Archive for October, 2008
Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match.
Tennis newsTop seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match. Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge.
Petrova will face Varvara Lepchenko in the second round. Lepchenko beat Rossana De Los Rios 6-1, 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand fell to Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2, 7-6. Bremond will face the [...]
Roddick, Nalbandian in Paris Masters quarterfinals.
Tennis newsRoddick, Nalbandian in Paris Masters quarterfinals. Andy Roddick overcame Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-5 to seal his spot in the Masters Cup, and defending champion David Nalbandian defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-0 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.
Roddick needed five match points to get the better of Simon. The American will [...]
Results Thursday from the Paris Masters.
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the Paris Masters. A ?2.27 million (US$2.9 million) ATP event on indoor carpet at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
Third Round
David Nalbandian (8), Argentina, def. Juan Martin del Potro (9), Argentina, 6-4, 6-0.
Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Gilles Simon (10), France, 6-3, 7-5.
James Blake (11), United States, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, [...]
Nadal, Federer reach Paris Masters quarterfinals.
Tennis newsNadal, Federer reach Paris Masters quarterfinals. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer rolled into the Paris Masters quarterfinals without the ousted Novak Djokovic on Thursday.
Fourth-ranked Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, defending champion David Nalbandian and 2006 winner Nikolay Davydenko also made the last eight.
Roddick claimed the sixth spot in the eight-man Masters Cup in Shanghai next month, [...]
US Open leader Kantarian leaves USTA after 9 years.
Tennis newsUS Open leader Kantarian leaves USTA after 9 years. Arlen Kantarian resigned as chief executive officer of professional tennis for the U.S. Tennis Association on Thursday after running the U.S. Open since 2000.
Kantarian will depart at the end of the year.
He is a former NFL and Radio City executive who brought instant replay to Grand [...]
Federer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Tennis newsFederer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and defending champion David Nalbandian reached the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday without dropping a set.
Nadal topped Florent Serra of France 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Nalbandian downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Federer had the most trouble, saving two set [...]
Nadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Tennis newsNadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and defending champion David Nalbandian advanced to the third round of the Paris Masters with straight-sets wins Wednesday.
Nalbandian, who beat Nadal in last year’s final, downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3 to set up another meeting with fellow Argentine Juan Martin del [...]
Results Wednesday from the Bell Challenge.
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Bell Challenge. A US$175,000 (?140,000) WTA Tour event on hard indoor courts at Club Avantage Multi-Sports de Quebec (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
First Round
Rebecca Marino, Canada, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Second Round
Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Julie Ditty, United States, 6-1, 6-1.
Melanie Oudin, United States, def. Olga Puchkova, Russia, 6-1, 7-6 [...]
Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match.
Tennis newsTop seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match. Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge.
Petrova will face Varvara Lepchenko in the second round. Lepchenko beat Rossana De Los Rios 6-1, 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand fell to Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2, 7-6. Bremond will face the [...]
Stud fees at top farms flat or dipping.
Horse racing newsStud fees at top farms flat or dipping. The general trend in central Kentucky stud fees is following the one seen at 2008’s yearling sales: prices are dropping, or, at least, remaining the same.
The latest large Lexington farm to hold the line or trim fees is Hill ‘n’ Dale, which lowered the prices on almost [...]
