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Jose Acasuso (1982)

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.

Jose Javier Chucho Acasuso was born on October 20, 1982 in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina. He is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. He prefers clay courts for playing tennis. He is known for his strong serve and his languid on-court manner and hard groundstrokes off both sides. Acasuso played both basketball and tennis up until the age of 12, and then gave up basketball for tennis. Like Carlos Moya, Acasuso is a natural lefthander, but plays tennis right-handed. He is coached by Argentine Daniel Orsanic. Acasuso is commonly referred to as a stoner due to his relaxed facial expression on the court.

Acasuso turned professional in 2000, playing futures and challenger events. In 2001 he made an immediate impact in his first ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals tournament in Buenos Aires, where he defeated former top-10 player Felix Mantilla in the last round of the qualifying to make the main draw, and then defeated compatriots Franco Squillari in the quarter finals and Gaston Gaudio in the semi finals. However, he lost to then-number-1 player Gustavo Kuerten, 6-16-3. Later in the year, he won his first challenger event in Bermuda and finished the year ranked at 86 in the world an improvement of 89 places from the previous year.

Acasuso reached the fourth round of the 2005 French Open with his best ever result in any of the Grand Slam events. He defeated number-2-seeded Andy Roddick in five sets, coming back from 2 sets to love down and a break of serve to win 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 and 8-6. He then lost to fellow Argentine Mariano Puerta for the second time in the year. He also improved his results away from his favoured clay surface by making the quarter finals on hard courts in Cincinnati and on carpet in Basel.

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