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Capriati comes back American upsets No. 16 seed Van Roost
Posted: Tuesday June 27, 2000 02:18 PM
LONDON (Reuters) -- Dominique van Roost, the woman who had the distinction of beating world number two Lindsay Davenport twice in a month, met her match in another American, Jennifer Capriati, at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Capriati, once the wonderchild of women's tennis, beat the 16th-seeded Belgian 6-2, 6-4 in a first-round match which featured injuries to both players. "It feels great," said Capriati, who reached number six in the world in 1991 before troubles in her private life took her away from the tennis court. "I'm feeling better about my game and my level of fitness." Capriati received medical treatment on court one during the first set and said afterwards she would be seeing a physiotherapist again because of a groin problem. "I don't think it is anything that serious," the 24-year-old American said. Van Roost had injury worries of her own. The world number 15, who looked tentative on court, summoned the official trainer for treatment on her right leg after the fifth game of the second set. She went on to give Capriati breakpoint with a double fault and surrendered the final game to love as the American sealed the match in 87 minutes. Van Roost beat defending Wimbledon champion Davenport in the first round of the French Open and then again on her way to winning the Eastbourne grasscourt title last week. She had played little in the early part of this year because of the ill health of her mother, who died in March. Capriati set a string of records as a teenager, including becoming the youngest Grand Slam finalist, at Roland Garros in 1990, and the youngest Wimbledon seed in history the same year at the age of 14. But her career took a nosedive after she was cautioned by police in the United States for shoplifting and also faced allegations of drug possession. A more mature Capriati climbed back to 12th in the world earlier this year and is currently at 16. Her father Stefano, who was the driving force of her teenage years, is also back at her side after her split with coach Harold Solomon. "I think my dad is the perfect person for right now," Capriati said. "It helps that I am older and I have got my own thing going. I am not a little baby."
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