BRIEFLY : GRAF HURT, PULLS OUT OF FINAL VS. HINGIS.Top-ranked Steffi Graf Noun 1. Steffi Graf - German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) Graf, Stephanie Graf , succumbing to a knee injury that was aggravated during the semifinals, withdrew from today's championship match of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo against 16-year-old Swiss phenom Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (pronounced: hɪŋˈɡɪs) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former World No. 1 Swiss tennis player. . Graf, who was hurt last summer, said the injury flared up during Saturday's 6-1, 7-5 semifinal victory over eighth-seeded Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem) is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. . Graf's withdrawal prevented a title match between the two highest-ranked players in women's tennis. Hingis, whose victory in the recent Australian Open
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. winner in this century, got to the final by beating fourth-seeded Anke Huber of Germany 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Goran Ivanisevic made it to the final of the Croatian Indoors in Zagreb, the tournament he co-owns, and will play Greg Rusedski of Great Britain for the title. Top-seeded Ivanisevic easily defeated Javier Sanchez 6-2, 6-4 in 59 minutes. Rusedski beat the Thomas Enqvist of Sweden in the other semifinal 6-4, 6-4. BASEBALL: Two more players were arrested on game-fixing charges in a growing gambling scandal involving Taiwan's professional baseball teams. Eagles catcher Chang Cheng-shien and Whales outfielder Yang Chang-hsin both confessed to deliberately losing games to help gamblers win their bets, prosecutor Huang Po-ling said. Gambling is illegal in Taiwan, but bets on professional baseball are rife, ranging from spectators making casual wagers to underworld syndicates seeking big profits. Former Florida Marlins manager Rene Lachemann and longtime Oakland third baseman Carney Lansford were hired as coaches by the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. . COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Miami football coach Butch Davis, who has led the Hurricanes to a share of the Big East title the last two years, signed a contract extension that runs through the 2003 season. |
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