Takahashi holds off Lysacek for win
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READING, Pa. - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi was outpointed in the free skate last night by US champion Evan Lysacek, yet still won Skate America thanks to his overwhelming margin from the short program.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - American Evan Lysacek displayed the grit of a champion to win the Four Continents men's title on Friday, collecting his second major championship in as many weeks.
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Top seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia   ground out a 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 victory against German newcomer   Benjamin Becker on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the   Thailand Open.
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Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt has defeated France&#39;s Cyril Saulnier 7-5, 6-1 in the Japan Open to set up a semi-final showdown with fifth-seeded Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic, who downed Thailand&#39;s Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 6-4.
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Evgeni Plushenko of Russia captured the men's title for the fourth time Thursday at the European Figure Skating Championships with a solid but unspectacular program, rallying from a poor short program to defeat defending champion Brian Joubert of France.
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Second-seeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina beat third-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the championship of the Moorilla International.
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Lecavalier gets winner in overtime. Canada 4, Czech Rep. 3; Czechs prove tough foes in tight World Cup semifinal. Team Canada&#39;s Vincent Lecavalier gets set to fire the winning goal against Czech goalie Tomas
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Russia&#39;s Evgeni Plushenko performs during the men&#39;s free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing Saturday Dec. 18, 2004.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Benjamin Becker on Saturday to advance to his first Japan Open final.
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Petr Cech Against some spirited Russian revolutionaries Cech stood firm, making three outstanding saves to maintain his team&#39;s control.
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Johnny Weir and his rival, Evan Lysacek, finished with identical totals of 244.77. But Lysacek edged Weir for the menâs title because he had slightly better marks in his free skate.
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A FIRED-UP Lleyton Hewitt is charging into the first round of the US Open on the back of another tournament win yesterday. After a 6-3 6-1 victory against Peruvian Luis Horna in the TD Waterhouse Cup final
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Seon Hwa Lee took her game to another level Sunday, ending the championship match with three consecutive birdies to cap a 2-and-1 victory over Ai Miyazato.
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Darren Clarke notched his second career victory in Japan when he cruised to a six shot success in the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba.
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Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man to win an ATP title in 16 years by upsetting top-seeded James Blake, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, on Sunday in the International Tennis Championships final.
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James Blake struggled yesterday but advanced to the final of the ATP Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, defeating Hyung-Taik Lee of South Korea, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.âAlmost never on tour does a match go according to plan,â Blake said. âYou get a little frustrated. But at 27, Iâm better at not letting a little frustration turn into a big frustration.âBlake will face the winner the late semifinal between the unseeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and the wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
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GOTEMBA, Shizuoka Pref. (Kyodo) European Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke shot a solid 4-under-par 68 to capture his first victory of the season at the Mitsui-Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters on Sunday.