Times wires
Friday, June 10, 2011
Tennis
Tsonga ousts Nadal at Queen's Club
LONDON — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Rafael Nadal 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1 Friday in the quarterfinals at Queen's Club.
Tsonga had 25 aces and kept the French Open champion off-balance with his powerful baseline game.
"Probably after losing the second set, mentally I lost my concentration," said Nadal, who won his record-tying sixth French Open title Sunday. "The negative thing is I lost. The positive thing is I have few days off and can stop a little bit mentally."
Meanwhile, American Andy Roddick beat Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-2, and second-seeded Andy Murray received a walkover when Marin Cilic (ankle) withdrew.
More tennis: Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki eased into the Sony Ericsson Open semifinals with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Alberta Brianti in Copenhagen, Denmark. … Philipp Kohlschreiber beat defending champ Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to reach the Gerry Weber Open semifinals in Halle, Germany.
Et cetera
NFL: The head of the sports and entertainment firm that wants to build a stadium in downtown Los Angeles has been in talks with officials from five teams about the venue, the Associated Press reported. Anschutz Entertainment Group president and CEO Tim Leiweke has spoken with representatives from the Vikings, Chargers, Raiders, Rams and Jaguars but conceded, "We're not packing any (moving) vans right now," Leiweke said.
Soccer: Suriname federation president Louis Giskus acknowledged getting $40,000 in cash at a meeting that is being investigated in a FIFA bribery scandal involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam and suspended FIFA vice president Jack Warner. … The Mexican government said its beef doesn't contain clenbuterol, hurting the defense of five players suspended from the Gold Cup team after testing positive for the banned substance.
Swimming: Four-time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans, 39, told the Associated Press she has been training for the past six months with an eye on qualifying for next year's Olympic trials. … Alex Meyer and Eva Fabian won the 10K races at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Fort Lauderdale to earn places at the world championships, the trials for the 2012 London Games.
Cycling: American Philip Zajicek, 32, received a ban for life after admitting to multiple doping violations in a case stemming from an investigation into EPO and human-growth hormone trafficking from China, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.
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