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PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Richard Gasquet parted company with coach Eric Deblicker one week before the start of the French Open, the French number one said on Sunday. "Eric remains my friend and the one who helped me into the top 10," Gasquet, who has won 10 matches and lost nine this year, said...
With reference to an article “The tale of a broken pot” (“Newscape” page, May 13, 2008) Iravatham Mahadevan, one of the co-authors of the article, clarifies that he had wrongly mentioned, in the first paragraph, that the broken pot was found in Andipatti in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. It was...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 HAMBURG, Germany: Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a first set white-wash to beat French compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the Hamburg Masters Series here on Monday. And Britain’s number one Andy Murray also moved into the second...
Matt Walsh, a former Patriots video assistant, will meet separately with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Sen. Arlen Specter today to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules. Walsh is scheduled to meet with Goodell at the NFL...
ANDY Murray had a dig at his critics after cruising into the second round of the Hamburg Masters with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dmitry Tursunov yesterday. ... "I haven't played that many matches on clay so to expect me to play well every single week (is too much]," said...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made some history for himself Monday in the first round of the Hamburg Masters. ... Tsonga missed a month because of the right-knee injury and lost in the first round of the Rome Masters last week to Gilles Simon. Tsonga is seeded 14th at the Hamburg...
Ferrer hands Nadal only his second defeat in over 100 clay-court matches ROME: World number two Rafael Nadal’s bid to win the Rome Masters for ... the fourth successive year was buried on Wednesday when he lost 7-5, 6-1 to Juan Carlos Ferrero. The unseeded player then...
Roger Federer's first match at the Rome Masters will come against a player who's given him all sorts of trouble — Guillermo Canas. ... Canas rallied past Italian wild card Gianluca Naso 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2 Monday to set up a clay-court meeting with Federer, who had a...
Results Monday from the Rome Masters, a €2.27 million (US$3.5 million) ATP event on clay at the Foro Italico (seedings in parentheses): ... First Round Luis Horna, Peru, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Michael Llodra,...
ANDY Murray's unhappy return to Barcelona ended yesterday when he and doubles partner Ross Hutchins lost in the second round of the Barcelona Open. ... The British No 1 and Londoner Hutchins were beaten 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) by Jeff Coetzee and Kevin Ullyett, ruining Murray's...
