LONDON - Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent lost to
second-seeded Andre Agassi, but outhit the international superstar in the
first set of the first round Tuesday at Wimbledon.
Agassi, the 1992 champion and last year's runner-up, turned up the heat
to take the second set and then reeled off 10 games in a row before Dent
retired, dropping the match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 4-0.
Dent, 19, won three qualifiers to advance to the main draw, knocking off
Argentina's Hector Moretti, Czech Republic's Petr Luxa and Germany's Lars
Burgsmuller.
Dent, ranked 256th in the world in singles, won a CIF Southern Section
singles title in 1996 as a CdM freshman, then turned pro a year later.
Meanwhile, defending women's champion Lindsay Davenport (Palisades Tennis
Club) also benefited from a retirement to win her first-round match, but
it was a bittersweet victory as her opponent was Corina Morariu, her
close friend and doubles partner.
