NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ailing Andy Murray suffered a shock exit from the U.S. Open when he beaten 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 6-3 by Swiss 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round on Sunday.
The fourth-seeded Scot served for a two sets to love lead but then suffered a left thigh problem and Wawrinka, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man for all occasions, Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of skill and precision in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
On a day when the swirling gusts teased and tormented the world's best players, the Swiss master ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova chalked up her 100th grand slam win in singles by beating her fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
The 2004 Flushing Meadows champion used all her big match experience to blunt most of the effects of the swirling winds at ...
Serbia'a Ana Ivanovic has been one of the feel-good stories of this year's championship. The former world number one has been struggling for the past year but is suddenly starting to rediscover her best form.
Clijsters has been following Ivanovic's comeback closely and wants her to do well, but ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - American Brandt Snedeker putted brilliantly to take a share of the lead with Australian Jason Day after the second round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.
Tiger Woods, who struggled with an opening round of 72, hit back with a six-under ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer has warned Rafa Nadal that he must win the U.S. Open to stand any chance of being labeled as the greatest to ever play the game.
Nadal has captured eight grand slam titles and time is on the 24-year-old Spaniard's side as he bids to catch the record total of 16 ...
The Sunday newspaper has quoted Hameed as saying that some of his team mates were fixing "almost every match."
"They were doing it (fixing) in almost every match. God knows what they were up to," he is quoted as saying.
Spain, who beat Serbia comfortably last year to capture their first European championship, will start as favorites again after coasting to an 80-72 victory over Greece, the team they beat in the 2006 world final.
Serbia's young team, though, will be brimming with confidence after a dramatic 73-72 ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods ensured he would make the halfway cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship with a six-under 65 in Saturday's second round.
After an opening 72 the world number one knew he needed a low score to maintain his involvement in the remainder of the FedExCup ...
The NHL rejected Kovalchuk's initial 17-year $102 million deal with the Devils, believing it was a blatant attempt to circumvent the league's salary cap.
But after more than five weeks of negotiations, a new agreement was reached, paving the way for the 27-year-old to resume playing next season.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray need not have worried. The forecasters got it wrong on both fronts at the U.S. Open on Friday.
While the wind picked up and there were a few fleeting drops of rain that caused a stoppage in play, Hurricane Earl never quite made an appearance at Flushing Meadows.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stylish Venus Williams gave a commanding performance with little sister Serena looking on as she trounced qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.
Third-seeded Williams needed two service games to find her bearings and then ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Australia's Jason Day and American Zach Johnson shot eight-under 63s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, but Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to stay in the tournament.
The world number one ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone said she wants a DVD copy of the Roger Federer-like trick shot she produced on her way to the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.
The Italian sixth seed replicated Federer's stunning between-the-legs shot in the second set of her ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dustin Brown likes to hit it big on the tennis court, and the rangy Jamaican hopes his U.S. Open showing enables him to hit it big back home.
The 6-foot, 5-inch (1.96 meter) Brown notched his first grand slam match win in the opening round and gave Andy Murray a tough time in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S. Open Friday.
Murray ended a briefly rain-delayed opening set against the 123rd-ranked Brown ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Sam Stosur extended her best-ever run at the U.S. Open by reaching the fourth round on Friday and then said she now feels like she belongs among the game's elite.
The fifth seed had never been beyond round two in New York but turned in an impressive display to beat ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Clijsters erased an early first-set deficit and put her hopes of defending her U.S. Open title back on track with a 6-3 6-0 win against Petra Kvitova on Friday that secured the Belgian a spot in the fourth round.
The second seed's hopes of extending her winning streak at ...
Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad received a six-game ban and a fine for his role in a clash with Morgan and others during the fracas, MLB said Friday in a release.
The league ruled that Volstad had intentionally thrown the ball at Morgan on two occasions and that he was involved in fighting after ...
ORIHUELA, Spain (Reuters) - Italian Alessandro Petacchi put his legal problems to one side to roar to a landmark 20th stage victory in the Tour of Spain on Friday.
The veteran Lampre rider accelerated away in a bunch sprint in Orihuela that decided the 187.1-km seventh stage.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Number 11 seed Elena Dementieva recovered from a first-set slump to continue her strong record against Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova with 7-5 6-2 win Friday.
It was the 16th career meeting in a decade between the two and the Russian took her tally of wins against Hantuchova to ...
The 28-year-old Roethlisberger, who won Super Bowls with Pittsburgh in 2006 and 2009, was suspended in April for the first six games of the upcoming regular season without pay although no charges were filed.
Roethlisberger was told to undergo a behavioral evaluation as part of his suspension and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There was an old-fashioned fight at the U.S. Open on Thursday but not the one tournament officials wanted to see.
Instead of happening on the court, the scuffle broke out in the upper deck, high above Arthur Ashe Stadium where Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner were locked ...
Passion will also be running high when holders Spain take on Greece, also on Saturday, in a repeat of the 2006 final. Favorites the United States play Angola on Monday while Argentina and Brazil lock horns in a South American derby on Tuesday.
The Serbians have had more success than the Croats ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko is still determined to compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics despite the indefinite ban imposed on him last month.
The Russian was banned by the International Skating Union (ISU) for skipping the world championships ...
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 ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level.
Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat Canada's Peter Polansky 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world.
When they enter Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday to play for a spot in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
TAUNTON, England (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) charged Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif Thursday under its anti-corruption code.
The sport's world governing body said in a statement that the trio had been provisionally ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nice and easy works fine for top seed Caroline Wozniacki, who said Thursday she is happy with her smooth ride through the first two rounds at the U.S. Open where a potential match-up with Maria Sharapova looms.
The 20-year-old Dane, runner-up in Flushing Meadows last year, ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl has prompted PGA Tour officials to bring tee times forward by 40 minutes for the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.
The first groups will tee off at 7 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) because officials are fearful foul weather will ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova produced a far stronger second performance at Flushing Meadows with a routine 6-2 6-3 win over Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova Thursday.
Kuznetsova had been taken the distance in her previous match against Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva battled her way into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 7-6 win over Germany's Sabine Lisicki Thursday.
The Russian seventh seed raced through the first set but world number 94 Lisicki served for the second before Zvonareva hit back ...
Francesco, 27, qualified automatically for the European team that will take on the U.S. holders at Celtic Manor in Wales from October 1-3.
Edoardo was one of captain Colin Montgomerie's three wildcard picks, along with Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald, after the 29-year-old Italian won the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick stumbled to a bad-tempered early exit from his home grand slam on Wednesday, the American losing 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the final match of the day.
The 44th-ranked Tipsarevic served magnificently and peppered ...
Niemi became the Chicago Blackhawks starter midway through the 2009 season and went 26-7-4 in 39 games with a 2.25 goals-against average and seven shutouts.
He then backstopped the Blackhawks to their first Stanley Cup since 1961 with a six-game series win against the Philadelphia Flyers.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to his U.S. Open rivals when he breezed through his first match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday before home hope Andy Roddick made an undignified exit in the last match of the day.
In the women's draw, former champions Kim Clijsters and ...
The 50-year-old Couples, who won the Green Jacket at Augusta National in 1992, will join champion Adam Scott of Australia, five-time winner Greg Norman, Geoff Ogilvy and John Daly for the December 2-5 tournament at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.
"I am very much looking forward to playing in ...
The American world number one, who announced his long-expected divorce from his Swedish wife Elin nine days ago, has yet to win this season but felt he was close to his best at Ridgewood Country Club last week.
"If I would have putted a little bit better in the middle two rounds, then I would ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Though it is the National Hockey League's (NHL) ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup has been left at the bottom of a swimming pool, used as a flower pot and a popcorn bucket and carried into a Finnish sauna.
As the NHL allows members of every winning team their own day with the ...
The Cardinals did not disclose details of the terms but Dockett told a news conference that he believed he was now up with the best paid players in his position.
Local media reports said the two-times Pro Bowl selection could earn up to $50 million with $31 million guaranteed.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis' most famous family at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when she beat Canada's Rebecca Marino 7-6 6-3 in the second round.
Marino gave the third seed a brief scare when she pushed the opening set to a tiebreak but Williams was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka's on-court collapse in the scorching heat at the U.S. Open was a result of hitting her head in the gym ahead of the match, the 10th seeded Belarussian said on Wednesday.
Azarenka slumped to the ground while trailing Argentina's Gisela Dulko 5-1 on the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray made a belated start to his U.S. Open with a straight-sets victory over Lukas Lacko Wednesday and said the cramped schedule will not hamper his chances of a first grand slam title.
The Scot was the last of the top four seeds to play in the first round but ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych became the first big casualty of the U.S. Open after being outclassed 7-6 6-4 6-4 by France's Michael Llodra on Wednesday.
Playing on his favorite surface, the Wimbledon finalist had been expected to dominate the match against Llodra, who is better known as ...
Serbia also reached the knockout rounds with a match to spare after a 94-79 victory over Australia and holders Spain avoided an early exit, overcoming a poor start to demolish Lebanon 91-57.
The eagerly-awaited Group B clash between the U.S. and Iran was played in sporting fashion, with pockets of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Agassi headlined a list of nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a sparkling career highlighted by eight grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.
Agassi, who shocked the sporting world late last year when he admitted using the highly addictive ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A relaxed Ana Ivanovic stormed into the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday and said she finally feels like she is playing top-level tennis again.
The former world number one, who has dropped to 40th in the past year due to injuries and a loss of confidence, produced one ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Cheerleaders donned black leggings and white T-shirts for a World Championship basketball match between Iran and the United States in Istanbul on Wednesday to respect cultural sensitivities.
Some Iranian officials still left the arena shortly before their routine began, ...
"The wound would not cause blindness, but would affect his sight, according to his doctor," the CFA said on its website .
"We strongly condemn the hooliganism that brought disgrace on football, troubling and disrupting the sport," it added.
MIAMI (Reuters) - United States Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati refused on Tuesday to confirm whether he had talked to any other coaches before signing up incumbent Bob Bradley to four more years in the role.
Bradley, who had been linked with the Fulham and Aston Villa vacancies in ...
The plastic horns became a hallmark of the World Cup in South Africa, producing a monotonous droning sound which provided a backdrop for every match.
But they will not be allowed in stadiums in UEFA competitions such as the Champions League, Europa League and Euro 2012 qualifiers after UEFA's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark made short work of American wildcard Chelsey Gullickson, breezing into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 6-1 victory to close out Tuesday's programme.
Wozniacki, who has compiled a 14-1 record since Wimbledon and won four ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one grand slam that has eluded him when he wore down Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
Dressed menacingly in an all black outfit, Nadal had to dig deep to see off ...
The Major Leagues' leading home-run scorers notched nine hits and two homers in the sixth where they tallied their highest run total in a single inning since the 2007 season.
Slugger Jose Bautista hit a three-run blast for his league-leading 43rd home run of the season, and added an RBI single in ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While happy to give disgraced boxer Antonio Margarito another chance in the ring, Manny Pacquiao refuses to believe the Mexican was ignorant of his illegal hand wraps before a fight in January 2009.
Filipino Pacquiao has requested that two of his own representatives monitor ...
It has been 74 years since a British man last won a grand slam singles title but Murray has raised hopes in his homeland after making the U.S. Open final in 2008 and the Australian Open final this year.
Murray has been the form player leading into the last grand slam of the year, winning the ...
ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - Former Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin continued to improve in his comeback from a doping ban when he ran 10.09 seconds Tuesday but Caster Semenya endured an 800m race to forget.
Gatlin, 28, finished second behind Jamaica's Johan Blake, who won in a time of ...
The Spaniards spilled an 18-point lead in a 76-73 defeat by Lithuania, who also qualified for the knockout rounds to join the U.S. and Argentina after they sealed their berths on Monday.
France, who are without their San Antonio playmaker and triple NBA champion Tony Parker, ground out a 68-63 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic caught his second wind in the nick of time to overcome Davis Cup team mate Viktor Troicki 6-3 3-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the first round on a brutally hot day at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
Djokovic, who has struggled in the heat in the past, looked beaten after ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Laurent Fignon died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 50 with two Tour de France wins to his name -- but the eight seconds that cost him a third triumph will live just as long in the memory.
On July 23 1989, after 21 stages and 3,285-km of grueling cycling, Greg LeMond pipped ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marcos Baghdatis's U.S. Open curse struck again Tuesday when the Cypriot suffered his third first-round defeat in five visits, losing to seasoned Frenchman Arnaud Clement in a five-set thriller.
The 16th-seeded Baghdatis led by two sets to one and then by 3-1 in the fifth set ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova booked her passage into the second round of the U.S. Open with a steamy 6-2 4-6 6-1 victory over Kimiko Date Krumm Tuesday.
But the 25-year-old Russian, who won the tournament in 2004 and reached the final in 2007, was far from convincing ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia narrowly averted a first-round upset by rallying to beat unseeded Romanian teenager Simona Halep 6-4 4-6 7-5 at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old Halep, ranked 96th in the world, was two points from registering the first major ...
Should a player be late for his pro-am starting time for the remainder of the season, "Such player will be required to participate in the remainder of the pro-am round and may be required to perform additional sponsor activity," PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said in a ...
FIFA delegates started their four-day inspection visit of facilities in Spain and Portugal on Monday to assess their joint bid to host the finals in 2018 or 2022.
"The perfect end to the year, in which the greatest collective feet in Spanish sport was achieved by winning the World Cup finals ...
It will be the third North Carolina course to host the year's final major.
"It is with great pleasure that we bring the PGA Championship back to North Carolina, and to make our first visit to Quail Hollow Club, a venue and a community that has demonstrated its skill in hosting premier ...
Kuroda held the Phillies without a hit into the eighth inning before Shane Victorino reached base on a single. The pitcher received a standing ovation from the crowd and was again shown appreciation when he left in the inning.
"At the beginning of the fifth I began to think about it," ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer served notice he was still a powerhouse at the U.S. Open and punctuated his performance with another sensational shot for the ages in a first-round rout over Argentine Brian Dabul Monday.
Federer, whose run of five successive U.S. titles was snapped last year in ...
Having defeated Cahill in their last meeting on July 6, New York again battered the right-hander for eight runs in four innings.
Marcus Thames blasted a three-run home run in the fifth where the Yankees scored five times to build an 11-4 advantage.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martina Navratilova returned to the scene of some of her most notorious on-court battles at Flushing Meadows for the opening ceremony of the U.S. Open on Monday.
But it was the four-time U.S. Open champion's battle off the court with breast cancer which took center stage at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams showed some effects of a troublesome knee but displayed enough of her trademark power to beat Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-1 in the opening night match of the U.S. Open on Monday.
Twice former champion Williams winced after landing on her left leg while striking ...
In a race sanctioned by the Grand Prix Racers Union, Peter Lenz fell off his bike and landed on the track during a warmup lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.
The American teenager tried to get up but was then struck by a 12-year-old rider. Lenz was given medical treatment trackside and ...
World number one Nadal will begin his quest to win the one grand slam title that has eluded him when he faces Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Wozniaki, riding the crest of a wave after reaching the final at Flushing Meadows last year and winning three lead-up events this ...
The 52-year-old, who steered the U.S. to the second round at this year's World Cup finals in South Africa, will retain the job until the end of 2014 after agreeing to a four-year contract extension.
Monday's announcement puts an end to the widespread rumors linking Bradley with the vacant position ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robin Soderling avoided becoming the first big-name casualty of the U.S. Open as the fifth seed secured a 7-5 6-3 6-7 5-7 6-4 first-round victory over Andreas Haider-Maurer on Monday.
Soderling, a quarter-finalist at Flushing Meadows last year, looked a shadow of the player ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former baseball pitching star Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he lied and obstructed a congressional investigation into whether he used banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens, 48, standing before Judge Reggie Walton in a federal courtroom in ...
The U.S. team, led by coach Mike Krzyzewski, jumped for joy to celebrate their 70-68 win after the Brazilians, who led 46-43 at halftime, missed two opportunities in the dying seconds to send the game into overtime.
Argentina also notched up their third successive win with a 91-70 rout of Angola, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Roddick celebrated his 28th birthday by romping past France's Stephane Robert 6-3 6-2 6-2 in his first-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Ninth-seeded Roddick, the 2003 U.S. Open winner, made an emphatic start on a hot, sunny day despite struggling with an ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium overcame a second-set scare to defeat Greta Arn of Hungary 6-0 7-5 in the first round of the U.S. Open Monday.
Clijsters sailed through an 18-minute opening set on a sun-kissed Arthur Ashe center court but fell behind 4-0 in the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Dinara Safina suffered another early exit from a grand-slam event when she was beaten 6-3 6-4 by Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday.
The Russian, who has slipped 49 places to number 50 in the space of 12 ...
The 12-time All-Star has been replaced on the active roster by right-handed pitcher Ramon Troncoso, who was recalled from Class AAA Albuquerque, the Dodgers said in a statement.
Ramirez, 38, joined the Dodgers in 2008 in a mid-season trade from the Boston Red Sox and gave his new team an immediate ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American teenager Melanie Oudin, the home crowd darling of last year's U.S. Open, set aside her season's struggles to launch this year's edition of the tournament with a straight sets win on center court.
Oudin, who blazed into the quarter-finals last year riding the support ...
Varallo, who played for the Argentina side that lost 4-2 to Uruguay in the 1930 final in Montevideo, died in his home town of La Plata, 50 km south of Buenos Aires.
He was awarded the FIFA Order of Merit in 1994.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italy's Francesca Schiavone eased into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Japan's Ayumi Morita on Monday.
French Open champion Schiavone, who had previously won just three matches since her Roland Garros triumph, wrapped up the first set in 29 ...
