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Taint cost Corio millions 2007-06-19 18:40:45
ARGENTINE tennis star Guillermo Coria lost two seasons, millions
of dollars and his reputation because of “sloppy manufacturing” that tainted a multivitamin with a steroid, according to his lawyer.
Trace amounts of a steroid not listed on the label led to a positive doping test and a mandatory suspension for Coria, who climbed as high as third in the ATP rankings, Coria’s lawyer Will Nystrom said.
"To make matters worse, Guillermo was branded as a cheater," Nystrom told the more…
Scud bombs on reality TV 2007-06-19 18:39:57
THE Scud was a dud in the US TV ratings last night, when Mark Philippoussis’s new dating reality
TV show,
Age Of Love
, made a bad debut on America’s NBC TV network.
The Australian tennis star is using the show to find love, but he felt little from the American public with Age of Love finishing in a bleak third place in last night’s 9pm timeslot.
Despite plenty of hype for Philippoussis’s show, more Americans tuned in to watch repeats on rival CBS network of the half-hour sitcoms, more…
Woody volleys coach question 2007-06-19 18:38:08
MARK WOODFORDE has scuttled speculation he could link up with fellow South Australian Lleyton Hewitt after entering the coaching ranks.
Woodforde has been employed part-time by world No.4 Novak Djokovic as the Serbian looks to take advantage of the Australian’s grass-court experience for Wimbledon.
Although Hewitt is in the market for a coach, following his split with Roger Rasheed, Woodforde said his family and television commitments would prevent him from becoming a full-time coach more… Read more:Woody
Trial opens in Guillermo Coria’s suit over steroid ban 2007-06-19 16:01:52 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The lawyer for Guillermo Coria told a jury Tuesday that the young tennis player lost two seasons, millions of dollars and his reputation because of “sloppy manufacturing” that tainted a multivitamin with a steroid.
The trace amounts of a steroid, not listed on the label, led to a mandatory suspension for Coria, an Argentine who was once ranked No. 3 worldwide and is suing Universal Nutrition, Coria lawyer Will Nystrom said.
“To make matters worse, Guillermo was more… Read more:Trial
Blake, Kuznetsova enter Pilot Pen in Aug. 2007-06-19 16:01:04 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova committed to the Pilot
Pen tournament.
Ranked No. 5 in the world, Kuznetsova joins seven-time singles champ Elena Dementieva and defending Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo as the first players to commit to the women’s side of the draw.
On the men’s side, No. 8 James Blake, the 2005 Pilot Pen men’s champion, committed.
The tournament is Aug. 17-25 at the Connecticut Tennis Center
at Yale University.
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Peer rallies back to victory in Eastbourne 2007-06-19 16:00:23 EASTBOURNE, England — Shahar Peer won the last six games to beat Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Eastbourne International.
The sixth-seeded Israeli wasted three breakpoints at 1-1 in the second set, before dropping serve next game to be 3-1 down. Peer won three straight games to level at 5-5, but was broken again to lose the set.
Likhovtseva then led 4-0 and held a point for 5-0 in the deciding set before Peer swept the more…
Coria’s lawsuit over steroid ban begins (AP) 2007-06-19 15:59:58
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The lawyer for Guillermo Coria told a jury Tuesday that the young tennis player lost two seasons, millions of dollars and his reputation because of “sloppy manufacturing” that tainted a multivitamin with a steroid.
Trace amounts of a steroid, not listed on the label, led to a mandatory suspension for Coria, Coria lawyer Will Nystrom said.
“To make matters worse, Guillermo was branded as a cheater,” Nystrom told an more…
Mauresmo ready to defend Wimbledon title (AP) 2007-06-19 15:59:07
EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Amelie Mauresmo
is healthy and ready
to defend her Wimbledon
title.
The fourth-ranked Frenchwoman, who injured her groin and lost in the third round at the French Open, said Tuesday she is feeling better.
“I had some trouble recovering from the injury I got in Paris, but I’m feeling much better now and really looking forward to playing some matches on grass,” Mauresmo said at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Eastbourne.
“I didn’t touch the racket for about 10 more…
Jelena hits back to end jinx 2007-06-19 10:44:55
SERBIA’S Jelena
Jankovic finally ended a losing run against Maria Sharapova, claiming her first grass court title with a 4-6 6-3 7-5 final victory a the rain-hit DFS Classic overnight
After both players had successfully steered past their semi-final opponents earlier in the day, Jankovic overcame a first-set hiccup to beat the No.1 seed.
It was No.2 seed Jankkovic’s fourth title of the year and she underlined her reputation as an all-court player by adding the triumph to her successes more…
Henman gets back to winning in England 2007-06-19 08:07:27 NOTTINGHAM, England
— Tim Henman won just his second ATP Tour match this year on Tuesday, beating Michael Russell of the United States 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) at the Nottingham Open.
Henman struggled to hold serve in the second set before advancing to the second round of the Wimbledon warmup.
“I knew it was never going to be plain sailing and there were a few nervy points along the way,” Henman said. “But it’s these type of games that are always nice to come through. I didn’t more…
Henin tops Mauresmo for Eastbourne title 2007-06-23 11:51:22 EASTBOURNE, England — Defending champion Justine Henin defeated second-seeded Amelie Mauresmo
7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2) Saturday in the final of the Eastbourne International, the last grass-court tuneup before Wimbledon begins Monday.
The matchup was a repeat of the 2006 Wimbledon final won by Mauresmo.
Henin remained unbeaten in eight matches at Eastbourne. This was the top-seeded Belgian’s fifth title this year and third win in four matches over Mauresmo since more…
Karlovic is Nottingham champ for first time 2007-06-23 11:49:35 NOTTINGHAM, England — Ivo Karlovic
rallied to win his first Nottingham
Open on Saturday, taking three sets to beat eighth-seeded Arnaud Clement.
Karlovic won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his first title on grass ahead of Wimbledon, which starts Monday. In April, the 29-year-old Croat won his first ATP tour title in Houston on clay.
“To tell the truth I didn’t really expect to win,” Karlovic said. “I came here to play a few matches, I was the last player in the draw.
“I was injured last more… Read more:champ
Russian, 20, captures title in Netherlands 2007-06-23 11:48:06 DEN BOSCH, Netherlands
— Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia earned his first grass-court championship Saturday at the Ordina Open. Anna Chakvetadze of Russia won the women’s final of this Wimbledon warmup.
The second-seeded Ljubicic beat unseeded Peter Wessels of the Netherlands 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), and the third-seeded Chakvetadze defeated top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-3.
It was the second title of the year for both Ljubicic and more… Read more:Russian
Murray to decide by Monday on Wimbledon 2007-06-23 11:47:46 WIMBLEDON, England — Britain’s Andy Murray
will decide Monday
if he will play at Wimbledon
.
The No. 8 seed has been sidelined since May 15 with a right wrist injury.
“I’ve been playing some sets the last few days and haven’t had any bad reactions on my wrist,” Murray said Saturday. “Every day it’s been getting better.
“Unless I have any bad reactions tomorrow or on Monday after my practices, I’m planning on playing.”
With four-time Wimbledon semifinalist Tim Henman on the more…
Finalists do it hard way 2007-06-23 09:13:19
CROATIA’S Ivo Karlovic will face France’s Arnaud Clement in the final after a busy day at the Nottingham Open.
Clement overcame Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman 6-2 6-4 in the semi-final, after both players had to finish off rain-delayed quarter-final matches earlier in the day.
Karlovic ousted the No.2 seed, Dimitri Tursunov from Russia 7-5 6-4 after the latter had also finished off a quarter-final tie, beating Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6 6-3 7-5.
Earlier, Clement beat compatriot and more…
Jelena lines up another Russian 2007-06-23 09:11:09
RUSSIA’S Anna Chakvetadze, the No.3 seed, will meet Serbia’s Jelena
Jankovic in tonight’s (AEST) final of the Ordina Open.
In the the overnight semi-finals, Chakvetadze beat Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova (No.5) 6-3 6-4, while Jankovic, the No.1 seed form Serbia, overcame stubborn resistance from Russia’s Dinara Safina to win 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8-6).
"It wasn’t easy. Dinara is an excellent grasscourt player - she was a finalist here last year - and served very well," said Jankovic. more… Read more:Russian
Henin beats Mauresmo in final at Eastbourne 2007-06-23 06:37:21 EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Defending champion Justine Henin defeated second-seeded Amelie Mauresmo
7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2) Saturday in the final of the Eastbourne International, the last grass-court tuneup before Wimbledon begins Monday.
The matchup was a repeat of the 2006 Wimbledon final won by Mauresmo.
Henin remained unbeaten in eight matches at Eastbourne. This was the top-seeded Belgian’s fifth title this year and third win in four matches over Mauresmo since losing to her at more…
Chinese star out of Wimbledon 2007-06-23 01:23:51
CHINESE No.1 Li Na has pulled out of Wimbledon
due to a painful combination of damaged chest muscles and a bad cough, state media reported on Friday.
Li, the No.18 seed, had already missed the final pre-Wimbledon event at Eastbourne this week due to chest pain exacerbated by the cold.
"She has sore ribs and the pain was made worse by her coughing so we had to pull her out of the tournament,” Chinese
Tennis Association spokeswoman Xie Miqing told Sina.com.
Li, 25, from Wuhan, more…
Maria can shoulder strain 2007-06-22 17:28:39
MARIA Sharapove insists her bid for a second Wimbledon title will not be affected by a shoulder injury that forced her to take a precautionary week off in the build-up to this year’s championship.
The 2004 champion is easing her way back to full fitness after sustaining the right shoulder problem in late April.
Sharapova opted not to play the WTA tournament at Eastbourne this week, in case she aggravated the injury, but the Russian, seeded No.2 at Wimbledon, is confident she can more… Read more:Maria
Federer has seemingly easy path to fifth Wimbledon title 2007-06-22 14:51:17 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Four-time defending champion Roger Federer will face 85th-ranked Teimuraz Gabashvili in the first round of Wimbledon
.
Top-seeded Justine Henin looks to complete a career Grand Slam, opening against Argentine qualifier Jorgelina Cravero.
Federer, who defeated Rafael Nadal in last year’s final, has never played Gabashvili. Federer, who will play on Centre Court on Monday, is trying to become the first player to win five straight Wimbledons since Bjorn Borg more…
Fitzgerald backs relaxed Hewitt 2007-06-25 08:23:59
AUSTRALIA Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald
says Lleyton Hewitt
is primed for a rampaging Wimbledon assault, claiming the former world No.1 had regained peak form.
"It’s the best I’ve seen Lleyton hit the ball in 18 months," Fitzgerald said of the 2002 All England Club champion.
"He’s happy, he’s healthy and he’s looking forward to playing here again.
"It was bad luck he lost early at Queen’s, but that kid (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) is a good player and he’d been more…
Arthurs aiming to stick around 2007-06-25 08:22:17
THIEMO De Bakker is reputably the best young player to come out of the Netherlands since Richard Krajicek’s 1996 Wimbledon glory.
At 18, he is ambitious and already armed with a Wimbledon boy’s crown. He will tonight attempt to terminate Wayne Arthurs’s career in a meeting of old and new.
Arthurs, competitive to the end, has no intention of allowing De Bakker a successful senior grand slam initiation.
"I know nothing about him apart from the fact he was the Wimbledon junior more…
Doctor calls Murray out 2007-06-25 08:20:50
SCOTLAND’S Andy Murray
, Britian’s top-ranked player, has pulled out of Wimbledon after failing to recover from a wrist injury.
Murray had left his decision to the last minute, to give himself the best possible chance of playing, but after an overnight indoor session at Roehampton the 20-year-old said he feared further damage to his wrist if he played.
"The doctor has advised me not to play and that I probably need about 10 days to be ready," said Murray. more… Read more:Doctor
, calls
Sam, Alicia play tonight 2007-06-25 00:29:30
AUSTRALIANS Samantha Stosur and Alicia
Molik are in action on the first day of the Wimbledon championships tonight (AEST).
Stosur, the No.27 seed, takes on Peurto Rica’s Kristina Brandi, while Molik plays Russia’s Anastasia Rodionova.
The first tmatch on centre court features defending men’s chamion Roger Federer against Russia’s Teimuraz Gabashvili.
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Federer begins quest for 5 straight Wimbledon titles 2007-06-24 21:52:34 By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY LONDON — Two months after he ended Pete Sampras’ bid to tie Bjorn Borg with five consecutive Wimbledon
titles in 2001, Roger Federer received a call.
It was Borg, phoning to thank the then-Grand Slam-tournament-less Swiss for keeping his streak alive. My, how times have changed.
Federer, who has the last four All England Club titles in his pocket, enters Wimbledon threatening to match Borg’s five-peat.
“It’s ironic, but I’ve heard he’s happy if more…
Henin begins to find herself at peace 2007-06-24 21:51:57 By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY LONDON — For the record, Justine Henin cries — a lot.
Not, of course, at her mother’s funeral or in public view at any of the big wins and tough losses during her nine-year pro career.
Not even when she openly reunited with her estranged family and singled them out in her on-court victory speech two weeks ago in the French Open.
Like a lot of things in the top-ranked Belgian’s airtight private life, emotions flow behind closed doors. But more… Read more:herself
Expectations still high for James Blake despite struggle 2007-06-24 21:50:52 By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY LONDON — James
Blake has mastered the comeback.
The 27-year-old American rose to a best-ever No. 4 finish to close 2006 after battling back from career-threatening illness and injury and the death of his father three years ago. But he has struggled for much of 2007 and heads into Wimbledon looking to avoid another fall-and-rise chapter to his story.
As usual, Blake can find a silver lining in his season, which has seen him drop to No. 9 and fail more… Read more:despite
Swinging, midcourt volley becomes key weapon among pros 2007-06-24 21:48:54 By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY James Blake remembers how his college coach reacted when he would occasionally charge a floating ball in the middle of the court and take a huge, swinging cut.
“It frustrated the heck out of him,” says Blake, an All-American who spent two years at Harvard in the late 1990s before bolting for the pro circuit. “He didn’t think, tactically, it was right.”
Blake, firmly entrenched in the top 10, might have been ahead of his time as an undergrad. But when more… Read more:Swinging
, volley
Red-hot Roger raring to go 2007-06-24 16:38:32
REFRESHED by a rare week off from the grass court season, Roger
Federer yesterday declared himself fully fit as he shapes to join Bjorn Borg in Wimbledon’s pantheon of modern greats.
Federer has not played since a bruising four-set defeat in the French Open final to Rafael Nadal, having opted out of the Halle event in Germany he has dominated since 2003.
The Swiss conjurer instead acquainted himself with his new Zurich apartment, played cards with mates and patched up a body and mind more…
Washout best early forecast 2007-06-24 16:37:47
ROGER Federer begins his quest to emulate Bjorn Borg’s record of five successive Wimbledon titles tonight (AEST), at an All England Club that has undergone a few changes.
The citadel of grass court tennis is in a state of transition and, for the first time since 1922, there will be no roof over Centre Court.
The club is in the midst of a three-year modernisation project, which includes building a retractable roof over the main show court, and Federer expects a battle with the elements more…
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