Archive for January, 2009
Australian Open Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday at the $15,44 million Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses) Singles Men First Round Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Andrei Pavel, Romania, 6-2, 3-1 retired. Jurgen Melzer (31), Austria, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 Women First Round Victoria [...]
Fed Express in no rush to beat record
Tennis newsRoger Federer doesn’t think he needs to be in a hurry to break Pete Sampras’ Grand Slam record. Federer is bidding to equal Sampras’ 14 major titles by capturing the Australian Open. The growing perception is that the 27-year-old Swiss will find it harder than in recent years to win a major, with Andy Murray [...]
Australian Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the$15,44 million (?11,64 million) Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men First Round Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Tomas Berdych (20), Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, [...]
Ivanovic, Jankovic and Roddick into 2nd round
Tennis newsAfter struggling in her first match at the Australian Open since losing last year’s final, Ana Ivanovic finished with a flourish in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Julia Goerges on Monday. Fifth-seeded Ivanovic was broken once in each set but fended off five other break points before finishing with consecutive aces against Goerges, a German [...]
Australian Open Qualifying Results
Tennis newsQualifying results Saturday for the Australian Open on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men Qualifying Round Lamine Ouahab, Algeria, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6. Flavio Cipolla (18), Italy, def. Alexandre Kudryavtsev, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Wayne Odesnik (8), United States, def. Peter Luczak (31), Australia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. [...]
Injury forces Kiefer out of Australian Open
Tennis newsNicolas Kiefer withdrew from the Australian Open on Saturday because of an injury to his left ankle while playing for Germany at the Hopman Cup. Kiefer, a semifinalist at the 2006 Australian Open and now ranked No. 37, was to have played Argentina’s Guillermo Canas in the first round. He was replaced in the draw [...]
Top players see benefit in moving first Slam back
Tennis newsRafael Nadal and Andy Murray agree with Roger Federer that playing the Australian Open in February would make more sense. “It is a very good option, I would love to have the first Grand Slam of the season a little bit later,” Nadal said Saturday, two days out from the start of the Australian Open. [...]
Del Potro beats Querrey to win at Auckland
Tennis newsJuan Martin Del Potro of Argentina beat American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 Saturday to win the Heineken Open. Del Potro, who won four tournaments last year – two on clay and two on hard courts – broke Querrey’s service in the ninth game of the second set and then held serve to close out the [...]
Milan VP Galliani hopeful of Kaka staying
Soccer newsAC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani played down rumors on Saturday of Kaka’s impending move to Manchester City, including a claim that general sporting director Allia de Breda said a deal was set. Galliani watched Kaka help Milan beat Fiorentina 1-0 at San Siro in what many believe will be the Brazilian’s last match for [...]
Spectator dies of heart attack after soccer game
Soccer newsA 61-year-old retired firefighter and former goalkeeper has died of heart failure following the Iraklis-AEK match in the Greek soccer league, police reports. Sotiris Serafim, who was attending the match Saturday night collapsed immediately after it ended. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him and rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Serafim [...]
