Bartoli knocks out Henin Marion Bartoli stunned top seed Justine Henin to reach the Wimbledon final on Friday, beating the world number one 1-6 7-5 6-1.
Paes-Damm crash out in quarters Leander Paes and Martin Damm made their exit from Wimbledon Grand Slam mens doubles after a hard fought loss to fourth seeds Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic in the quarterfinals here on Friday.
Slams grapple with problems The people who run Grand Slam tennis will not look back too fondly on 2007. Instead of spectacular action hitting the headlines, organisers of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon have had to cope with unwelcome publicity.
Of players and their superstitions Luckily Wimbledon's dress code does not have players sporting numbers on their chest and backs. That would be giving players who believe in numerology a whole new routine to worry about.
CRICKET / Practice match against Sussex from today
Chance for India to fine-tune skills The Indian cricketers are on a high after their 2-1 victory over South Africa in the recently concluded one-day series in Belfast, but Rahul Dravid's men cannot cling on to that result and a convincing show against one of the stronger county sides is mandatory.
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