BRIEFLY : COURIER IN FINAL, BUT WILL HE PLAY?Byline: Daily News Wire Services Jim Courier's happiness over reaching his first final in nearly a year was dampened Saturday by a sprained foot that has him questionable for the St. Jude Indoor championship in Memphis, Tenn. Courier sprained his left foot during the third set of a victory over John van Lottum John van Lottum (born April 10, 1976 in Madagascar) is a former tennis player from The Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994-2007. He did not win a title in singles or doubles during his career. and then played four more games before winning the semifinal 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4. ``It's going to be a question of how much pain and discomfort he can handle,'' ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour trainer Doug Spreen said about Courier's status for the final. He won his last final in April at the U.S. Clay Court A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam titles. Championships and is trying to improve his ranking, now 69th. Courier will play No. 3 seed Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978) is a German tennis player. He is 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (187 cm) tall and plays right-handed. He is currently ranked #10 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002. , who reached his second final this year with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over top-seeded Todd Martin For the musician of the same name, see . Todd Christopher Martin (born July 8 1970, in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. . Third-seeded Tim Henman of Britain outlasted Russia's Marat Safin 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-0) in a semifinal of the ABN AMRO indoor tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Henman's final opponent will be No. 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, who defeated Britain's Greg Rusedski 6-4, 6-2 in the other semifinal. OLYMPICS: George Mitchell, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee's ethics panel, said his commission's investigation of the Salt Lake City scandal would focus on recommending procedures for future bid cities. The former U.S. Senate majority leader said his report was not intended to be an exhaustively detailed laundry list laundry list A popular term for a long list of Sx, diseases, or etiologies that share something in common–eg, differential diagnosis of acute abdomen of allegations of misbehavior. Rather, he said, ``We intend to place emphasis on recommendations for rules, compliance and enforcement which we hope, if adopted, will prevent the occurrence of actions in the future of the type that led to the creation of the commission.'' |
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