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Capriati plays on American reaches fourth round at Wimbledon
Posted: Saturday July 01, 2000 11:50 AM
LONDON (Reuters) -- Jennifer Capriati lost her temper with Wimbledon officials in the first set of her fourth round match on Saturday, and that inspired her to a 7-6, 6-0 defeat of Indonesian Yayuk Basuki. The American first complained about music wafting out of Centre Court as a band practiced for a celebration parade for former champions and then shouted at a lineswoman. "[The music] shows they're really not thinking about other players out there trying to win and do their best," Capriati said after the match on court three. "I think maybe they could choose another time to do that kind of thing." The umpire warned Capriati to "watch what I say" after the lineswoman had talked to him following the American's outburst, but Capriati denied she had sworn. Basuki criticized the American for drawing the game to a halt while she complained, saying it broke her momentum. The Indonesian had broken Capriati's serve in the sixth game but then lost that lead as the American raised her game, breaking back and fighting tenaciously to take the tie break 7-4. "It was fair, I have every right to call the referee. I'm sure it benefited her too because the music stopped," Capriati said. Basuki -- playing her first grand slam tournament since giving birth last September -- could do nothing to stop Capriati in the last set, winning just eight points in six games. "My confidence gained and I started playing more aggressively; serving better, returning better," Capriati, 24, said. "I feel great about it. This is the farthest I've gotten in this tournament for a long time now. I still have that added belief now that I can do really well, maybe go even further. She will now meet either Argentine Paola Suarez or 1999 women's champion Lindsay Davenport. "I have to stay in control and not think 'I'm winning here.' This time I have to believe in myself, believe that I can win," said Capriati who reached the semifinals here in 1991. Her private life then disintegrated and she did not play Wimbledon between 1994 and 1997.
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