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When Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, who between them have won 21 Grand Slam titles, came up against comparative unknowns in second-round matches at Wimbledon, the world's oldest tennis tournament, they were supposed to win comfortably. But someone had forgotten to give George Bastl, Paradorn Srichaphan and Olivier Rochus the script. They blew the big guns out of the competition. In just over three hours the three stars contrived to lose to players all ranked outside the world's top 50. Third-seeded Agassi lost in three sets to Thailand's Srichaphan, while the second seed...
...single individual is to be blamed for Italy's second-round exit, it is Trap himself: in the second half he substituted two attacking players with defensive midfielders, signaling the Italians would sit back and allow the Koreans to attack. The hosts were happy to oblige. For the final third of regulation time, only one side showed genuine appetite for goals. That side won. Justice was done. It's up to you whether you want to eat your sour grapes, Giovanni, but don't pelt them at the referee...
...Slovenia in the humidity of Kwangju. The striker was hungry for more. "If we carry on working as hard as that, we can achieve something great," he said. Indeed, hard running was the key to Spain's three-for-three performance. And yet, as his team prepared for its second-round game against the Irish on Sunday night, coach Camacho, mindful of the hubris that felled more fancied teams, was making no predictions. "There are no easy teams anymore...
...against Chirac. While dramatic, Beaucaire's lurch to the extreme right was not unique. All told, Le Pen's 26.7% run-off score in the Gard far outpaced his national count of 17.8%. In the otherwise charming and idyllic nearby towns of Vauvert and Saint-Gilles, Le Pen's second-round take was 33.7% and 40.3% respectively. "What's amazing is that in places like Vauvert, crime is mostly limited to petty acts, and in Saint-Gilles it's virtually unheard of," comments a local police official who requested anonymity. "Relations with the immigrant communities are also relatively placid...
Still, Klein managed to record a seven-over par 77 on Saturday, leaving him tied for sixth. Unfortunately, a mental mistake on the ninth hole on Sunday left Klein with a second-round 81, dropping him into a tie for 26th place...