Martinez, Groenefeld Advance in Thailand
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Conchita Martinez reached the Volvo Open final when Russia's Evgenia Linetskaya quit during the second set Saturday because of heat exhaustion.
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Fernando Verdasco of Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the Tennis Channel Open with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Thailand's Danai Udomchoke during round-robin play Wednesday.
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Top seed Roger Federer reached the Thailand Open semis with a 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 win over Robin Soderling of Sweden. Second seed Andy Roddick also stormed through, beating Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3 6-4 in just 43 minutes.
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BANGKOK, Thailand (Ticker) - For the third time this year, Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick to win a tournament. Top seed Federer of Switzerland easily bested second seed and world No.
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Zheng Zhi's debut for Charlton Athletic last weekend is another coup for Asian football but the jury is still out on whether he and other Chinese players can be successful in the English game.
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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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Pedro Martinez struggled in his first start in more than a month and the New York Mets missed a chance to clinch the N.L. East on their own.
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Andy Roddick withdrew with a foot injury and Tomas Berdych defeated local Kittipong Wachiramanowong 6-3, 6-0 Wednesday at the Thailand Open.
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Top seeds Roger Federer and Andy Roddick reached the Thailand Open semi-finals with straight-sets wins on Friday. Federer overcame Swedish number eight seed Robin Soderling
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Third seed James Blake of the United   States breezed through to the final eight of the Thailand Open   with a 6-3 6-2 win over Monaco's Benjamin Balleret on Thursday.
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ST. LOUIS  - Pedro Martinez made his World Series  debut a memorable one Tuesday helping the Red Sox to a 4-1 win  over the St. Louis Cardinals and moving Boston one win away  from capturing their first World Series since 1918.
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Bangkok - Roger Federer edged closer to a dream tenth title of the season as he applied the pressure at just the right moments, defeating Robin Soderling 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 for a spot in the semi-finals of the $550 000 Thailand Open on Friday.
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Brian Ching scored in the first half and Landon Donovan became the U.S. career points leader when he fed Eddie Johnson for a second-half goal Saturday as the United States advanced to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
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The Boston Red Sox might have taken a step Wednesday night toward finding the dominating Pedro Martinez of old. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.
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LONG ISLAND, United States : Thailand&#39;s Paradorn Srichaphan moved Wayne Ferreira one step closer to next month&#39;s planned retirement, taking a 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 win to reach the quarter-finals of the 380,000 dollar ATP Long Island event.
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ST. LOUIS  - Pedro Martinez pitched seven shutout  innings and Manny Ramirez hit a home run as the Boston Red Sox  beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Tuesday, moving to the brink  of their first World Series title since 1918.
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BANGKOK -- Top-ranked Roger Federer secured a Thailand Open semi-final berth with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win on Friday over a determined Robin Soderling of Sweden.