BRIEFLY : SAMPRAS COMES BACK FOR ITALIAN OPEN WIN.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services 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. faced a familiar scene, finding himself quickly behind in a first-round match on the Italian Open's red clay in Rome. This time, however, the world's No. 1 player changed the script. He came back Tuesday to beat Thomas Enqvist Thomas Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006. 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, and scored his first win at the Foro Italico Foro Italico is a vast sports-complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938. Inspired by the roman forums of the imperial age, its architectures still stick to the rationalistic style. in four years. ``It's definitely a good start,'' said Sampras after trailing 3-0 and 4-1 against the 18th-ranked Swede swede: see turnip. , who entered Rome with the third-most match wins on the men's tour this year. ``Obviously, I didn't start off very good, but as the match wore on I started feeling better,'' Sampras said. ``It's still clay-court tennis. It's difficult to move. But I was able to get the length right on my strokes.'' If his ground strokes were erratic, Sampras was helped by a booming and accurate first serve, often clocked around 125 mph on courts quickened by the Mediterranean sun. The top seed is in Rome in hopes of improving his game for the French Open, which starts May 25. It's the only Grand Slam grand slam 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. event played on clay and the lone major title that has eluded Sampras. 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. won her second-round match at the German Open in Berlin, beating Slovakia's Henrieta Nagyova 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. BASKETBALL: The president of Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing called basketball coach Jim O'Brien Jim O'Brien may be:
Now the head coach at Ohio State, O'Brien left Boston College last year after a series of spats with the admissions department over the rejection of recruits Jonathan DiPina and Elton Tyler. Fresno State has named Britt King to lead the women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. program, making her the first African-American head coach in any sport in the school's history. FOOTBALL: The Bears moved to upgrade their defensive front seven, signing former Cincinnati Bengal Ricardo McDonald as their probable starting strong-side linebacker. He will replace long-time Bear Ron Cox. McDonald, 28, who agreed to a two-year deal worth $1.75 million with a $300,000 signing bonus, was third on the Bengals last year with 64 tackles. McDonald's agent, Steve Zucker, and Bears vice president Ted Phillips completed the deal late Monday night as the Bears moved to beat the Carolina Panthers, Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins to McDonald, the 1992 fourth-round pick of the Bengals. The Oakland Raiders have signed Leon Bender, a defensive tackle out of Washington State who was the 31st player taken in last month's draft. ALSO: Sweden and Finland each won their opening semifinal games at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, moving one step closer to a title showdown between the archrivals. . . . The International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers are talking with Sergei Fedorov's brother, Fedor, and may sign the 16-year-old forward before next season, Vipers general manager Rick Dudley said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: SAMPRAS |
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