Word: slams
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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...
...long time before anyone dislodges them. Since little sister Serena - she is 15 months younger and 12 cm shorter than Venus - won the U.S. Open in 1999, the sibling rivals' world domination has been gaining pace. One or other has won six of the last 11 Grand Slam titles and two of the last three finals have had a sister on either side of the net. Though they demolish opponents with fearsome regularity, their performances against each other have been inconsistent. Conspiracy theorists have a field day whenever they play each other, speculating that the result has been decided...
...different man, unable (or unwilling) to control the verbal volleys. In retrospect, a contrite McEnroe fears that he's still seen as a "spoiled, loudmouthed, ill-tempered crybaby" of a player. Sure, fans remember the three Wimbledon singles trophies he lifted, his four U.S. Open titles, the 10 Grand Slam doubles crowns. But many haven't forgotten Wimbledon 1981, when he called umpire Ted James "the pits of the world," almost got thrown out of the tournament and was labeled "Super Brat" by the British press. McEnroe the post-therapy modern man candidly assesses, both in interview and autobiography...
Facing a strong Brown squad in a sold-out Lavietes Pavilion and on national television, junior forward Sam Winter took a nice pass from classmate Elliott Prasse-Freeman and proceeded to slam it down with authority. The dunk ended a Bears run near the end of the game and effectively sealed the win for the Crimson...
Four batters latter, Harvard had delivered four straight singles. Then, with two outs, Whitton drove a grand slam out of the park to delight the largest home crowd of the season. Final score: Harvard 7, Princeton...