Summer Doldrums Takes First Step in Grand Slam
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Trainer Rick Violette's Summer Doldrums is in position to win the Jacobs Investments Grand Slam of Grass and its $2 million bonus.
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Up today at Wimbledon are the women&#039;s quarterfinals. Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo goes against Anastasia Myskina, and 2004 champion Maria Sharapova faces Elena Dementieva. And third-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne takes on French qualifier Severine Bremond, and No. 2 Kim Clijsters plays Li Na, the first Chinese player to get this far at a Grand Slam.
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Andy Roddick hopes to use home  advantage to the maximum as he begins the defense of his U.S.  Open crown next week.
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Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt are in early action at Wimbledon on Thursday.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal made an   impressive start to his U.S. Open title bid on Wednesday when   he beat former runner-up Mark Philippoussis 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the   first round on Wednesday.
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It's never easy at a Grand Slam tournament, and Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick could find it particularly tough at this year's U.S. Open.
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Former champions Andre Agassi and  Lindsay Davenport declared themselves certain starters for the  Australian Open but Russian Elena Dementieva remained in doubt  Sunday as she battled to recover from heat illness.
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he United States Open&#39;s second-seeded player is showing that she might finally be ready for a turn at the top. With all the gears of her game clicking today, AmÃ©lie Mauresmo of France turned in her most dominating performance so far.
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NEW YORK - Andy Roddick and Justine Henin-Hardenne play their first matches today at the U.S. Open...
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With its boisterous atmosphere, the United States Open is much different from the other three Grand Slam events and Open officials want it to be that way.
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The U.S. Open reached its halfway  point on Sunday after a week dominated by Andy Roddick's serve,  Andre Agassi's age-defying brilliance, a few Olympics hangovers  and, of course, Serena's wardrobe.
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NEW YORK - Amelie Mauresmo played much more like someone serious about winning her first Grand Slam title and reaching No. 1...
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When summer began, Lindsay Davenport was a curiosity at best, an aging former champion seemingly starting her last lap around the tennis circuit.
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Rafael Nadal talks a lot about how he hopes to contend for a Wimbledon title in three or four years, once he gets used to the odd bounces and tricky footing that come with playing on grass. Could it happen much faster than he &amp;#151; or anyone else &amp;#151; thought?
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tarting Grand Slam tournaments is usually not a problem for Amelie Mauresmo of France. Finishing on top is. Mauresmo, who has never won a Grand Slam, began the long climb through the United States
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"Go, V!" "V! Take your time!" "Hang in there. Keep fighting." "Stay low!" As Venus Williams struggled with her strokes Tuesday against a feisty opponent hoping to spring a significant surprise in her very first Wimbledon match, a voice kept calling out from the third row &#151; coaching, cajoling, cheerleading.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova powered to her  first grand slam title by beating fellow Russian Elena  Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Open at Flushing  Meadows on Saturday.