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News: UPDATE 3-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 1 results Baseball results UPDATE 2-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 1 results Djokovic begins defense with easy win over Lorenzi at U.S. Open Tennis-Open-Djokovic begins defence with easy win over Lorenzi Jays slugger Bautista to have season-ending surgery Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday, Aug 29 Baseball-Jays slugger Bautista to have season-ending surgery ESPN in $5.6 billion deal for baseball TV rights: sources UPDATE 13-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 1 results UPDATE 1-ESPN in $5.6 bln deal for baseball TV rights-sources UPDATE 18-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 1 results Cricket-Australia's pace wins through against Pakistan's spin UPDATE 1-Tennis-Open-Venus serves her way to victory at U.S. Open Golf-Cup incentive for Mahan, Fowler and Snedeker in Boston UPDATE 3-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 1 results Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:52 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Tatjana Malek (Germany) beat Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) 4-6 6-2 6-4 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) beat Mirjana Lucic (Croatia) 6-3 7-5 Irina Begu (Romania) beat 8-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-2 6-2 14-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-2 6-1 Greta Arn (Hungary) beat Agnes Szavay (Hungary) 6-4 3-2 (Szavay retired) Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat 22-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-3 6-4 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Irina Falconi (U.S. ... Full Story Top Baseball results Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:41 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) BALTIMORE 6 Chicago White Sox 0 NY YANKEES 2 Toronto 1 PITTSBURGH 9 St. Louis 0 MIAMI 9 Washington 0 Full Story Top UPDATE 2-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 1 results Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:34 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) beat Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Matthias Bachinger (Germany) 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(5) 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-1 6-0 6-1 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 10-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6(6) 7-6(3) Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-4 7-5 31-Julien Benneteau ... Full Story Top Djokovic begins defense with easy win over Lorenzi at U.S. Open Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:56 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 28 - Champion Novak Djokovic crushed Paolo Lorenzi 6-1 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. The second seed took only 73 minutes to make a dominant start to his title defence. He blasted 32 winners in a complete performance that mirrored his opening match at the Australian Open earlier this year. Djokovic also played the Italian in the first round at Melbourne Park and conceded only two games on that occasion. (Reporting by Will Swanton; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Full Story Top Tennis-Open-Djokovic begins defence with easy win over Lorenzi Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:45 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 28 - Champion Novak Djokovic crushed PaoloLorenzi 6-1 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the U.S. Open atFlushing Meadows on Tuesday. The second seed took only 73 minutes to make a dominantstart to his title defence. He blasted 32 winners in a complete performance thatmirrored his opening match at the Australian Open earlier thisyear. Djokovic also played the Italian in the first round atMelbourne Park and conceded only two games on that occasion. (Reporting by Will Swanton; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Full Story Top Jays slugger Bautista to have season-ending surgery Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Injury-plagued Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery on his left wrist, the Major League Baseball (MLB) team said on Tuesday. The two-time defending MLB home run leader aggravated the injury on Saturday in Baltimore just two days after returning from a month-long absence due to inflammation in his wrist. The 31-year-old Dominican Republic native was examined in Cleveland by hand specialist Dr. Thomas Graham on Monday and will have surgery sometime next week. ... Full Story Top Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday, Aug 29 Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - Reuters sports schedule at 0001 on Wednesday (times GMT): - - - - TENNIS U.S. Open NEW YORK - Former champions Andy Roddick and Venus Williamsled a cavalcade of seeded players into the second round of theU.S. Open as upsets were as rare as a cool breeze at sultryFlushing Meadows on Tuesday. ... Full Story Top Baseball-Jays slugger Bautista to have season-ending surgery Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 28 (Reuters) - Injury-plagued Toronto Blue Jays sluggerJose Bautista will have season-ending surgery on his left wrist,the Major League Baseball (MLB) team said on Tuesday. The two-time defending MLB home run leader aggravated theinjury on Saturday in Baltimore just two days after returningfrom a month-long absence due to inflammation in his wrist. The 31-year-old Dominican Republic native was examined inCleveland by hand specialist Dr. Thomas Graham on Monday andwill have surgery sometime next week. ... Full Story Top ESPN in $5.6 billion deal for baseball TV rights: sources Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The ESPN sports network agreed to pay Major League Baseball $5.6 billion over eight years for a package of television and digital rights through the 2021 season, a deal that reflects the strong demand for live sports content. ESPN, a major profit driver for owner Walt Disney Co, will pay baseball an average of $700 million a year, three sources who asked to remain anonymous said on Tuesday. The sum is nearly double the fee the cable network pays now. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 13-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 1 results Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 10-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6(6) 7-6(3) Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-4 7-5 31-Julien Benneteau (France) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 7-6(1) 6-2 6-3 18-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 6-7(6) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2 27-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 7-5 Dennis Novikov (U.S. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 1-ESPN in $5.6 bln deal for baseball TV rights-sources Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 28 (Reuters) - The ESPN sports network agreed to payMajor League Baseball $5.6 billion over eight years for apackage of television and digital rights through the 2021season, a deal that reflects the strong demand for live sportscontent. ESPN, a major profit driver for owner Walt Disney Co, will pay baseball an average of $700 million a year,three sources who asked to remain anonymous said on Tuesday. Thesum is nearly double the fee the cable network pays now. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 18-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 1 results Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Greta Arn (Hungary) beat Agnes Szavay (Hungary) 6-4 3-2 (Szavay retired) Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat 22-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-3 6-4 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Irina Falconi (U.S. ... Full Story Top Cricket-Australia's pace wins through against Pakistan's spin Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - SHARJAH, Aug 29 - Australia's fast bowlers, led by man ofthe match Mitchell Starc, narrowly outshone Pakistan's spinnersas Michael Clarke's side edged to a four-wicket win in theopening one-day international of their three-match series inSharjah. Starc (5-42) and James Pattinson (3-19) were the chiefwreckers as Pakistan were bowled out for 198 in the 46th over. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 1-Tennis-Open-Venus serves her way to victory at U.S. Open Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - (Updates with quotes, details) NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Venus Williams clocked thefastest women's serve of the U.S. Open on Tuesday beforepredicting a return to the top 10 and admitting it took hernearly a year to accept she had a serious medical condition. Williams landed a first serve of 124 mph (199.5km/h) duringher 6-3 6-1 demolition of Bethanie Mattek-Sands to set up are-match with the woman who beat her in the third round of theOlympics, Germany's sixth seed Angelique Kerber. ... Full Story Top Golf-Cup incentive for Mahan, Fowler and Snedeker in Boston Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 28 (Reuters) - With U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis LoveIII set to announce his four wildcard picks next Tuesday, HunterMahan, Rickie Fowler and Brandt Snedeker are among those eagerto impress at this week's Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPCBoston. The eight automatic qualifiers were decided after thismonth's PGA Championship at Kiawah Island and Love will roundout his 12-man team when he names his captain's selections in anews conference at NASDAQ Marketsite in New York. ... Full Story Top

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