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| Baseball results Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:37 PM PDT Aug 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) KANSAS CITY 11 Tampa Bay 1 ST. LOUIS 8 Cincinnati 6 TORONTO 5 NY Yankees 2 Oakland 8 DETROIT 6 Philadelphia 2 NY METS 1 COLORADO 6 San Francisco 1 Full Story | Top |
| Rain suspends opening day's play, Federer match postponed Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:29 PM PDT  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steady rain hit the U.S. Open on Monday, washing out the last match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court featuring five-time champion Roger Federer. The match between seventh-seeded Federer and unseeded Grega Zemlja of Slovenia will be rescheduled for Tuesday, along with two other men's first-round matches that were halted in progress. Vasek Pospisil of Canada was leading Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-4 6-3 6-7 (9) 0-4 with the winner advancing to a second-round encounter with second-seeded Spaniard Rafa Nadal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Serena demolishes Schivaone at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:27 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serena Williams needed just one hour on Monday to remind everyone why she remains the overwhelming favorite to win the U.S. Open. In one of the most one-sided matches seen on the Arthur Ashes center court, Williams demolished Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-0 6-1 with an ominous display of precision and power. The American showed no mercy against her opponent, who won the French Open in 2010 and was a finalist in Paris the following year, conceding just 23 points in the 60-minute romp. "I'm really excited," she said in a courtside interview. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nadal, Williams sisters cruise at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:26 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made an ominous return to the U.S. Open on Monday while the sister act of Serena and Venus Williams shared the spotlight as the last grand slam of the year got underway. Roared on by the energetic Flushing Meadows crowds, the trio turned on a masterclass of power hitting at Arthur Ashe Stadium before New York's fickle weather brought proceedings to an early end. A late rain shower forced tournament organizers to abandon the opening day's play before former world number one Roger Federer was about start his match against Slovenia's Grega Zemlja. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Serena demolishes Schivaone at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:13 PM PDT * No mercy displayed by Serena in power-packed performance * Schiavone resorts to seeking 'solace' from ball boy (Adds quotes) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Serena Williams needed just one hour on Monday to remind everyone why she remains the overwhelming favourite to win the U.S. Open. In one of the most one-sided matches seen on the Arthur Ashes center court, Williams demolished Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-0 6-1 with an ominous display of precision and power. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Nadal, Williams sisters cruise at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:11 PM PDT (Updates at end of day with play suspended by rain) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made an ominous return to the U.S. Open on Monday while the sister act of Serena and Venus Williams shared the spotlight as the last grand slam of the year got underway. Roared on by the energetic Flushing Meadows crowds, the trio turned on a masterclass of power hitting at Arthur Ashe Stadium before New York's fickle weather brought proceedings to an early end. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-U.S. Open order of play for Tuesday Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:02 PM PDT (Updates with revised schedule) Aug 26 (Reuters) - Order of play on the show courts at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding): Arthur Ashe Stadium (1500 GMT/11 a.m. ET) 7-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v Misaki Doi (Japan) 6-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Duan Yingying (China) 7-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) (2300 GMT/ 7 p.m. ET) 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 2-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Dinah Pfizenmaier (Germany) Louis Armstrong Stadium (1500 GMT/ 11 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Rain suspends opening day's play, Federer match postponed Monday, Aug 26, 2013 08:01 PM PDT By Larry Fine NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Steady rain hit the U.S. Open on Monday, washing out the last match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court featuring five-time champion Roger Federer. The match between seventh-seeded Federer and unseeded Grega Zemlja of Slovenia will be rescheduled for Tuesday, along with two other men's first-round matches that were halted in progress. Vasek Pospisil of Canada was leading Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-4 6-3 6-7 (9) 0-4 with the winner advancing to a second-round encounter with second-seeded Spaniard Rafa Nadal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kleybanova's biggest battle behind her at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 07:56 PM PDT By Will Swanton NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some battles are bigger than others. Russia's Alisa Kleybanova proved that on Monday at the U.S. Open after a two-and-a-half year absence from the majors because of cancer. Diagnosed after the 2011 Australian Open with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, the 24-year-old marked her return to the grand slam stage with a tenacious three-set victory over Puerto Rico's Monica Puig. "I just wanted to come back on the court so much," Kleybanova said after her 6-4 3-6 7-5 win. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nadal keeps rolling on the hardcourt Monday, Aug 26, 2013 07:51 PM PDT  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal ran his 2013 record on hardcourts to 16-0 by steamrolling American Ryan Harrison in his first-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday but would not say he was playing his best tennis ever on concrete. The second-seeded Spaniard came to Flushing Meadows off successive hardcourt tournament wins in Cincinnati and Montreal and has lost only three matches on all surfaces this year. Nadal asked rhetorically if he was playing better than when he won the 2008 Beijing Olympics on a hardcourt, or when he won the 2010 U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Kleybanova's biggest battle behind her at U.S. Open Monday, Aug 26, 2013 07:17 PM PDT By Will Swanton NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Some battles are bigger than others. Russia's Alisa Kleybanova proved that on Monday at the U.S. Open after a two-and-a-half year absence from the majors because of cancer. Diagnosed after the 2011 Australian Open with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, the 24-year-old marked her return to the grand slam stage with a tenacious three-set victory over Puerto Rico's Monica Puig. "I just wanted to come back on the court so much," Kleybanova said after her 6-4 3-6 7-5 win. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Nadal keeps rolling on the hardcourt Monday, Aug 26, 2013 06:46 PM PDT * Ends two-year absence from U.S. Open with dominant win * Gives masterclass tutorial to up-and-coming American (Adds quotes, details) By Larry Fine NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal ran his 2013 record on hardcourts to 16-0 by steamrolling American Ryan Harrison in his first-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday but would not say he was playing his best tennis ever on concrete. The second-seeded Spaniard came to Flushing Meadows off successive hardcourt tournament wins in Cincinnati and Montreal and has lost only three matches on all surfaces this year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship inicial results and standings Monday, Aug 26, 2013 06:38 PM PDT Aug 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Inicial matches on Monday Monday, August 26 Quilmes 3 San Lorenzo 2 Sunday, August 25 Estudiantes 2 Boca Juniors 0 Olimpo 1 All Boys 1 River Plate 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 2 Saturday, August 24Argentinos Juniors 1 Tigre 0 Rosario Central 1 Godoy Cruz 0 Velez Sarsfield 0 Lanus 0 Friday, August 23 Racing Club 0 Arsenal 2 Atletico Belgrano 1 Gimnasia-La Plata 2 Atletico Rafaela 0 Newell's Old Boys 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Argentinos Juniors 4 3 0 1 7 3 9 2 Gimnasia-La Plata 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 3 Arsenal 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 4 ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 1 results Monday, Aug 26, 2013 06:23 PM PDT Aug 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-0 6-1 8-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-1 9-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Madison Keys (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-4 7-5 Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) beat Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-4 3-6 7-5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 1 results Monday, Aug 26, 2013 06:12 PM PDT Aug 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-7(2) 5-7 6-4 19-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 4-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Nick Kyrgios (Australia) 7-5 6-3 6-2 Frank Dancevic (Canada) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 7-6(5) 3-6 7-5 7-6(3) Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 6-3 6-2 6-2 Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat 27-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-3 7-5 1-6 4-6 6-3 Andreas Haider-Maurer (Austria) beat 30-Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) ... Full Story | Top |
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