BRIEFLY : AGASSI ADVANCES TO SLAM CUP FINAL.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. won the last 11 games of the match to beat a tiring Karol Kucera 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (5-7), 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday and reach today's final of the Grand Slam Cup The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually in Munich, Germany, from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF invited the best-performing players in the year's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup. in Munich, Germany against Marcelo Rios. Agassi outlasted Kucera in a match that lasted 3 hours, 40 minutes. Agassi trailed 5-2 in the fourth set, and Kucera served for the match. But the Slovak was unable to convert four match points, and his errors combined with some spectacular and risky shotmaking by Agassi. Kucera sent a forehand forehand the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse. into the net to drop the game, and Agassi gained the momentum. Then he won the last 11 games. Agassi was a wild-card entry in the tournament that nominally brings together players with the best records in the four Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. events of the year - the Australian, French and U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
Now, he could end up earning $1.3 million by winning the title. Rios, at No. 3 the highest-ranked player in the $6.7 million tournament, came back from a break down in the third set to beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4. Greg Rusedski and Jan Siemerink, the top two seeds, won semifinal matches in the Toulouse Open in France and will meet in today's final. Carlos Moya of Spain and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil advanced easily to today's final of the Mallorca Open in the Balearic Islands. SWIMMING: Jenny Thompson, the first American since Tracy Caulkins in 1978 to win four gold medals in the World Championships, was honored as the Swimmer of the Year at the USA Swimming convention in Cincinnati. Thompson won the 100-meter freestyle and 100 butterfly and helped the United States to two relay victories. BOXING: Juan Carlos Gomez defended his WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. title in Hamburg, Germany, stopping Russia's Alexei Iliin early in the second round. Gomez, 25, improved to 25-0 with his 21st knockout. Iliin is 23-2. Thomas Tate retained his North American Boxing Federation The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council (WBC). super middleweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Demetrius Davis on Friday night in Philadelphia. Tate improved his record to 35-5. Davis fell to 17-11. TRIATHLON:Canada's Peter Reid won the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, finishing in 8 hours, 24 minutes, 20 seconds. Switzerland's Natascha Badmann took the women's division 9:24:16, about 30 minutes slower than the course record set in 1992 by eight-time winner Paula Newby-Fraser of Zimbabwe. Reid, 29, who finished fourth the past two years, took the lead from Germany's Jurgen Zack about two miles into the marathon run, the last of the three segments of the competition. Belgium's Luc Van Lierde Luc Van Lierde (born April 14, 1969 in Bruges) is an athlete from Belgium, who has been competing in triathlon since 1990. He twice won the Hawaii Ironman competition, the most prestigious triathlon event, and became world champion, having won every other title in his discipline, , who set the course record of 8:04:08 in 1996, finished second in 8:31:57. Germany's Lothar Leder was third in 8:32:57. Reid finished the 2.4-mile swim in 54th place, but quickly moved through the field and was third after the 112-mile cycling segment. The winner of the Australian Ironman last April, Reid moved past Zack and defending champion Thomas Hellriegel of Germany early in the marathon. By mile 18, Reid built his lead to nearly eight minutes. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: AGASSI |
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