European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes june 2007 serb ends Venus run in third round of French by Chris lehourites the associated press Paris Venus Williams was knocked out of the French open on losing to fourth seeded Jelena Jankovic 61 in the third who reached the final at Roland Garros in 2002 but missed the last two grand slam tournaments because of also lost to Jankovic in the third round at Wimbledon last i got a Little bit tired at the Williams its Tough on to ranked Roger Federer had no problems moving into the fourth winning the final nine games of his Vic tory Over Potito Starace of its difficult for everybody Here at the moment with the conditions the Gusty winds and the Cool said fed whose first round match played Over two Days be cause of so in Happy to have put myself in the position of the fourth round the 22yearold Jankovic dominated the five time major Champi on in the first winning 20 of the 24 Points played in her ser vice including the first i never had it in my mind that i was going to lose the said who won a Cla court Warmup tournament in Rome last month to make her of the favourites heading into the French Williams recovered in the Sec Ond jumping out to 30 Lead and holding on by breaking Jank Ovic in the 10th game to even the David Venus Williams returns the Ball to Jelena Jankovic during their third round French open match on Jankovic won but who reached the semifinals at the 2006 broke Williams three times in the third the third set went a Little bit faster than what i will iams i Felt a Little bit i  get my feet where i wanted bidding for a fourth consecutive grand slam next faces 13 Mikhail youth by of a semifinalist in last years beat 2003 French open Champion Juan Carlos Ferrero 67 76 i think Hes a fantastic Federer said of the i have to definitely be even though Ive never lost against Igor Andreev of who upset third seeded Andy Roddick in the first advanced to the third round by beating Nicolas Massu of Chile on the rain came at just the right time for Amelie after easily winning the first set in her second round match against Nathalie Maur Esmo struggled and was forced into a luckily for the fifth seeded rain delayed play for nearly two allowing the French woman to regroup and eventually earn a 61 Tennis scoreboard lbs Der i j French open Friday at Stade Roland Garros Paris purse million grand slam surface Cla outdoor singles men second round Igor Nicolas Paulhenri Gilles 76 third round Mikhail you Zany Juan car los Ferrero 67 76 Juan edouard Roger Federer potato Nikolay Davydenko Michael Tommy Robredo Janko tip Guillermo Canas Kristof David Nalbandian Gael 76 Filippo Volandri Ivan Ljubicic women second round Daniela Han Kuchova Olga 76 third round Tathiana Garbin Stephanie Jelena Jankovic Venus will iams United Nicole Vaidi Sova czech a mantra Stosur Sybille Bammer Lina Marion Bartoli Elena Dementeva doubles men first 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Alexandra is Sania and Fabrice Vania United and Frantisek czech Chuang Taiwan and Todd Kveta and Martin Damm czech study links nil players concussions to depression the associated press new Orleans a study of More than retired nil players found that those who had at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of clinical de pression As those who had no those who recalled one or two concus Sions were times More Likely to be diag nosed with said Kevin research director of the University of North Carolinas Center for the study of retired the findings of this study Are not Sim ply relevant to 60yearold retired but to those currently said Lead author of the study published thursday in science in sports exer the journal of the american College of sports concussions among nil players have made news in recent a forensic pathologist who studied Andre Waters brain after he killed himself in november said it had been damaged by in the Boston Globe and the new York times reported in february that Ted a new England patriots line Backer for 10 shows Early signs of alzheimer the 34yearold Johnson said his mental problems began in when he had two nil briefs concussions in four Days the first during an exhibition game and the second after coach Bill Belichick pushed him to join Ful Contact prac Guskiewicz said 595 players remembered at least three concussions an Inci Dent in which a blow to the head caused a change in mental status and at least one additional symptom such As Nau blurred or concentration or memory he said 884 remembered one or two con and at least about half said at least one knocked them out or left them unable to remember what had Hap the 269 who reported that a doctor had later diagnosed them with depression included about 20 percent of those who re ported at least three nearly 10 percent of those who had one or two concus and almost 7 percent of those without Steeles of coach apologizes for emailing sex video to Goodell Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steeles offensive line coach Larry Zierlein apologized thursday for accidentally emailing an explicit sex video to numerous Flem including league commissioner Roger Zierlein said the incident has been difficult for him and his family and that he in tends to use his team issued computer Only for football business from now he sent a note of apology to All nil employees and those with the Steeles who received his Raunchy its hard because i made an inexcusable Zierlein discussing the mat Ter for the first it was hard first for the they had to explain and go through and my for what there going to have to so it was but when youve been at this stuff for As Long As a lot of us Tough things Hap pen and youve got to move on and that what were the problem occurred two weeks ago when Zierlein a 61yearold Grandfather intended to Forward the video which was emailed to him by another Steeles Zierlein Acci dentally emailed the video to numerous league causing staff members other nil teams to begin discussing the air Tran drops Vick As Pitchman Atlanta air Tran airways has ended its relationship with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael who has been a Pitchman for the airline since but whose image has been tarnished in several Offield Michaels contract expired May and we advised him then that we would not renew air Tran spokesman Tad Hutcheson said Vick had appeared on five billboards and had done radio commercials under a oneyear which had been renewed twice most Vicks name has been dragged into a Virginia investigation of dog fighting after authorities confiscated Doz ens of dogs at property owned by said they found evidence related to fight among Vicks other publicity he was sued by a woman who claimed he gave her he made an obscene Ges Ture to spectators while leaving the Field after a and Security screener at the Miami Airport stopped him from boarding an air Tran flight in january with a water bottle that turned out to have a hidden com Vick said he used it to store jew and police found no evidence of smuggled especially stinging to was that Vicks publicist blamed the airline when the quarterback known for his Quick Ness failed to arrive in Washington to speak before