European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes july 2007 rain gives ailing Serena a break exch amp wins despite delays by Steven wine the associated press England ser Ena Williams collapsed with Sharp pain in her calf seven Points from Victory monday at resumed playing and hobbled stiffly through rallies for 11 minutes until rain forced a some Centre court fans cheered the pleased to see Williams rewarded for her valiant attempt to keep Williams came Back after the suspension to finish off Daniela Han Kuchova when the suspension the two time Wimbledon Champion was a set up on Han Kuchova but trailed 42 in the second set tie Williams limped off the court without fetching her Tennis she appeared to be stricken with cramps after Han Kuchova hit a forehand Winner for a Lead in the Williams grabbed her left tapped it three times with her Racket head and fell to the grass behind the she remained Down for seven while a Trainer massaged the Williams Gri then screamed in pain and buried her face in the when play she could Only hit shots weakly and walk in Pursuit of the but she Man to hold for then won the last two Points before the her made it to the fourth round despite a performance so filled with errors she Drew criticism from her the three time Champion ral lied past Akiko origami 75 in a match suspended Satur and she did it even though she faced 23 break Dou ble faulted 14 times and trailed 53 in the third Venus Williams will next go against 2004 Champion Maria one of Only two play ers to win saturday in the rain plagued will iams trailed 41 in the second set when her match was and when it resumed two Days later she struggled from the los ing the first seven if Venus moves up to the Ball and takes it off the Bounce instead of waiting behind the Shell be the Only one including said Williams father and Shes not going to beat anyone if Shes not moving into the Venus saw her match As a Posi when it was i did what it i definitely would like to do what it takes she but i think on the other that kind of Competition is invaluable in this kind of so either Way its Good for to ranked Justine seeking the Only grand slam title she has yet to became the first woman to reach the quarterfinals by beating 15seeded Patty Schnyder in 56 i was a Little bit surprised that the match was that Henin i was ready to have a Good in the completion of third round matches suspended 5seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Agnieszka Rad Wanska 6 Ana Ivanovic Defeated Ravane Rezai 62 11 Nadia Petrova swept Virginia ruano Pascual 76 and 14 Nicole Vaidi Sova beat Victoria Azarenak 12 Elena Dementeva lost to 16yearold Tamira Paszek of Austria the Anja Serena her calf bandaged because of a returns to Daniela during their match on Centre court at Wimbledon on Williams Defeated Han Kuchova runner up in juniors at Wimble Don in was thrilled to pull off an upset in her favorite grand slam the strawberries with playing All in the grass uncovering the rain rain delays just everything is so the teen in mens third round 7 Tomas Berdych beat Lee Hyuntaik 76 the Start of play was delayed nearly an hour by showers the sixth time in seven Days there has been a rain Only three players had monday defending Cham Pion Amelie Maur Esmo and Roger the fou time de fending Champion received a Bye into the quarterfinals when his fourth round Tommy pulled out with an seeded struggled with her serve in Windy weather and double faulted for the final time to fall behind 35 in the last i was coming Down too quickly on the second Williams so i made the origami then lost serve at and Williams hit four big serves to hold for with Williams serving for the match at rain began to fall and umbrellas popped out in the but play Williams erased two break Points making origami 4for23 on break Points and closed out the Victory on the first match Point with a service foul Call arots wife causes stir with shirt sports briefs the associated press new York the wife of Yankees slug Ger Alex Rodriguez wore a White tank top with foul language on the Back when she at tended a game against the Oakland a common two word obscenity ending with you was clearly visible when Cynthia her 2yearold daughter and an unidentified older woman took their seats sunday in the players family Section at Yan Kee a frontage photograph monday in the new York Post shows the Back of the tank top with the obscenity printed in old English lettering f Between the shoulder the first letter of the first word is visible the three other letters Are intentionally the second word is the papers headline read the Yankees had no immediate team spokesman Jason Zillo said according to the the teams policy pro Hibits banners or signs that Are not in Good taste and also warns that Security guards will eject any guests using foul language or making obscene Zillo would not address whether the message on the shirt Vio lated the in late rods marriage was frontage news when the Post published a photograph of him and a woman later re ported to be a Las vegas a Toron to the Post said the pair entered an ele Vator in the hotel and later went to a strip coastal Carolina hires Ellis Cliff Ellis was hired As coastal Carolinas basketball coach succeeding Buzz Peterson at a school that finished 1515 last a former Auburn and Clemson signed a five year the school Ellis was among five finalists for the Job vacated last month by who left the chanticleers after two seasons to become player personnel director for the Charlotte the 61yearold Ellis has a division i record of his last coaching Job ended in 2004 at where he went he spent 10 years at leaving As the tigers winning est coach in 1994 with a record of he had eight Mcaa tournament Beijing table Tennis venue damaged in fire Beijing fire damaged the table Tennis venue for the 2008 Beijing olympics on Mon a Structure nearing completion on the Campus of peking one Side of the Arena was Black ened by smoke and was visibly but the building remained intact and no injuries were a portion of the Glass dome roof was also officials at the Beijing organizing commit tee said the cause of the Blaze was being invest Early reports suggested the fire was touched off by welding in the with the flames spreading through construction on the building began in sep tember it is one of 11 new venues being built for the a test event was scheduled at the venue in and Beijing organizers said it was unclear if it could be mls Roundup wizards deny Toronto first Road Victory the associated press Kansas Danny Dichio headed in a goal in the first minute of the second half to give Toronto pc a 11 tie with the Kansas City wizards on sunday night that still left Toronto win less on the wizards Rookie Michael Harrington gave Kansas City 643 the Lead in the 18th minute but the wizards could not score despite a 2512 shots advantage on Toronto with four losses in six Road games this Over came a 76th minute red 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