Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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Fish Withdraws
From US Open
Mardy
Fish heeded the advice of his doctors and pulled out of the U.S. Open a
matter of hours before his fourth-round match against top seeded Roger
Federer as a "precautionary measures" following a recurrence of the
accelerated heartbeat that required a surgical procedure earlier this
year.
Nadal Says He
Will Miss Next Two Months To Recuperate
Knee
injury victim Rafael Nadal is all but out for the remainder of the
season after the Spaniard confirmed that he will not play for the next
two months in order to let his problem heal.
Sharapova Is
Dis-Engaged
Maria
Sharapova has managed to keep a huge personal decision private for
months, with the glamorous Russian third seed finally revealing a huge
change in her personal life. The news came out at the US Open, with the
highest-earning woman in world sport calmly admitting that her
engagement to Serbian basketballer Sasha Vujacic ended last spring as
the pair split up.
Federer Not
Surprised About Extent Of Nadal’s Injury
Roger
Federer says there are no secrets in the locker room between himself and
Rafael Nadal when it comes to injury niggles, with the Swiss adding that
while he's sorry that his rival has missed two months of tennis, the
Nadal absence did not come as a complete surprise.
"He sees me taped up, I see him getting taped up.
We see each other warming up for matches and so forth," said the said
the top seed at the US Open, whose level of fitness at age 31 is
becoming a talking point around the grounds.
Tomic Is Off
The Hook Following Match Performance
Bernard
Tomic has escaped censure and a heavy fine from the Grand Slam Committee
after John McEnroe used the ESPN television microphone to publicly
accuse the Australian teenager of not trying in his straight sets U.S.
Open demise against the soon to retire Andy Roddick.
The performance was examined by Grand Slam
Committee director Bill Babcock, who was seeking to investigate whether
Tomic contravened the rules concerning a ‘lack best of effort’.
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