TENNIS: HOT ROD SHOCKED AS SPAIN BLANK US
64855
ANDY RODDICK suffered a surprise defeat as Spain raced to a commanding 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup Final. Rafael Nadal beat the American big gun 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-2 to add to Spanish No.1 Carlos Moya&#39;s defeat of Mardy Fish 6-4 6-2 6-3 in Seville yesterday.
216550
ATHENS, Greece -- Top-seeded and previously unbeaten Spain is out of the medal round in men&#39;s basketball, and the Spaniards aren&#39;t happy about it.
180622
SEVILLE, Spain  - Teenage rookie Rafael Nadal  blunted the world's fastest serve Friday to stun Andy Roddick  and give Spain a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Davis  Cup final.
609324
Britain's Tim Henman struggled past a one-win ATP wonder to avoid a shocking upset while Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan lost in second-round matches Tuesday at the ATP Washington Classic.
225312
It didn't seem the ideal day for a dethroning. Instead of angry clouds in a bleak sky, all was azure and sunshine. A tricky breeze did circulate throughout Ashe Stadium, but who could imagine that the Empress of the US Open would be gone with the wind that seemed to originate in Krakow?
88556
French Open runner-up Yelena Dementyeva recovered from a terrible start to beat an emotional Vera Zvonareva 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a bizarre fourth-round match at the US Open on Sunday.
447793
ATHENS -- Spain did not go quietly in basketball. At least, its basketball coach, Mario Pesquera, did not. Pesquera was upset and outspoken following the 102-94 loss to the Americans that took the previously
162259
In the best-of-five Davis Cup final against Spain on the slow red clay at Olympic Stadium, Andy Roddick lost both of his matches in the United States&#39; 3-2 loss at Seville, Spain.
137053
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.
735505
American Jennifer Capriati lobbied for instant replay yesterday at the US Open. And that was after a victory. Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain was angry about getting docked
532087
Andy Roddick searched out Carlos Moya in the throng of jumping, screaming Spanish tennis players, hoping to shake hands. Moya had just beaten Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) Sunday to clinch Spain&#39;s second Davis
230945
Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) Sunday to give the United States an insurmountable 3-1 lead over the Czech Republic and a place in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.
119305
Robby Ginepri heard the news at breakfast before heading out to play Wednesday: He was the last U.S. man in the French Open. By early afternoon, he was gone, too, making Americans 0-9 in the first round, the country's worst showing at Roland Garros in at least 40 years.
626807
Andy Roddick hit one last errant shot into the net and hung his head, his medal hopes over. A short while later, Venus Williams was gone, too. In back-to-back stunners at the Olympic tennis tournament, Roddick was upset by No. 16 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-4, 6-4, and defending gold medalist Williams lost to Mary Pierce of France 6-4, 6-4. Both were third-round matches.
14501
ALICANTE, Spain  - Teenager Rafael Nadal sent  Spain through to the Davis Cup final against the United States  with a scintillating 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 victory over France's Arnaud  Clement on Sunday.
642255
CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The United States is still alive in the Davis Cup final thanks to the Bryan twins. Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Tommy Robredo and Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to prevent Spain from sweeping the best-of-five series.
534142
Neither is a man of La Mancha, but the two wandering Americans named Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish may feel like Don Quixote going against malevolent windmills today. Tilting with tennis rackets while 27,000 Spaniards screamingly try to drive them as cuckoo as old D.Q. himself.