NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year ago, Kim Clijsters was the mom in the spotlight at the U.S. Open. This time it is Mother Nature.
Unrelenting heat and swirling winds has transformed the last grand slam of the year into a battle against the elements and now Hurricane Earl is approaching New York, ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight.
Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin eliminated the Russian in ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova joined a stampede of easy center court winners at the U.S. Open on Thursday when the former champion trampled Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round.
The 2006 Open winner did not face a single break point in her demolition of ...
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The victory stretched the Yanks' lead in the American League East to 1.5 games over the idle Tampa Bay Rays.
Sabathia (19-5) pitched eight innings, allowing one-hit with five strikeouts, and did not allow a runner past second base after the third inning.
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Beckham has been sidelined since March when he suffered an Achilles tendon injury, while playing on loan for AC Milan, that cost him a place in the England squad at the World Cup in South Africa.
"The doctors' original date was October 1 but I always kind of said I want to be ready before ...
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There will also be no love lost when the Argentines clash in the last 16 with traditional rivals Brazil, who finished ahead of the Croats in Group B after beating them 92-74.
The United States made it five wins in a row in the same group with a 92-57 drubbing of Tunisia and should have an equally ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer sent a warning shot to anyone trying to deny him a 17th Grand Slam title when the Swiss master said on Thursday he is feeling well rested at a sun-baked U.S. Open and has all the answers he needs.
Federer said his bid for a sixth U.S. Open title is off to an ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mardy Fish woke up to the news Thursday that his close friend Andy Roddick had bowed out of the U.S. Open prematurely and in acrimonious fashion.
Fish did not stay up late to watch fellow American Roddick get bounced from the tournament by Janko Tipsarevic since he had a ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko said he had thrown all his rackets in the bin and was considering going "somewhere to get my brain changed" after he was upended at the U.S. Open on Thursday.
The Masters Cup champion became the highest seed to fall in the men's ...
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ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy.
Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin ...
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