BRIEFLY : UNSEEDED COSTA UPSETS CHANG IN ITALIAN OPEN.Byline: Daily News Wire Services One day after surprising top-ranked 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. , 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. was beaten Friday by unseeded Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (born June 25 1975, in Lleida) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open Italian Open may refer to:
In defeating Sampras, the 14th-ranked Chang had outserved one of the game's big hitters. Against Costa, ranked No. 20, Chang struggled to hold service and repeatedly came up short on rallies from the baseline. After losing badly to the world's top-ranked player in their four previous matches, including three Grand Slam events, Anna Kournikova beat Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) in the quarterfinals at the German Open in Berlin. ALSO: Cruz Pedregon of Camarillo, running 4.832 seconds at 313.15 mph, edged John Force for top qualifying honors in Funny Car at the Mopar Parts Nationals in Englishtown, N.J. . . . Mario Lemieux sued Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Roger Marino, claiming the team has not paid him some of the deferred money required as part of his contract. . . . The Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). and another NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there team, one still in the playoffs, will train in Austria next fall. The league, in making the announcement, would not identify the other club because it is still involved in postseason play. . . . Bill Elliott blended fast work in the pits and on the track to capture the pole for Winston Cup racing's 14th annual all-star event tonight. Elliott outperformed 18 of his peers to take the top starting spot for The Winston at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. |
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