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Agassi Edges Hewitt for Top Spot

By Matthew Cronin
tennisreporters.net

The following top-10 encompasses results from the first quarter of 2003.

1. Andre Agassi: His sole loss of the year was to Thomas Enqvist in Scottsdale. Since he and Hewitt have been unable to locate each other this season and he has trounced the rest of the competition. Maybe the NASDAQ champ should challenge the undefeated Serena to a Battle of the Boldest.

2. Lleyton Hewitt: Too much yellowball in winning Scottsdale and Indian Wells led to a stomach virus and consequential loss to Clavet in Miami. Agassi is only 115 points behind the determined Aussie, who must step it up on clay.

3. Rainer Schuettler: This deadly serious, fleet-footed German may not be the life of the party off-court, but on court, he's having a bash yanking his foes out of position.

4. Carlos Moya: The Spanish vet says he's playing better than ever, but he's still lacking fire in big matches. Moya should have been able to take a set off Agassi in the NASDAQ final.

5. Gustavo Kuerten: If he stays healthy, there's a fair chance that the flying Brazilian will dominate the clay court season again.

6. Roger Federer: Do you sometimes get the feeling when you are watching Federer that he's a male Dementieva: magical when he's on, but painfully erratic when he's off?

7. Younes El Aynaoui: Huge first serve, bigger forehand and a whale of a heart, but elite players know how to pick on his backhand and are well aware that the Moroccan is mentally fragile in close matches.

8. Albert Costa: Excellent play in reaching the NASDAQ semis, then doesn't move up on the ball enough to threaten Agassi. Like Guga and Moya, this reigning Roland Garros champ should make major statements on dirt in the coming weeks.

9. Andy Roddick: In many ways, he's hanging on to this spot only because of his spectacular Australian Open and decent Memphis showings. The young Floridian was seriously disappointing at Indian Wells and Miami.

10. Robby Ginepri: Who would have though that this once weapon-less Georgian would have been the only American to reach the quarters at Indian Wells and Miami? Certainly not Robby when he was playing a Challenger in Hawaii in late January.

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