Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday Major League Capsule.
Wednesday Major League Capsule. PHILADELPHIA 4, TAMPA BAY 3 PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Phillies emerged from two days of rain and brought sunshine to the City of Brotherly Love. Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz each drove in a run in the resumption of Game Five to lift the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa [...]
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Fans celebrate first Phillies title in 28 years.
Fans celebrate first Phillies title in 28 years. Tens of thousands of Phillies fans clogged the streets Wednesday night after Philadelphia won the World Series, celebrating the championship by climbing light poles and bus shelters and spraying beer and shooting off fireworks. Fans on foot and in cars streamed through downtown on their way to [...]
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Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match.
Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match. Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge. Petrova will face Varvara Lepchenko in the second round. Lepchenko beat Rossana De Los Rios 6-1, 6-3. Fourth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand fell to Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2, 7-6. Bremond will [...]
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Nadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Nadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and defending champion David Nalbandian advanced to the third round of the Paris Masters with straight-sets wins Wednesday. Nalbandian, who beat Nadal in last year’s final, downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3 to set up another meeting with fellow Argentine Juan Martin [...]
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Federer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Federer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and defending champion David Nalbandian reached the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday without dropping a set. Nadal topped Florent Serra of France 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Nalbandian downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3. Federer had the most trouble, [...]
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