BRIEFLY : SAMPRAS IS ACED OUT BY CHANG.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services When little Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player. hits more aces than big 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. , you know it's not the No. 1 player's day. Chang defeated Sampras 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) Thursday in the third round of the Italian Open Italian Open may refer to:
Chapter Two begins May 25, when Sampras bids for the French Open title, 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. he has not won. The task won't be easy judging by his final performance on the red clay of the Foro Italico. After getting by in his first two matches of the tournament, he made too many unforced errors - 37 to only 13 by Chang - and could not depend on his favorite weapon - his serve - to pull out the match against the No. 15 seed. Chang had 11 aces to only five for Sampras, an advantage no one could recall before in their matchups. Chang will face Spain's Albert Costa in the quarterfinals. Costa, winner of last week's German Open, advanced with a 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) win over Karim Alami.Meanwhile, No. 3 Marcelo Rios beat Thomas Muster 6-3, 6-1. BASKETBALL: Jim Cleamons was named head coach of the American Basketball League's expansion franchise in Chicago, becoming the second former National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). coach to join the women's professional league. |
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