Rochus runs aground in 5-set loss to Hrbaty
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The Little Engine That Could simply couldn&#39;t any longer. Olivier Rochus, who stood much taller than his 5-foot-5-inch frame in two big
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The top-seeded Belgian was upset in the fourth round of the year&#39;s last Grand Slam tournament by 14th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2.
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Mark Philippoussis dropped his fifth straight opening match Monday, losing to Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 in the Japan Open's first round.
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Rookie Scott Kazmir outpitched Pedro Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Boston 5-2 Tuesday night and sent the Red Sox to consecutive losses for the first time in more than five weeks.
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xpectations have dogged Daniela Hantuchova since she catapulted to No. 5 in the world last year. Then disappointment and whispers about her frail figure followed.
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Olivier Rochus of Belgium upset top-seeded Guillermo Coria of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Heineken Open.
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America's Cup challenger New Zealand lost two tests at sea yesterday. First it could not control its own sails. Then it was defeated by defending champion Alinghi.
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a mark on the court. The point was replayed, and Llodra wound up holding serve. play dropped. Llodra broke him at love in the fourth game and then held for.
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Second division Terrassa caused the first upset of Spain's King's Cup on Wednesday when they knocked Primera Liga side Espanyol out 5-3 on penalties in the first round.
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Sweden's Joachim Johannson left Andy  Roddick shellshocked after beating the defending champion in  five sets on Thursday to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands  - David Nalbandian's  gamble to hone his skills on the indoor circuit backfired when  he lost, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to Czech Radek Stepanek in the World  Indoor Tournament first round on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- So much for James Blake's success in five-setters. With his rowdy fans pleading for him to put it away, Blake missed on three match points and wound up losing to No. 10 Tommy Haas 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4) Monday at the U.S. Open.
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The Red Sox lose back-to-back games for the first time in more than five weeks, after a 5-to-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Rookie Scott Kazmir outpitched Pedro Martinez to lead Tampa Bay.
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MALELANE - The story of yesterday&#39;s second round at the Dunhill golf Championship was more about the losers than the winners. After shooting a five- under-par 67 on Thursday to lie one shot off leader Bruce
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The United States was eliminated from the Davis Cup semifinals Sunday when Andy Roddick lost 17-15 to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon that concluded a match lasting nearly five hours. The Americans trailed 2-1 entering the last day of the best-of-five competition and needed singles victories from Roddick and Blake to advance.
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Andy Roddick was upset in the third round, losing a five-set thriller to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany while 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo fell to Australian Casey Dellacqua.
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Fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile became the biggest casualty of this year's Wimbledon when he lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 8-6 in the third round to Serb Janko Tipsarevic on Friday.