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Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten started his farewell campaign by making an early exit from the Sony Ericcson Open in Miami, beaten 6-1 7-5 by Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean. ... Kuerten had not played an ATP match for 13 months before his appearance in Miami. The 31-year-old...
Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised yesterday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. “My mistake,” Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf tournament in Hoover, Ala. “I'm not broke,...
Sharapova rallies, advances Maria Sharapova rallied from a four-game deficit in the second set to beat Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, 7-6 (3), advancing to the Italian Open quarterfinals in Rome along with sisters Serena and Venus Williams. Seventh-seeded Venus Williams won the first three games of...
Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten was given a wild-card entry into this year's tournament by the French tennis federation on Thursday. The 31-year-old Brazilian will be playing his final tournament at Roland Garros, where he won his only majors in 1997, 2000 and 2001. The clay-court...
Sydney - An anxious Lleyton Hewitt was Tuesday awaiting a ruling from doctors which could affect his storied tennis career, with a hip injury threatening to keep the Australian out of the French Open and Wimbledon. The former number one who now ranks...
