<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>1:05 yes <.>five five games to two it is in favour of er malivai washington over andrez gomez the first er grand slam winner we've had at this tournament for some time and washington well on the way to moving through to the second round he took the first set six games to three and leads five games to two in the second set so <{><[>er <[>i think it's a great shame rock that we're going to lose the talent of andrez gomez er on the second day because he lost his doubles earlier in the day playing with er jaime onsens and er he's going to be out of the tournament unless he makes a miraculous comeback and he's obviously a player of great talent great experience and great results and er it's a great shame that we're going to lose him but he is lacking touch washington has the benefit of a tournament in wellington prior to this er gomez flew in on the weekend to auckland and that's the difference and er so <&>2:00 <.>i washington serving for the match at five games to two <,> as er fifteen love so washington from the far end to gomez the left hander down here in front of us washington whoops throws the ball up and it er drifts away from him <,,> now he's set away he goes on to the <.>f forehand goes gomez washington's there with the volley <,> off the forehand yes he just puts it away quite easily into the vacant er backhand court convincing winner there you know it's been a game of service breaks in the second set three times gomez has lost his serve to once by washington and er but there's been some clever play all the same <,> <.>a <.>and and so we've <.>s we've seen some GOOD tennis despite the number of service breaks <,> just a little hold up here as washington er the ball flew out of his hand as he was <{><[>preparing to <[>well i think he could hear something in it and threw it away actually pete <{><[>so here's washington serves looking to go down the line on to <&>3:00 gomez's er forehand <,,> put the ball just out of court winds up and here's the second onto the backhand tries to chip the return and push it down the line but it's out of court forty love three match points to malivai washington and er <[>oh right okay bye bye mister gomez yes it's er <,,> cheerio for the ecuadorian <,> here's gomez to receive on to the backhand he goes and that's the return there it is <,> all over straight sets win to the talented american malivai <&>pronounced malivia washington over the former french open champion andrez gomez six three six two so it was a <.>routine <&>3:43 <&>section not transcribed as recording cut off <&>3:50 against the american pairing of beckman and saluma who are recognised doubles players and <&>4:00 er have a reasonably high ranking in the world in doubles and kelly evernden has just held on to his service to level the scores at three all games have gone with service er right through and er pete gardiner things looking pretty good the kiwis er in there playing very well well they are because it's a tough combination they're up against as you say they're doubles specialists they have absolutely no singles ranking what so ever in fact er chuck beckman as he's known er his highest EVER singles ranking's three fifty five but he's got none at all at the moment so they just travel the world playing in the doubles events and they've obviously got some excellent results saluma made the semi finals here last year in doubles and er voc beckman's been here before playing with er er luke jenson the <.>g the the unique player round the world who can serve with both hands and he's gone on to do wondrous things too so it's a tough match for the kiwis who are perhaps better known for their singles play than their doubles but we NEED them to combine <&>5:00 well because we NEED a <.>st an established combination in davis cup if we're going to get back into the world group these two have got to do very well in the asian zone this year <&>5:09 <&>comment from announcer in studio not transcribed <&>5:21 yes he certainly has er gary he beat er the eighth seed renzo firlan of italy in straight sets seven six seven five and played very well indeed to move through to the second round and in fact we were looking through the draw a little earlier and er it'll suit him because he will now play er james greenhalgh is er conqueror in minnuisi and er from there if he <.>e the winner of the um altine <.>ga er altine connell match and he's capable of beating both those so there's every possibility <&>6:00 er but kelly's not looking that far ahead he told me he says he's not even worried about that he'll take that when he gets out on the court er in his semi <.>fi in his er tut second round match and worry about the quarters and semis later but er he could play either he could beat altine or connell the winner of that match and er brett steven was convinced that he could beat minnuisi as well so <{><[>you know <[>let's not give him the kiss of death rock <{><[>word close to the time you know kelly's like <[>no well it's word yet like yes it's one match at the time all right but er you know he's er in great shape to er move on with the particular draw that HE'S got but it's been a day of upsets with three of the seeds out the tut first karel novacek he was out the sixth seed wayne ferreira and renzo firlan was beaten by kelly evernden <&>score announced forty thirty and it's the american saluma serving <,,> three games all in the first set set clears throat nothing in it at this stage rock <,> <&>7:00 obviously both pairs are really up for this match you can see by the intensity that they're approaching it <,> so it's <{><[>going to be a good contest <[><.>salu saluma to steven first serve too long <,,><&>6 <.>ta tall man saluma here he comes with the second crouches and serves off the backhand comes er evernden er comes steven and er beckman was there at the net and just smashed away the volley <,> <.>at the approaching steven's feet and er he'd no chance of returning it you're right rock he is tall he's six foot five he weighs two hundred pounds so he's another big man which has been one of the features of this particular tournament the number of tall players we've had er we haven't even seen the er swiss player yet who played earlier today on a back court and that is of course mark rossay who's got the fastest serve in the world <{><[>i think <[>fast serve yeah <&>8:00 right so we're in for a treat of er big serving this particular week er beckman by contrast is er looks quite small but he is in fact six feet one <,> so the kiwis are the shorties in this particular encounter and let's hope it's er a david and goliath contest with er david coming home once again well at the moment they're looking very good no service breaks at all but it's four three to the american pairing beckman and saluma players er towelling down changing changing ends and brett steven will come to this the robinson stand end to serve the eighth game of the first set and endeavour to level the scores at four all yes er brett steven is six feet and kelly evernden five nine and a half so that gives you the the vitals for this match <,> we won't go into the weights so brett steven about to serve two <.>sens sven saluma in the deuce court new balls behind at three four with new balls <&>9:00 here's steven <,> saluma on to the backhand evernden just stands at the net and swats away the forehand volley for a winner fifteen love <&>score announced good serve wasn't it to set up that point it certainly was <,> good deep serve <,,><&>4 these two played together last week er won a round in the b p nationals in wellington and er a little bit perhaps unlucky not to advance a little further let's hope they can do better this tournament steven to beckman beckman off the back hand evernden there with a lovely backhand volley <,> bisecting both the players straight down the middle puts it away for a winner <&>score announced thirty love fabulous tennis the last two points they really have played well so far the kiwis got the interesting sight of er on the back court er we can see er the european players er who are not involved at the moment er having a <.>g game of impromptu soccer steven to saluma saluma off the back hand <&>10:00 evernden a volley <,,><&>3 down the backhand down the forehand side <&>score announced and three fabulous serves and three fabulous volleys forty love <,,> steven to beckman <,,> stands and waits crouching just about half a metre outside the base line on to the backhand lovely first serve again deep and wide on to the backhand of beckman and beckman nets the return game steven holds service four all <&>10:29 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>11:12 so saluma to <,> evernden <,,><&>3 serves evernden off the backhand first serve just a fraction too long from saluma <,,><&>4 as bounces the ball waits with his second <,,> and he's word at the break point clean serve evernden runs round and takes in the forehand <&>tape cuts out briefly several times word mistake between the two players a misunderstanding between the americans they let the ball go and er drops in court advantage steven yeah a great er point for the kiwis hand because i think saluma thought the ball was going out so he let it go but it dipped in it had so much top spin on that it just tucked inside the base line for a clean winner for the kiwis <,> the er the tall american <&>12:00 of estonian extraction now faces another break point saluma to steven <,,><&>5 got the <,> steven crouching just about half a metre outside the base line <,> and he serves steven run rounds and on the forehand right at the feet of saluma <,> playing volleys at the net between er steven and between evernden and beckman and there's a lob from steven beckman goes back puts it up steven's going to hit it away for a winner saluma gets it back but it's not going to go over and there's the break there's a break so the kiwis go into a very handy six five lead in the first set and brett steven will be serving for the set in the next game <&>12:47 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>13:02 playing in the forehand court saluma <,,><&>3 serves runs round and takes on the forehand volley from steven saluma drives down the line off the forehand but straight into the net advantage steven <&>announcement for two seconds and set point <,,><&>3 so steven to <.>ch beckman <,,> brett steven wipes his brow gets ready sets himself well takes his time which a good sign serves now winds up here's the first serve good one wide out oh beautiful serve swung away to beckman he could only get a racquet on it <,,> <{><[>and <[>both kiwis give each other the high fives they're up and they're thrilled about that i can tell you so <&>announcement for one second <.>steve steven and evernden taking the first set off beckman and saluma seven games to five <&>14:00 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>14:26 very well here at thirty all game's going with service in the second set seven five er the evernden and steven took the first and game's been with service in the second but there's a chance here that they could possibly break er <.>cha chuck beckman in this the fifth game of the second set but game's with service at the moment the kiwis up one set to love <&>14:48 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>14:52 well kelly evernden is serving in the tenth game to level at five all there hasn't been a <&>15:00 service break here in the second set after the kiwis had taken the first seven six so er seven five i should say but er look both pairings looking reasonably comfortable on the surface although kiwis did have a chance to break a couple of games ago on saluma's service but er managed to fight his way or extricate his way out of a hole and level the scores so evernden now on service at the far end to saluma <,> first service into the net <,,> looks like we might have a tie breaker coming up here <,,><&>4 sorry saluma off the <&>tape distorted through next section forehand evernden with a word off the forehand and er he doesn't manage to get the <&>15:45 <&>section not transcribed <&>15:53 no it's six five to the americans but they <&>16:00 have just brett steven has just rolled service to level at six all to be the twelve point tie breaker will now apply and er it'll be interesting to see just how the kiwis go here so it'll be <,> chas beckman or chuck beckman as they call him to serve the first game er the first <.>po point of the tie breaker on to the backhand goes evernden and saluma hits the volley out <,,> so that's one love new zealand <,,><&>5 one love <.>ne new zealand er at the moment as kelly evernden will now <,> serve <,,> from this the <,,> robinson stand end he serves <&>17:00 that's wide out it er called out <,> so six all and one love to <,,><&>3 the new zealand pair <,,> evernden there's er beckman with a forehand there's a volley back from steven then beckman gets a volley close to the net steven puts the ball over the back of the base line one all <,,><&>4 evernden <,,><&>3 to serve <,,> again his second <,,> of or his final of two serves <,,> to saluma this time <,,> whoops throws the ball up the wind <,> takes it and drifts it away and the breeze is has shifted around to blowing directly across the court from the other side and here is evernden saluma on the backhand a volley from <&>18:00 steven as saluma plays a hard volley <,> and steven hits the ball right at his feet <,,> <&>announcement for three seconds two one evernden and steven <,,><&>5 no things are looking quite good for the kiwis at the moment as it's saluma to serve two now from the far end that's the redwood stand end remembering of course that the kiwi pair are a set up seven five in the first here's saluma to <,> steven off the backhand a volley from beckman and er a rather awkward shot from kelly evernden played right in front of his body hits the ball right out over the back court so two all <,,><&>7 saluma serve <&>19:00 now to kelly evernden <,,><&>4 as <,> just takes his time very deliberate <,,> he serves evernden off the backhand hard volley from saluma evernden oh goodness gracious me tried to tee off on a big forehand drive it down the line and hit it just about out of the stadium missed hit his shanked it completely three two to beckman and saluma <,,> so now now brett steven to serve two from this er robinson stand end <,,><&>3 and he just goes in has a bit of a word with kelly evernden just to say perhaps i might serve one down the middle come across on the on the return <,,> we'll wait and see here's steven to beckman <,,><&>3 steven serves beckman off the backhand volley from er <.>f from evernden saluma gets the ball back evernden hits <&>20:00 another volley six beckman just whopped one out for steven to smash away between the two americans three all <,,> now six points taken so they change ends <,,> and brett steven will have one serve from the other end <,,> so he will <,,> serve to <,,> forehand court in which saluma will receive at three all in the tie break six all but a set up <,,><&>4 now ross perkinson just the aotea umpire just asking people to sit still in the grand stand take it quietly here we go steven to saluma <,,><&>3 serve off the forehand saluma volley from steven too big <&>announcement for two seconds four three beckman and <&>21:00 saluma <,,> now it'll be <,> beckman to serve two and <,> it'll be <,,> steven to receive <,,> so it's tight it's been pretty tight right throughout they only had one service break in the whole match so far and that was in the eleventh game first service too long when saluma dropped his service in that first set <,,><&>4 steven off the forehand volley from saluma er from beckman and kelly evernden comes across plays a backhand volley straight into the base of the net five <,,> <.>four five three <,,><&>3 to the americans note looking very much like it may go to a third set <,,><&>4 beckman serves into the net <&>22:00 <,,><&>6 here's his second oh just hang on a sec says kelly evernden <,,> serves again off the backhand there's a volley from saluma straight at er brett steven who falls immediately on his back <,> couldn't return it <,> and it is set point and in fact they have three set points <,,> the american pair of beckman and <,> saluma and it's kelly evernden to serve <,> to chuck beckman <,> the backhand court <,,> serves <,> backhand from beckman it's a lovely volley from <,> steven straight between the two players they both <.>scram for the americans scramble for the ball but it's into the net <,> and it is six four <,,><&>3 and one of those points saved here's kelly evernden with his second one he winds up serves saluma off the forehand and lovely volley from <&>23:00 steven came across read it well <,,><&>4 and it's six five <&>announcement for three seconds and saluma to serve to steven <,,><&>5 no they still have match point er <.>s set point i should say the americans <,,><&>4 saluma to steven steven comes in takes it on the backhand the oh puts the ball right on the racquet of er beckman and beckman smashes away a volley to take the second set by seven points to five in the tie breaker and the set seven six so it's one set all here in the final match of the second day of the benson and hedges open one set all between beckman and saluma and steven and evernden of new zealand <&>23:49 <&>end of sample