BRIEFLY SERENA BEATS CAPRIATI AGAIN.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Hot weather, a formidable foe, rowdy fans and the law of averages failed to faze Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.[1]. . Still unbeaten in 2003, the top-seeded Williams rallied past Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She won three Grand Slam singles titles (2001 and 2002 Australian Open, 2001 French Open), and the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic for the seventh consecutive time Saturday, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, to win the Nasdaq-100 Open in Key Biscayne This article is about the island named Key Biscayne. For the village on the island of the same name, see Key Biscayne, Florida. For the tennis tournament sometimes referred to as Key Biscayne, see Miami Masters. , Fla. Playing on her 27th birthday didn't help Capriati, the runner-up for the third year in a row. She also lost to Serena last year and to 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. in 2001. Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. , bidding for his sixth Key Biscayne title and his third in a row, will play No. 5 Carlos Moya in the men's final today. Agassi, seeded second, advanced by beating No. 9 Albert Costa 6-2, 6-4. The sixth-seeded Capriati started fast but acknowledged that the 85-degree heat - and Williams' relentless groundstrokes - took a toll in their two-hour slugfest. By the final game, Capriati was hitting so wildly that Williams had to duck out of the way of one shot. BASEBALL: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. junior reliever Jon Williams' season is over. A key returning veteran, Williams went down with elbow soreness, threw an inning at San Diego on March 18 but suffered more discomfort. He was advised not to continue this season. ``He was a shell of his former self,'' Trojans coach Mike Gillespie said of Williams, who was 1-0 with a 3.68 ERA in five appearances. CROSS COUNTRY: American Deena Drossin (Agoura High graduate) lost her lead in the final 250 meters of the 5-mile race at the World Championships in Avenches, Switzerland, and finished second to Ethiopia's Werknesh Kidane. Drossin, who was attempting to become the first American to win the world long-race title since Lynn Jennings in 1992, completed the event in 26 minutes, 2 seconds - nine seconds behind Kidane - and was the runner-up for the second consecutive year. |
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