US OPEN 2000

     Magüi had a very good performance in the US Open 2000, reaching the fourth round for the second time in her career. Here some reports after her matches.

    After defeating the South African Amanda Coetzer by 7-5 and 7-6 (7-3) in the third round .

   Serna Breaks Through

(www.usopen.org (01/09/2000))

    Spain's Magüi Serna advanced to the fourth round of the US Open for the second time in her career by defeating 13th-seeded Amanda Coetzer 7-5, 7-6 (3) Friday afternoon on Court 10. Serna overcame 58 unforced effors by hitting 37 winners while Coetzer finished the match with just 10 winners. The South African, who lost in the first round last year, was making her 12th appearance at the US Open.

    Her best result here was a quarterfinal finish in 1994, '96 and '98.
 

WET WINNER

(www.yahoo.com (02/09/00))

    Magüi Serna found a way to get on the CBS highlight show.

    The Spanish player made a bet with her coach, Stefan Ortega, that if she upset Amanda Coetzer in their third-round meeting Friday, she would run through the fountain at the Unisphere, a symbol of the 1964 World's Fair that is located near Arthur Ashe Stadium.

    She won 7-5, 7-6 (3), then got wet, making the highlight show for the first time.

 
After losing to the American Venus Williams by 2-6 and 2-6 in the fourth round.
 

Magüi lost to Venus Williams at the US Open

(Translation from Diario La Provincia (04/09/00))

    The Canarian tennis player, María Luisa Serna, finished yesterday night a good performance at the US Open, after losing to the third-seeded Venus Williams in their fourth round match. The match, which was delayed more than five hours, finished with a 6-2 and 6-2 for the American, who imposed her physical power and experience on the Louis Armstrong Court.

    Williams’ win began with a brilliant exit to the court, with a very fast 4-0 that could reduce the Canarian’s moral, who lost two consecutive serves.

    However, Magüi had a timid reaction to get a 4-2, but it was only a mirage, because Venus sentenced the set after 26 minutes, taking advantage from a better serve than the Canarian.

    The second and definitive set had a different beginning, but the same end. Williams broke first Magüi’s serve to lead the match, fact that influenced in Magüi’s performance.

    With a 5-2 for the American, the match was decided, and Magüi served trying to make the match longer. However, Venus Williams wasn’t determined to have the problems of the previous round and gripped her racket with energy to reach the following round as soon as possible, with a new 6-2, also in 26 minutes.

    Williams won 54 points (Magüi won 31), got four aces and Magüi didn’t get any and besides, she made many more unforced errors than her rival.