Hot Match: INSIDE SERVES
TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS HEAD INDOORS TO MAKE THEIR POINTS
Boink. Bonk. Swak. The sounds of tennis balls hitting rackets echo in the vast, bright building. At one end a dozen teenage boys stretch and warm up for their afternoon lesson. At the other end a group of developmentally challenged youngsters rally balls with their instructor, Brad Boardman, and a volunteer, Ann Fukazawa.Midcourt, four older women are winding up a hot match."We've been playing together two years now, twice a week," says Therese...
Hot Match: Aces
Tuesday's hot match * No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne def. Aniko Kapros 7-5, 6-3. Henin-Hardenne of Belgium, looking to pounce on the absence of the Williams sisters to add a second Grand Slam championship, overcame a sloppy first set to advance past qualifier Kapros. Henin-Hardenne won the French Open this year. Quotable "It's not just tennis anymore. It's much more than that. It's gone more into shorter...
Hot Match: Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK): McGhee wins it at Parkhead cauldron: Flashback Wallop
THE Dons that went into today's game with Rangers at Pittodrie were a side filled with apprehension, languishing at the bottom of the table. That's a far cry from twenty years ago when they went to Parkhead to face table toppers Celtic and came away with the points. In a red-hot match, Mark McGhee netted the winner after the break following goals from Drew Jarvie and Celtic's Doyle. Bobby Clark also saved a penalty late on after he was...
Hot Match: Fire in Tarpon Cove sends woman to hospital
Fire destroyed much of a Tarpon Cove duplex in North Naples early Saturday and sent a woman to the hospital with first- and second-degree burns, authorities said.Joy MacIntyre, 59, suffered burns on her face, neck and feet and was taken to North Collier Hospital, spokesman Jorge Aguilera of Collier County Emergency Medical Services said.She was treated at the North Naples hospital but wasn't admitted, a hospital spokeswoman said.Fire officials suspect that a burning...
Hot Match: Aces
Monday's hot match Seventh-seeded Guillermo Coria needed 4 hours, 41 minutes over two days to beat fellow Argentine Mariano Zabaleta 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 and secure a spot in the quarterfinals. Coria -- named after Argentine great Guillermo Vilas -- simply wore out his countryman in the tournament's longest match. Zabaleta hit 97 winners to Coria's 46, but he made 146 unforced errors, and that proved to be his undoing. With the victory,...
