Man: Although Albert Costa’s inside-out forehand was truly a thing of beauty in the men’s final, Guillermo Canas is the very definition of explosive off both sides—forehand and backhand…just ask Carlos Moya.
	www.outsports.com /tennis/2002/frenchsuperlatives.htm (1616 words)

	MensTennisForums.com - The Juan Carlos Ferrero Cheering Thread
		Juan Carlos Ferrero can win in China - he proved that earlier this year when he defeated Carlos Moya to capture the title in Hong Kong, his second win of 2002.
		Over the last two years, the 22-year-old Ferrero has firmly established himself as the No. 1 player in Spain, no small feat in a nation that has become one the sport's greatest powerhouses.
		Ferrero got off to a slow start in 2002, withdrawing from the Australian Open with a knee injury and then starting out with just a 7-8 record.
	www.menstennisforums.com /printthread.php?t=2721 (492 words)

	Costa ends career with defeat to Ferrero
		Former French Open champion Albert Costa bowed out of professional tennis on Thursday with a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 defeat to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round of the Barcelona Open.
		After a one-sided first set Costa battled back to level the match but Ferrero gained the vital break in the 11th game of the decider and served out for victory.
		The 30-year-old Costa, who received a standing ovation, won 12 career titles, beating Ferrero to win the French Open title in 2002.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2006/apr/27costa.htm (247 words)

	IFEX :: SPUR CALLS FOR PRESS LAW REFORMS IN COSTA RICA, PERU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the wake of the recent charges laid against journalists in Costa Rica and Peru under the countries' respective defamation laws, World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC), the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS), and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) are renewing their call for such laws to be dropped.
		On 24 January, a Costa Rican court imposed large fines on journalist Mauricio Herrera Ulloa and the daily "La Nación" for articles they published about a diplomat's activities in Europe, states IAPA.
		He was charged with contempt of President Valentín Paniagua, Attorney General Nelly Calderón, and President of Congress Carlos Ferrero Costa.
	www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/28081 (513 words)

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