By Jim Fuller Register Staff jfuller@newhavenregister.com NEW HAVEN -- Radek Stepanek hasn't always marched to a different tune during his time on the pro tennis circuit so the 31-year-old Czech Republic native didn't seem the least bit concerned that he took a rather unusual route to earning a spot in the main draw of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.
It's safe to call Jan-Michael Gambill the luckiest guy at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. After losing in the final round of qualifying Sunday, Gambill received notice Monday night he would have the opportunity to fill in for the injured Andy Roddick as the tournament's "lucky loser.
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Sixth-seed Robin Soderling, the two-time French Open finalist who's been bothered by a wrist injury all summer, withdrew Wednesday morning with what his agent, in a statement, called a virus. He was replaced by Rogerio Dutra Da Silva of Brazil, a "lucky loser" from the qualifying tournament, who beat Louk Sorensen of Ireland, ranked No. 618 in the world, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0, when Sorensen retired with a thumb injury.
June 21-July 4 (w-wild card; q-qualifier; ll-lucky loser)
Professional Tennis Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia - Amer Delic need only look at the draw to be reminded of his good fortune at the Australian Open. He made the field as a lucky loser, and has knocked off No. 28-seeded Paul- Henri Mathieu in five sets. Next up is a third-round match against defending champion Novak Djokovic. Things have been going my way, he said. Why stop it here? Delic rallied from two sets down Wednesday to beat Mathieu 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 9-7, and now the Bosnian- born American is looking forward to his next match. Do I really need any more motivation than the fact that Im still a lucky loser here and playing in front of fans that have come out to watch me? he asked. Two years ago at Wimbledon, he lost to Djokovic in four sets in the second round. The 26-...
Blake Strode may be what's known as a lucky loser in tennis tournament lingo, but his semifinal win over Matej Bocko in the USB Futures of Pittsburgh on Saturday was pure skill. Strode, 22, defeated Bocko, 6-3, 6-3, in a long match at the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center to advance to the final today against Dennis Zivkovic. Zivkovic, a former instructor at Upper St. Clair, beat Steve Johnson in the day's other semifinal, 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-3.
The NBA staged its annual dog-and-pony show the other day to determine which lucky loser would get to pick first in the next player draft. The Bucks were the winner of the lottery drawing. This came as a surprise to a lot of people who didnt realize Milwaukee was still in the league.
Madison Luck and countless hours stuffing losing lottery tickets into envelopes led a Bonduel man on a five-week winning streak in the state lottery's second-chance drawing, according to a Department of Revenue report issued Friday. Jeffrey B. Hintz spends thousands of dollars on lottery tickets a week, and used to spend much of his time stamping envelopes with the lottery's address so he could enter losing tickets in the weekly drawings, according to the report by auditor Wendy Miller and special agent Vern Barnes.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Maria Sharapova won for the first time at Melbourne Park since taking the 2008 Australian Open title, beating Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-3 on Monday in the opening match on center court. Sharapova, the former top-ranked player who missed the 2009 tournament because of a shoulder injury and was ousted in the first round last year by fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko, struggled with her serve and was inconsistent in the second set. After losing the opening service game at love, Sharapova won seven straight games to take a 6-1, 1-0 lead.
...Benneteau's spot in the draw was given to lucky loser Simon Greul of Germany. Defending champion R...
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