European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 49 Henin eliminates Serena Williams a miss Venus in Wimbledon quarters with Victory Over Sharapov by Chris lehourites the associated press Tine Henin took advantage of an injured Serena Williams at Wimbledon on advancing to the semifinals with a 63 Victory Over the two time although Williams managed to win the Middle Henins Vari Ety of shots kept the american on Williams col lapsed on the court with a strained left calf during her fourth round and she played against Henin with her leg she also had her left wrist and thumb the to ranked Henin first served for the match at 51 in the third but several unforced errors and a rejuvenated Williams briefly extended the trying to Complete a Ca reer grand slam by winning at the All England also beat Williams in the quarterfinals in the French open this she went on to win her fourth title at Roland Henin will face 18 Marion Berloli in the the 22yearold Bartoli beat 31 Michaella the younger sister of 1996 Wimbledon Champi on Richard Venus Williams advanced to the dominating 2004 Champion Maria Sharapov and winning in a today match that included a nearly two hour rain despite wasting seven break Points in the third game of the Sec Ond Venus broke in the seventh and ninth games to Williams had 19 break Points in the converting four of Sharapov failed to even earn a break and Only pushed Williams to Deuce once on the americans the serve definitely was a said who will face 2004 open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Quad after Sharapov sent a fore hand into the net on match Williams smiled and waved to the crowd while her stood with his arms raised in Cele Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round in the mens falling to his Knees in Relief after finally beating Robin Soderling 67 75 in a rain interrupted match that finished four Days after they first stepped on the 2006 Wimbledon run Nerup finally won on his sixth match the final five coming two Days after the the match was scheduled to begin but the players were pulled off the court during the Warmup because of after the traditional Middle Sun Day off at the All England the match started that when Nadal held a match Point in the third set tie but he eventually lost that set and the next play was suspended for the Day with Wimbledon at the a England a Cro surf England v purse million Brand slam surface grass outdoor singles men third round Rafael Nadal Robin Soder Ling Tovak Djokovic Nicolas 67 vie s tuft Anja Venus Williams returns to Maria Sharapov during their women sin Gles match on Centre court at Wimbledon on Nadal leading 20 in the fifth on they returned to the court but played for Only 20 minutes until the rain again halted play for the resuming at 44 in the fifth set Nadal held serve in the Lith game saving one break Point and then sat Down during the changeover As it began to while the chair Umpire waited to see if the rain would Nadal sat nervously shaking his left play continued moments was Able to save four More match Points before he sent a backhand a three time French open then dropped to his Knees and later threw his wristbands into the hell next play 14 Mikhail youth 3 Andy Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals in an encounter that took two Roddick Defeated Paulhenri Mathieu 76 the american trailed 30 in the third set and then 50 in the tiebreaker before saving three set Points and winning the final five Points to and Roddick will face 12 Rich Ard Gasquet in the to u w fourth round Andy Roddick United Paulhenri Richard Gasquet jowl Fried women fourth round Venus Williams United Maria Sharapov Quarter nals Marion Michaella Krajicek Justine Henin Serena Wil Liams United doubles men first round Frantisek Cermak and Leos czech Lee South and Janko 67 second round Benjamin and Petr czech Robert swe and Jarkko Marcelo Melo and Andre Paul and Kevin Ullyette 76 Christopher Ana Alexander Wayne austra and Justin United third round Bob and Mike Bryan United Richard Bloomfield and Jonathan mar Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra Thomas and Andrei re tired Fabrice and Nenad Zimonjich Jaroslav Levinsky and David Skoch czech Martin czech and lean Der Paes Scott Lipsky and David United Mark and Daniel Nestor Wesley South and Todd women second round Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Annalena Gruenefeld and Tat Jana Cara and Liezel Huber South Jill Graybas and Laura United Alicia and Mara santan Lelo Maria Kirilenko and Elena Senina Lisa United and Saman tha Stosur Sania and Nahar peer 67 Peng Shuai and Van Chan Yungman and Chuang Chinjung g v bulls still looking for scoring help in by Andrew Seligman the associated press the Chica go bulls introduced first round draft pick Joakim Noah to the Media monday and if general manager John Paxson has his free agents Chris Mihm or Joe Smith could be while the bulls bolstered their front court by taking the 6footll Noah who led Florida to Bac Toback championships with the 9 there still looking for someone who can score Down Paxson said he has nothing going on right now with Mineso meaning the Odds of a Block Buster Deal for Kevin Garnett re main but the general manager said he talked to Smith on when the free agent negotiating period and Hopes to have him in for a visit this Mihm is scheduled to come in Over the teams cant sign free agents until july and barring a the bulls will have to Settle for lower tier players such As the 7foot Mihm or 6foot10 Smith be cause they have no salary Cap they have a mid level exception expected to be about million and a Veter ans exception Worth about Mihm had two ankle surgeries and missed last season after aver aging Points on percent shooting and rebounds in 59 games for the lakers in a 12year aver aged Points and rebounds for Phila Delphiia last Paxson also made it Clear again monday that he intends to match any offer for Forward Andres no Cioni a restricted free wed like Noc Paxson were going to match offer were not going to let him go for the teams Nocini missed 28 of 29 games Down the stretch in the regular season be cause of plantar Fasci itis in his right after averaging a Ca ree High Points in 53 regu la season he want the same in the his minutes were limited and his shot was because of a throbbing foot and sore the result was an Points scoring average and 36percent with Noah added to the front court mix and rising Star Lull Deng entrenched at Small for Nocini could find himself in a crowd especially if Chica go adds another Power like Noah is an ener Gizer dealing with an injury to his right rotator cuff but his shot is at they didst feel like i needed to change my and i think the reason Why was be cause i didst have to shoot the Noah said during mondays news conference with Sec Ond round picks Aaron Gray of Pittsburgh and Jameson Curry of Oklahoma that want my in definitely working on it feels a lot a More immediate Issue is that rotator which he May have torn late in the Paxson said an Fri did not clearly identify a but Noah went through redraft workouts at less than 100 there was Little time for rehabilitation until and he and the bulls Hope to avoid David Chicago bulls executive vice president of basketball operations John shakes hands with first round draft pick Joakim Noah at the Berto Center in the bulls took Forward with the ninth pick in an Effort to strengthen their in in a Little bit of pain right and its something that been bothering me for a Long said who saw team physician Brian Cole on Mon its something that i definitely want to get Back to 100 per cent before the in Here and in ready to do whatever they want me to Paxson said surgery is a last resort and you cant make an As sumption that its torn because its not been diagnosed As a torn rotator Long we know every thing to be but in the Short we just have to Check it he in not worried about that