BRIEFLY : DAVENPORT DEFEATS GRAF, REACHES FINAL.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Steffi Graf Noun 1. Steffi Graf - German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) Graf, Stephanie Graf was undermined by unforced errors and an erratic backhand as she lost 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 to top-seeded Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional female tennis champion. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. in Saturday's semifinals of the Bank of the West tournament at Stanford. Davenport, ranked third in the world, had lost in the semifinals of this tournament five of the previous six years. She reached her first final in the event by using her consistent play to take advantage of Graf's mistakes. ``I think I've picked up my game a lot, I'm a little more consistent,'' Davenport said. ``People say she (Graf) has been out for a year and a half and she's not ranked that high anymore, but it's still a good win.'' Davenport will meet the winner of Saturday night's late match between second-seeded Monica Seles and third-seeded Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. . Graf was seeded fourth despite falling to No. 57 in the world since having reconstructive left knee surgery last year. The women's tour has given her a special co-ranking of No. 7 until the U.S. Open, allowing Graf to be seeded at this and two other tournaments. ``I haven't had a lot of matches or three setters in the past 1-1/2 years, so it's definitely something that makes me realize what I have to work on,'' said Graf, who was cramping cramping see cramp. in both legs in the third set. Sixth-seeded Magnus Norman advanced to the final of the Croatia Open with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Juan Antonio Marin of Costa Rica in Umag, Croatia. Czech Bohdan Ulihrach, who defeated defending champion Felix Mantilla in the quarterfinals, also reached the final. SOCCER: Nine members of the U.S. team that went 0-3 at the World Cup are among 11 starters for the USA All-Stars, who will face the league's top world players today at Orlando, Fla., in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game The MLS All-Star Game has been held each season that Major League Soccer has existed. The set-up for the game has been far more fluid than that of All-Star games in more traditional leagues such as the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. . Although Florida has not been a particularly strong market for the MLS See multilevel security. attendance-wise, with Tampa Bay and Miami ranking near the bottom of league averages, a crowd of more than 40,000 is expected. Colombian midfielder Carlos Valderrama is expected to start for the world team despite being slapped with a league-record $10,000 fine last week for refusing to practice for the Miami Fusion in a dispute with new coach Ivo Wortmann. Most of the 22 starters were picked from the Eastern Conference. One notable Western Conference player who was left off the U.S. team when reserves were announced was San Jose's Eric Wynalda, the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. national team. From the Galaxy, Cobi Jones starts for the U.S. team and Mauricio Cienfuegos starts for the world team. BASKETBALL: Nigerian center Julius Nwosu was suspended for two months after testing positive at the World Basketball Championship in Athens, Greece, for the banned substance ephedrine ephedrine (ĭfĕd`rĭn, ĕf`ĭdrēn'), drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma. . SURFING: Tim Curran of Oxnard lost to Pat O'Connel of Laguna Niguel at the $150,000 Op Pro Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach. Australia's Danny Wills, the points leader on the world surfing tour, moved on to the next round by beating Kaipo Jaquias of Hawaii. BOWLING: Don Helling won the PBA PBA Professional Bowlers Association PBA Palm Beach Atlantic University (West Palm Beach, Florida) PBA Partial-Birth Abortion PBA Philippine Basketball Association PBA Public Broadcasting Atlanta (Georgia, USA) Tour's Showboat showboat. In the early 19th cent. entertainment was brought by boat to the pioneers that settled along the western rivers (especially the Mississippi and Ohio) of the United States. At first companies only traveled by boat, performing on land. Senior Invitational in Las Vegas, beating top-seeded Mike Durbin 248-201 in the championship game. Helling earned $22,000 for his second senior title. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO DAVENPORT |
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