Goran crushes Scud
By Sports.com's Vassos Alexander
June 14, 2000

Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic won the battle of the big servers this afternoon at the Stella Artois championship in London.
The three-time Wimbledon finalist was too good for
Aussie Mark Philippoussis, winning their second-round clash 6-3, 6-3 in little over an hour.
And Ivanisevic, who's been struggling with his form of late, is delighted with the win.
"This was maybe my best match for a couple of years on grass," he told the BBC.
"I am much calmer, much more concentrated, especially when I have break points. And this is my best game of the year - it is really good."
And an excited Ivanisevic even took time out to offer some words of encouragement to England's beleaguered football fans. "I have seen every game of Euro2000 and against Portugal it was as if England stopped at 2-0 - they didn't do anything.
"But as a fan I still think they have a chance to qualify. England have a very good team."
Hopes of a British winnner at Queen's now lie with the out-of-sorts Greg Rusedski, who’s in second-round action this afternoon against Germany’s Jens Knippschild.
As British No.1 Tim Henman continues to lick his wounds after crashing out to World No. 225 Bob Bryan on Tuesday, it’s the unseeded Rusedski who carries the hopes of a packed Queen’s crowd on his Canadian-born shoulders.
The 26-year-old left-hander, currently ranked 59 in the world after missing much of the season through injury, is third on Centre Court against the 25-year-old German.
The pair have met just once before, at the U.S. Open of 1997, when the Briton won in straight sets.
Rusedski will be hoping for more of the same this afternoon, and though he does start as favourite against the world No. 167, he’ll have seen Henman’s shock exit and will take nothing for granted.
Next on court, the ever-popular Andre Agassi renews acquaintance with Anthony Dupuis of France, having beaten him in straight sets in round one of the French Open a fortnight ago.
French Open finalist Magnus Norman of Sweden makes his grasscourt bow on Court One against Canadian Daniel Nestor, while teenage Aussie sensation Lleyton Hewitt is also in action today. The 19-year-old sixth seed takes on America’s David Wheaton