BRIEFLY : PIERCE UPSETS TOP-SEEDED SELES.Until Thursday, Mary Pierce Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American women's professional tennis player on the WTA tour and the winner of a total of four Grand Slam titles: two in singles; and two in doubles. Pierce plays for France. never had won a set against Monica Seles. This time, she took two straight and ousted the No. 1 seed from the Italian Open Italian Open may refer to:
In a fiercely contested match that was delayed for hours by rain, Pierce downed Seles 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6) to reach the quarterfinals of the women's clay-court tournament. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Conchita Martinez reached the quarterfinals with straight-set wins. 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. suffered one his most lopsided defeats on red clay, losing 6-1, 6-2 to Hicham Arazi in the third round of the $2.3 million German Open in Hamburg. GOLF: Don Pooley shot an 8-under-par 64 to grab a two-shot lead after the opening round of the BellSouth Classic in Duluth, Ga., being played for the first time at the new TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of Sugarloaf Country Club. New Zealand's Greg Turner shot a course-record 5-under-par 67 and took the first-round lead in the $1.14 million Benson and Hedges International in Thame, England. FOOTBALL: Three UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX football players - all defensive ends - are recovering from a two-car accident that occurred early Monday morning. Driver Vae Tata suffered serious, but not life-threatening injuries and underwent surgery Monday and Tuesday. He is listed in stable condition at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Torrance, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1946, and is funded by Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA serves as the Level I Trauma Center for the South Bay area. in Torrance. Freshman Billy Pieper suffered a broken right fibula fibula (fĭb`yələ): see leg. and three broken bones in his right foot/ankle area. Sophomore Brendon Ayenbadejo incurred some bruises but no major injuries. In Colfax, Wash., Philadelphia Eagles second-round draft choice James Darling was charged with burglary and assault for going into a fraternity house to seek out a man he was angry at because of a dispute over a woman. Quarterback Pat Barnes, the Kansas City Chiefs' fourth-round pick in this year's draft, signed a three-year contract. Barnes threw for 7,047 yards, with 51 touchdowns and 26 interceptions at Cal. HOCKEY: Jorgen Jonsson's late goal and Tommy Salo's stellar goaltending goal·tend·ing n. 1. Sports The act of protecting a goal, as in hockey and other such sports. 2. Basketball helped Sweden beat the Czech Republic 1-0 to reach the finals of the World Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The other finalist in the best-of-three series starting Sunday will be determined in today's game between Canada and Russia. BASKETBALL: Georgia Tech star Matt Harpring announced he will remain at school for his senior season. Texas Tech center Tony Battie and guard Cory Carr will enter this year's NBA draft, although both haven't ruled out the possibility of returning to school for their senior seasons. Lorenzo Romar of Pepperdine and Jim Crews of Evansville were named assistants for the 1997 U.S. 22-and-under championship basketball team. |
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