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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...
...strewn. The statistics showed just how disappointing the match was. In the 149 points of the match, 115 produced unforced errors, with 13 breaks of serve and 14 double faults. Even the girls' normally blistering serves slowed down by as much as 30 km/h. When the sister act reaches Wimbledon later this month, the one-two combination will probably produce another Williams final - but preferably one that will show the sisters at their best. ATHLETICS Doping Doubts Allegations that an American gold medal winner at the 2000 Olympics failed a drugs test a year before emerged during a World Anti...
...movement and the ball's. But in between points, he seemed a 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...
Media attention has focused on Terry, 21, and Morris, 23, not least because they play for the high-profile London club Chelsea (Byrne turns out for lowly Wimbledon) and have previously broken club rules that attempt to restrict the players' drinking and behavior. do you want to be a drunk or a footballer? screamed the Mirror. Indeed, a series of negative headlines involving footballers over recent months - including the retrial of Leeds United stars Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer, in which Woodgate was found guilty of affray - suggests a disturbing trend of players behaving badly. It also questions the ability...
...Agassi The longtime tennis pros and fan favorites declared themselves a deuce and married in October, four days before son Jaden Gil was born. Considering the combined gene pools, watching former women's champion Graf cringe through some of Agassi's current matches might only be a prelude to Wimbledon...