BRIEFLY : HINGIS BATTLES INTO ITALIAN FINAL.A day after upsetting Steffi Graf Noun 1. Steffi Graf - German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) Graf, Stephanie Graf , the world's No. 1 woman player, 15-year-old Martina Hingis showed it was no fluke. In a display of shot-making and remarkable maturity, she defeated the more experienced No. 7 seed, Irina Spirlea, in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5, in the Italian Open semifinals Saturday in Rome. The Slovakian-born Swiss youngster will meet No. 2 seed Conchita Martinez in today's final. Martinez, seeking a record fourth consecutive Italian title, defeated No. 4 Iva Majoli of Croatia 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) 6-2. Mats Wilander put himself in position to break a six-year title drought with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Javier Frana in the semifinals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Houston, Texas. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts. The tournament has been held since 1910 in various locations across the USA. in Pinehurst, N.C. Brazil's Fernando Meligeni earned a 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Jason Stoltenberg. Unseeded Spaniards Roberto Carretero and Alex Corretja will play for theGerman Open title in Hamburg after straight victorires over seeded opponents in the semifinals. Carretero, a 20-year-old qualifier with a big forehand forehand the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse. ousted third-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia 7-5, 6-2 to reach the first final of his pro career. Corretja ousted Marcelo Rios, the fifth-seeded Chilean who broke into top-10 ranking by making the semifinals, 6-4, 6-4. BASKETBALL California State Bakersfield junior forward-center Kebu Stewart, the team's leading scorer and rebounder, has declared his eligibility for the NBA draft. Stewart is a transfer from Nevada-Las Vegas. MOTOR SPORTS A former NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. driver was arrested after police found a drug lab and plastic explosives in his East San Jose East San Jose (or the East Side; less commonly the East Valley) is the name for several neighborhoods east of downtown San Jose, California. These neighborhoods include:
OLYMPICS Russia's Dimitry Sautin established himself as an Olympic favorite with a 58-point victory in the men's 3-meter springboard competition at the FINA/Kodak Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jeff Madrigali and his crew of Kent Massey and Jim Barton have been on a roll all year, and they stayed on it for the U.S. Olympic Trials. They needed only two races in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga., to wrap up the match race portion of the Soling competition and earn a berth on the U.S. Olympic Yachting team. It was their eighth victory going back to 1995. Three other classes also determined champions even though two more races in each are scheduled today. Courtenay Becker-Dey of The Dalles dalles pl.n. The rapids of a river that runs between the steep precipices of a gorge or narrow valley. [French, pl. of dalle, gutter, from Old French, from Old Norse dæla.] , Ore., won the Europe Class, Kris Stookey of Darien, Conn., and Louise Van Voorhis of Rochester, N.Y., won the women's 470 and Morgan Reeser of Wilton Manors, Fla., and Kevin Burnham of Coral Gables, Fla., won the men's 470. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . U.S. record-holder Johnny Gray ran the fastest 800 meters by an American this year, winning the Occidentl College Invitational event in 1 minute, 44.64 seconds . . . . The Dominican Republic eliminated the Netherlands Antilles from World Cup competition with a 0-0 tie in Willemstad, Curacao. |
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