Guccione beats world No.12
Guccione beats world No.12 
Former Australian Captain March 23, 2008
CHRIS Guccione has claimed a big scalp in upsetting No.1 Fernando Gonzalez 5-7 6-4 6-4 to book a place in the BMW Championship semi-finals in Florida.
The Australian Davis Cup player, the world No.70, overcame the world No.12, from Chile, with his trademark serve-and-volley game, firing 20 aces for the match.
“The plan was to get to the net as much as I could today and make Fernando try to pass
me if he can, and he had some good passes, but I came up with some good volleys on big points,” Guccione said.
“It’s always nice to beat a player like Fernando, he’s one of the best in the world, so to beat him and go through to the semi-finals, it’s a really good feeling.
“I grew up watching Pat Rafter, him and also Pete Sampras I watched a lot when I was young. So for me to be serve-volleying and matching with these guys is a good feeling.”
Guccione will play Robin Haase, the world No.82, from the Netherlands, for a place in the final.
The BMW Championship is a second-tier ATP Challenger series tournament, but organisers have described it as the tour’s Super Challenger because of the field it attracts due to its time slot amid the Masters series tournaments in Indian Wells, California, and Key Biscayne, Florida.
AAP