BRIEFLY : COURIER POCKETS QATAR CHECK.Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. (born August 17 1970, in Sanford, Florida) is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States. During his ATP career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. won his 20th career title and deprived Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford) is a former English tennis player. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. of gaining his first 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. trophy, beating the Englishman 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 in Sunday's final of the Qatar Open. Henman, playing in his first final, started well, breaking Courier's serve in the opening game in Doha, Qatar. But the more experienced Courier, winner of 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. titles, outlasted the upstart Henman. The match ended when Henman carelessly netted a return and Courier earned the $84,000 top prize. Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer of the United States upset fourth-seeded Barbara Schett of Austria 6-1, 6-3 in the opening round of the Tasmanian International tennis tournament in Hobart, Australia. WINTER SPORTS Michelle Kwan of the United States won the women's title and Ilia Kulik of Russia took the men's crown at the Honda Prelude Cup open figure skating competition A figure skating competition is a judged sports competition in figure skating. Types of figure skating competitions Types of figure skating competitions include: International
In the interpretive free program before a capacity crowd of 10,000, Kwan and Kulik retained the leads they had established in the short program. Kwan, the 16-year-old world and U.S. champion, started with a clean triple salchow sal·chow n. A move in figure skating in which the skater jumps from one skate, completes a full rotation, and lands on the other skate. [After Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949), Swedish figure skater.] and a double axel before stepping wide while landing on a double lutz in a planned triple jump. It was the only flaw in a program of spins, spirals and combinations to music from ``Pocahontas.'' Swiss veteran Michael Von Gruenigen routed his opponents in a World Cup giant slalom for his second consecutive victory in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. In a sport in which hundredths of a second make a difference, Von Gruenigen completed the two-run race an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 1.64 seconds ahead of Austria's Siegfried Voglreiter. ``I have no secret,'' said Von Gruenigen, the defending World Cup champion in the giant slalom. ``I just feel very confident, and that allows me to take all the risks I want and to push all the way down the hill.'' Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway finished third and Italian star Alberto Tomba, competing in his first giant slalom this season, fell during the second run and failed to complete the race. U.S. lugers Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer will be $3,000 richer today if they can continue their success of the first half of the World Cup season. Thorpe, of Marquette, Mich., and Sheer, of Croton croton, in botany croton (krō`tən), any of several species of Codiaeum that are widely cultivated as ornamentals and houseplants. The most popular species is C. , N.Y., defending world championship silver medalists in doubles, will compete in the Race of Champions in Winterberg, Germany. The dash-for-cash features the 1996 world championship medal winners in a one heat shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. as part of a made-for-German television winter sports extravaganza. Bobsled racing and ski jumping also are on the schedule. The Americans will be timed against defending world champions Markus and Tobias Schiegl of Austria and the 1996 bronze medal-winning team of Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselreider of Italy. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Italian superstar skier Alberto Tomba fell and didn't finish the World Cup giant slalom. Associated Press |
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