| Federer Breaks the Curse; Sampras as Pioneer |
| as Pete headed into 2002. He lost to Marat Safin at the Australian Open and somehow crashed out of Wimbledon with a loss to a less notable Swiss player, George Bastl.
Sampras ended his career with a magical run to his fifth U.S. Open title and fourteenth major title. Along the way he silenced Greg Rusedski, avenged a Sum... |
2009-06-14
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| Veterans, Hopefuls Feature in 2009 Australian Open Men's Qualifying |
| ul Capdeville is the top seed (make sure to get your name on that 'lucky losers' list), and another journeyman, Switzerland's George "I Beat Pete at Wimbledon" Bastl, meets No. 32 seed Rik de Voest.
No. 28 seed Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj square off in an all-Indian battle, and veterans attempting returns from ... |
2009-01-13
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| Djokovic Captures Masters Cup, Then Suffers Injury While Celebrating |
| ian Mannarino in the final. Chris Guiccione was the top seed in that field which also featured Dominik Hrbaty, Simon Greul and George “I Beat Pete” Bastl.
And the tour rolls on this week.
In Finland seven of the top eight seeds are ranked in the Top 100 including three in the Top 50 with Turusnov, Jarrko ... |
2008-11-17
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| Pete Sampras Curious About Wimbledon |
| ng away from his history if he lost early again at Wimbledon. And he’s right. The reality of it is Pete couldn’t do any worse than losing to George Bastl, right? Unless of course Bastl qualifies and beats Pete again. (Could you imagine!) Well, on second thought, that could be reason enough not the play! ... |
2007-05-07
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| Federer Wins; Gonzo, Nalbandian Save MPs at Basel |
| ved two more match points before Fish double-faulted on the last point. Gonzo now will face Argentine teen Juan Martin del Potro, a 6-3, 6-2 victor over George Bastl.Playing in front of his Swiss fans, world No. 1 Roger Federer earned his 21st straight match win with a 6-2, 6-0 destruction of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. "I'm pl... |
2006-10-27
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| Roger Federer Interview US Open - September 6, 2006 |
| g back in Switzerland in a few weeks' time against you guys. So we'll see, see how it goes. We have a good team, you know, with Stan now and Yves and Marco and Bastl and so forth. I'm excited to be back. It's something I've always enjoyed doing.
Q. Have you always thought that you will step in at the last moment to help th... |
2006-09-07
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| Roger Federer Interview US Open - September 6, 2006 |
| g back in Switzerland in a few weeks' time against you guys. So we'll see, see how it goes. We have a good team, you know, with Stan now and Yves and Marco and Bastl and so forth. I'm excited to be back. It's something I've always enjoyed doing.
Q. Have you always thought that you will step in at the last moment to help th... |
2006-09-06
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| Federer, Nadal on Cruise Control at US Open |
| winners (12) Tomas Berdych (d. Pashanski), (14) Tommy Haas (d. Kuznetsov, bagel in the third), (15) Lleyton Hewitt (d. Montanes), (16) Juan Carlos Ferrero (d. Bastl in four), (17) Andy Murray (d. Kendrick in four), (18) Robby Ginepri (d. Benneteau in four), (21) Gaston Gaudio (d. Seppi), (22) Fernando "Hot Sauce" Verdasco ... |
2006-08-31
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