BRIEFLY HUBER SURVIVES FOR WIN AT CARLSBAD.Anke Huber Anke Huber (born December 4, 1974) is a former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996. Huber was born in Bruchsal, Germany. is relieved her first-round match at the $450,000 Toshiba Tennis Classic is over. The fifth-seeded Huber overcame a 5-3 deficit in the first set and 11 double faults to hold off Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgarian: Магдалена Малеева) (born April 1, 1975) is a Bulgarian former tennis player. for a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 victory Tuesday in Carlsbad. ``The first round against her is not easy,'' Huber said. ``I don't like the way she's playing. She's hitting the ball hard and flat, and it's kind of hard to find the rhythm.'' In another first-round match, teen-ager Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. scored a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Florencia Labat Florencia Labat (born June 12, 1971 in Pergamino) was a professional female tennis player from Argentina. She joined the WTA Tour in 1988 and retired in 2000. On September 12, 1994 she was ranked World No. 26. to set up a second-round match against No. 1-ranked Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (pronounced: hɪŋˈɡɪs) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former World No. 1 Swiss tennis player. of Switzerland tonight. Williams, 17, downplayed her second career meeting with the 16-year-old Hingis, saying it's ``just another match.'' ``I think (Williams) doesn't really think that way,'' Huber said. ``She's just saying it. Nothing against her, but it's a joke.'' Hingis won her only meeting with Williams, a 6-4, 6-2 victory in the third round at this year's Lipton Championships. In other matches Tuesday, France's Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born October 17, 1967, in Bangui, Central African Republic) is a former professional tennis player from France. Career Tauziat turned professional in 1984 and lived in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera during the early stages of her career and later beat Rita Grande of Italy 7-5, 6-1; Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki defeated Anne Miller 6-1, 6-3, and Anne-Gaelle Sidot of France beat Australia's Siobhan Drake-Brockman 7-5, 6-3. Henry Talbert, a 23-year veteran with the U.S. Tennis Association, will become the new executive director of the Southern California section. He replaces Bob Kramer, who will devote all his time to running the Infiniti Open. HOCKEY: The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed free-agent right wing Tony Amonte, the team's leading scorer last season, to a five-year contract. . . . The Ottawa Senators re-signed free agent defenseman Jason York to a multiyear contract. York, 27, had four goals, 17 assists and 37 penalty minutes in 75 games with Ottawa last season. He was scoreless in seven playoff games.. . . . The Florida Panthers hired former defenseman Joe Cirella as an assistant coach. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The Big Ten conference awarded ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Sports exclusive cable and broadcast rights to football and basketball coverage until 2007. The agreement runs from the 1997 football season to the 2006-07 basketball season and also includes coverage of women's basketball and volleyball. BOXING: Larry Holmes wearily went back to his corner after a 10-round fight against young Maurice Harris and said, ``It was a tough day at the office.'' It certainly was a tough day for the 47-year-old Holmes, but he managed to get a split decision over Harris in The Theater at Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference that could keep alive his dream of fighting 48-year-old George Foreman. ``I thought it was close,'' Holmes said. ``He was a 22-year-old kid, but I took it to him tough. I thought I won by one point. ``I only want one more fight. That's against George Foreman and then I will retire.'' |
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