Vana solid, rocks to final
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Frank Vana Jr. and Joe Keller have been fixtures on the Massachusetts amateur golf circuit for so many years it seemed impossible the two hadn't faced each other in match play before yesterday's semifinals of the Massachusetts Amateur Championship at Concord Country Club.
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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Before Frank Vana Jr. could take those last few steps inside the ropes to the practice range yesterday at TPC Boston, the kids had closed in for autographs, and Vana soon was putting his name to hats, programs, flags, and shirts. And to think, just 24 hours earlier, Vana had been 1 over par through 11 holes of ...
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Unseeded teenager Nicole Vaidisova defeated American Laura Granville 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Vancouver Open on Sunday.
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The ebb and flow of play by a pair of Pac-10 rivals Thursday in Long Beach gave volleyball fans everything they wanted from a Final Four semifinal match - and more.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Andre Agassi edged Tommy Haas in two tiebreaks Saturday and reached the final of the Stockholm Open for the first time.
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Venus Williams thrashes top seed Shahar Peer to win the Memphis International title.
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Japan&#39;s Makoto Tamada took advantage of an early collision yesterday and outlasted world champion Valentino Rossi to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan.
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Matthias Sammer&#39;s Stuttgart went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after a 2-0 win over the coach&#39;s former team. At times efficient, at others exciting, VfB looked the complete package and deserving league leaders.
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Sport: Australian Open: Champion in imperious form in easy victory over Fabrice Santoro
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Top seed Andre Agassi is through to the final of the Stockholm Open after edging out Germany&#39;s Tommy Haas 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) in the last four.
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OSAKA, Japan  - The finale of the world athletics championships belonged to the glittering United States track team on a Sunday night spiced up by charismatic European performances in the field.
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STOCKHOLM: A decade and a half after his first attempt, evergreen Andre Agassi finally reached the semi-finals of the Stockholm Open, dispatching Spain&#39;s Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 yesterday.
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Justin Beaver and Wisconsin-Whitewater finally found a way to beat Mount Union in the NCAA Division III championship game.
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Sport: Justin Henin combines elegance with precision as she makes rapid progress, writes Richard Williams.
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Local favorite Nicolas Massu beat Spain's Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday night to advance to the Movistar Open final.
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 30. - Andre Agassi edged Tommy Haas in two tie-breaks today and reached the final of the Stockholm Open for the first time.