Martin Retires After Losing at U.S. Open
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There would be no fifth set this time for Todd Martin. Martin announced his retirement Monday after he failed to close out the fourth set in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 loss to No. 31 Fabrice Santoro in the first round of the U.S. Open.
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South Africa&#39;s Wayne Ferreira played the final ATP Tour singles match of his 15-year career on Wednesday, losing in the first-round of the US Open to former world No.
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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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Defending champion Justine Henin- Hardenne was eliminated by Nadia Petrova in straight sets at the US Open, while two-time champion Andre Agassi advanced to a quarterfinal showdown with top men&#39;s seed Roger Federer.
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Andre Agassi's 20-year career ends in defeat to Benjamin Becker at the US Open on Sunday.
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Greg Rusedski crashed out of the Millennium International Tennis Championships at Delray Beach in Florida when he was beaten in straight sets by Jeff Salzenstein.
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Phil Mickelson withdrew from this week's Travelers Championship to rest his inflamed left wrist that he injured while preparing for the U.S. Open, a spokesman for his management company said Monday.
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PATTAYA, Thailand  - Former world number one  Martina Hingis slumped to defeat on her comeback after two  years out with an ankle injury on Tuesday and said she had "no  plans" to play in any other tournaments.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne lost her U.S. Open title and her No. 1 ranking Monday night. The defending champion was upset by Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2 Monday night in the fourth round, the earliest the Open's top-seeded woman has lost since Billie Jean King went out in the third round in 1973.
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Tennis has waved goodbye to one of its  favorite sons after Todd Martin, known affectionately as Nice  Guy Todd, retired at he age of 34.
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Andy Roddick lost to Igor Andreev and James Blake was beaten by Ivo Karlovic, meaning both seeded Americans disappeared in the same day.
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Briton David Howell, who has struggled for fitness over the past 12 months, withdrew from the U.S. Open on Monday because of a wrist injury.
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Nikolay Davydenko became the first man to reach the third round of the French Open when Flavio Saretta retired during the second set of their match because of the flu.
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Andre Agassi's glittering career came   to an end on Sunday when he was beaten in four sets by German   qualifier Benjamin Becker in the third round of the U.S. Open.
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Britain's Andy Murray suffers a disappointing 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 defeat to Hyung-Taik Lee in the third round of the US Open.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, California  - Twice winner Fred Couples withdrew from the Nissan Open on Tuesday because of an unspecified injury, PGA Tour officials said.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne's reign as U.S.  Open champion and world number one came to an abrupt and  surprise end when she lost 6-3, 6-2, to Russian Nadia Petrova  in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Monday.