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News, articles and information about the annual professional tennis tournament held at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (main court is Arthur Ashe Stadium) in Flushing, Queens.
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Sheehan, Wilkinson tied for 1st-round lead at storm-delayed Australian PGA
AP Sports WriterCOOLUM, Australia (AP) — Australian Paul Sheehan birdied the 18th hole early Friday to finish the first round with a 6-under-par 66 for a share of the lead at the storm-delayed Australian PGA championship. Sheehan and New Zealand's Tim Wilkinson,...Tags: Peter Lonard, John Daly, PGA Tour, Richard Lee, Golf
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Dilemma in the face of death
E-mail ellis@henican.comWhen the agitated man with the AK-47 demands to know, "Are you an American?" - how do you answer a life-or-death question like that? Do you say, "You bet I am - and proud to announce it anywhere"? Do you stand in stony silence, pretending you didn't...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Terrorism, Punishment, Fires, United States of America
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Local tennis official Madeline Zausner, 67, dies
john.jeansonne@newsday.comFamily and friends will throw a party Sunday to celebrate the life of longtime local tennis official Madeline Zausner, who died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Oct. 17. She was 67. "We're not fans of leaving people with a sad taste in their mouths," said...Tags: Diseases, Music, Tracy Austin, C.W. Post Campus, Cancer
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Doubles champ Carole Caldwell Graebner dies at 65
Carole Caldwell Graebner, who won doubles titles at the U.S. and Australian championships in the 1960s, died Wednesday. She was 65. Graebner died in New York City following a brief battle with cancer, said her daughter, Cameron Graebner Mark. The top-...Tags: Health Organizations, Tennis, Death and Dying
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U.S. doubles tennis star
New York Times News Service Carole Caldwell Graebner, a top-ranked women's doubles player and tireless supporter of the Fed Cup, an international tennis competition that she and longtime friend Billie Jean King helped inaugurate in 1963, died on...Tags: Jennifer Capriati, New York Times, Monica Seles, JC Penney Company Incorporated, Lindsay Davenport
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Big sister delivers convincing win
Venus Williams defeated her sister 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, a match Serena Williams called her worst of the year. Serena, 27, started to unravel early in...Tags: Venus Williams, Serena Williams, LM Ericsson Telephone Company, Sony Corp., Tennis
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Capitals' Ovechkin leaves to see ailing grandfather
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's reigning Most Valuable Player, will miss at least one game while in Russia to spend time with his ailing grandfather. Ovechkin left yesterday and will sit out tonight's game against the visiting...Tags: Marat Safin, Police, Patrick Ewing, Colleges and Universities, National Hockey League
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UMES bowling team national preseason No. 1
The defending NCAA champion UMES women's bowling team is the favorite to repeat. The Hawks garnered the preseason No. 1 spot in the National Tenpins Coaches Association's poll released yesterday, which marked the first time a UMES team earned the top...Tags: New Jersey Nets, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities, Police Arrests, National Hockey League
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Star Track: Tori Ford
Tori Ford of Williamsburg, a 5-foot-4 freshman on Syracuse University's tennis team, enjoyed the most successful tournament of her brief college career at the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Conn. She won the Southeast bracket, recovering from a 6-1, 6-...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Tennis
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Lucas Leaving Gators
Florida guard Jai Lucas, son of former NBA player and coach John Lucas, has decided to transfer. The point guard and his mother met with Gators coach Billy Donovan on Wednesday in Gainesville. Lucas, a sophomore from Bellaire, Texas, averaged 8.5...Tags: Mark Parrish, Columbus Blue Jackets, Serena Williams, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers
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In tennis as in politics, race colors the game
With the first presidential debate behind us, the next big showdown looms in the Spring of '09. By then, if the U.S. Constitution holds, the nation will have seated its harried 44th president and his stressed-out Treasury secretary. It is not yet clear...Tags: Venus Williams, Racism, Injuries, Al Gore, Lindsay Davenport
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Federer needs to beat Nadal to reclaim mystique
johnette.howard@newsday.comThe surprise that Roger Federer was about to spring yesterday was the best proof yet that his champion's conceit is back, not just his game. For Federer this has been a year of near-misses, blunted ambition, and lost chances to make some more tennis...Tags: Tropical Storms, Serena Williams, Muhammad Ali, Roger Federer, Brett Favre
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