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Sharapova leads one of the deepest U.S. Open fields in the history of women's tennis. The slam sisters, Serena and Venus Williams, will be formidable, as will new No. 2 Lindsay Davenport. Behind them lurks a horde of Sharapova's fellow Russians, including defending U.S. Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva; Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne; and France's Amélie Mauresmo. Any one of them could win the Open. The men's game, on the other hand, has been dominated by the silent Swiss Roger Federer. The only mystery concerns who will be Federer...
...spot, Sharapova steadily piled up points this summer while Davenport nursed injuries. Sharapova is consistent, having won six tournaments since her triumph at Wimbledon, and she reached the quarters and two semifinals in this year's three Grand Slam events. But her quick rise--from No. 324 to No. 1 in three years--has surprised everyone, even the typically self-assured Sharapova. "It's actually shocking," she tells TIME. "Before I was trying to lay off the whole thing, saying, 'I'm not worried about it, it's not important.' But you know, once you get there, it's, like...
...injuries that took him off the court for a year dating back to last May. He did not live up to the “marquee†billing he shares with other WTT players including past greats Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe and current WTA No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, losing his men’s doubles match and winning his singles match in a tiebreak only after coming alive to overcome a 3-0 deficit...
After only five hours of deliberation, the jury found Ismael Vasquez, 27, his 23-year-old brother, Luis Vasquez, Harold Parker, 31, and Scott Davenport, 31, guilty of first-degree murder...
Assistant District Attorney Patrick Haggan said during the trial that Nachtwey screamed “at the top of her lungs†after Davenport allegedly stabbed her with a 10-inch knife and that Luis Vasquez then repeatedly beat her with nunchucks before they dumped her body into the Charles River, according...