Date:26/04/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/04/26/stories/2004042602501900.htm

Sport - Tennis

Coria crushes Schuettler

MONTE CARLO, APRIL 25. Guillermo Coria has an aura of invincibility on clay. He overwhelmed Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 to win the $2.91 million Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday and claimed his seventh career tennis title on the slow surface.

Coria has now won 26 consecutive matches on clay, bringing him level with the mark set by three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten between 2000-2001, but still well short of Thomas Muster's record 40 straight in 1995. — AP