No Grand Slam title for Graf this year
Graf is out of the US Open before the quarter-finals for the first time since she fell to Hanika 14 years prior. Her Conqueror on Sunday was 19-year-old Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, one of the bright rising stars in women's tennis. After her loss, Graf, dressed in a blue T-shirt emblazone with the New York Yankee ``NY'' on her chest, left the National Tennis Centre with a promise. ``I'll be back,'' she said.Paes-Bhupathi win
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi stormed into the US Open doubles quarterfinals, beating unseeded Lan Bale (South Africa) and Danny Sapsford (Bri) in straight sets 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday.
Usha opts out
Veteran P T Usha has opted out of the squad for the IAAF World Athletic Championship to be held at Johannesburg from September 11 to 13. Usha has pulled out following the death of her father a few days ago.
Hockey gold
There are too many things happening here at the inaugural hockey competition in the first-ever Commonwealth Games in Asia. The Australians, heavily favoured to win both the men's and women's gold medals, have not stopped complaining ever since they landed here and saw the programme.No Toronto
Skipper Ajay Jadeja, cricket manager Krish Srikkanth and administrative manager Chitrak Mitra on Monday denied reports that several players will fly from Kuala Lumpur to Toronto if India fail to qualify for the second phase of the Commonwealth Games competition in Malaysia.
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