AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Spanish armada on song at French Open.
(From Agence France Presse)
Spain led the way into the last 16 of the men's singles with five players making it into the fourth round.
Title-holder Albert Costa, tournament favourites Juan Carlos Fererro and Carlos Moya, Lleyton Hewitt's conquerer Tommy Robredo and Hamburg Masters winner Felix Mantilla all went through.
They now form a formidable wall of claycourt expertise that second-seed Andre Agassi will have to knock down if he is to win his second crown in Paris and make it halfway to a clean sweep of the 2003 Grand Slams.
And with only Ferrero and Mantilla drawn against each other, there could be four Spaniards in the quarter-finals.
Their great Argentine rivals have fared less well with only fancied seventh-seed Guillermo Coria and Mariano Zabaleta sure of their places. And they will play each other for a place in the last eight.
Argentina's other remaining representative Gaston Gaudio is locked in a third round battle with Gustavo Kuerten which was held over after the light faded with the Brazilian two sets ahead.
- Tennis: More seedings for the Grand Slams.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England) June 12, 2001 700+ words
...the players remains to be seen. Clay-court specialists such as French Open runner-up Alex Corretja and semi-finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero at least know they will be seeded for Wimbledon. But it is bad news for British No. 2 Greg Rusedski, who, currently...
- DODGERS TAT-TWO-ED; TATIS MAKES HISTORY: 1 INNING, 2 GRAND SLAMS : ST. LOUIS 12...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 24, 1999 700+ words
...player in major league history to hit two grand slams in the same inning, powering the Cardinals...only National League players to hit two grand slams in one game. He's the 10th player...Hoiles did it last August. And both grand slams came off Dodgers right-hander Chan...
- [0] DODGERS TAT-TWO-ED; TATIS MAKES HISTORY: 1 INNING, 2 GRAND SLAMS : ST....
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 24, 1999 700+ words
...in major-league history to hit two grand slams in the same inning, powering the Cardinals...only National League players to hit two grand slams in one game. He's the 10th player...Chris Hoiles did it last August. Both grand slams came off Dodgers right-hander Chan...
- Tennis strike threat; Plan to boycott Grand Slams over cash row.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Speck, Ivan June 23, 2003 700+ words
...distribution of profits. The ATP also want the Grand Slams to make a larger contribution towards...essence and we need to inspire all the Grand Slams to step up and act. Nobody wants alternative...begins on August 25. Instead, all four Grand Slams would see alternative tournaments ...
- Red Sox' Mueller makes baseball history with grand slams.(The Providence...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service McAdam, Sean July 29, 2003 700+ words
...belting three homers, including two grand slams, as the Sox hammered the Texas Rangers...first player in baseball history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in the...fourth in Red Sox history _ to hit two grand slams in a single game. "It was a pretty...
- HOILES' TWO GRAND SLAMS POWER O'S.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) August 15, 1998 700+ words
...leaguer and first catcher to hit two grand slams in a game, leading Baltimore to a 15...White Sox was the last player to hit two grand slams, on Sept. 4, 1995, against Texas...for the major league lead with three grand slams. His total of eight RBI is a career...
- Somerset, Mass., teen ties national world record, hits 3 grand slams in one...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Berg, Christian D. April 25, 1996 700+ words
...school baseball history to belt three grand slams in one game. With a batting average...number three. ``I had already hit two grand slams, and that was a lot,'' Plosker said...setting exploits and said that three grand slams were hit in a single game only once...
- Seles returns to Grand Slams as U.S. Open begins.(Originated from Knight-Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pucin, Diane August 27, 1995 700+ words
...really new,'' Seles said Sunday. ``Grand Slams, it used to be so automatic for me...in the back 28 months ago, and the Grand Slams haven't been the same. Now Seles...said, she watched only parts of two Grand Slams. ``I watched a little bit of Conchita...