BRIEFLY : GRAF INJURES KNEE, LEAVES EVENT.Steffi Graf Noun 1. Steffi Graf - German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) Graf, Stephanie Graf pulled out of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament Monday because of tendinitis in her knee, but she intends to play at Wimbledon next week. Graf, the defending and six-time Wimbledon champion, aggravated the injury practicing in Eastbourne last week and playing in an exhibition Sunday against Karina Habsudova in Bratislava, Slovakia. She flew home to Germany for consultation with her private physician before making the final decision to withdraw from Eastbourne. A WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) Tour statement described Graf's injury as minor inflammation of the patella patella (pətĕl`ə): see kneecap. tendon of the left knee. She is expected back in London on Thursday to prepare for Wimbledon, which starts Monday. Despite his strong showing on grass last week, Thomas Muster Thomas Muster (born October 2, 1967 in Leibnitz, Austria) is a former World Number 1 tennis player from Austria. At his peak in the mid-1990s, he was known as the "King of Clay". He is considered one of the finest clay court players that the game has produced. was seeded seventh for Wimbledon, five spots below his world ranking. Three-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. got the top seed, followed by three-time champion Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (born November 22 1967) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. at No. 2 and 1992 champion Andre Agassi at No. 3. On the women's side, defending and six-time champion Graf got the top seed. Monica Seles, returning to Wimbledon for the first time since her stabbing in 1993, was seeded No. 2. BASEBALL The Pac-10 baseball commissioner and coaches have called for a Sept. 18 meeting to discuss the possibility of interleague play in the conference. The conference's 10 teams now are split into two leagues and the top two teams from the Southern and Northern league's play in a season-ending three-game series to determine the champion. The Pac-10 has 10 baseball teams, the basketball and football members, except Oregon and including Portland State. SOURCE: Gary Washburn HOCKEY Gary Roberts, the former 50-goal scorer with the Calgary Flames, confirmed that recurring neck problems have forced him to retire after 10 NHL seasons and a stirring but short comeback this year. Gordie Roberts was named the director of player development for the Phoenix Coyotes (formerly the Winnipeg Jets). VOLLEYBALL Thirty-eight of 42 teams headed for beach volleyball's Olympic debut this summer will be competing at the Bud Light World Beach Invitational Wednesday through Sunday. The teams include Sinjin Smith-Carl Henkel and Holly McPeak-Nancy Reno. |
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