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Corretja moves into French Open semis

PARIS (AP) -- Alex Corretja reached the French Open semifinals, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday with a methodical victory over the...

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Kuerten in top form in Italian Open in tuneup for the French Open

...off the red clay, advancing Friday night into the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over clay-court specialist Alex Corretja. The 24-year-old Kuerten, who won on clay in Monte Carlo last month, has cruised into the semifinal at Foro...

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...winner over Canada's Jana Nejedly. MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) -- Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty beat ninth-seeded Alex Corretja of Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Open. College football INDIANAPOLIS...

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At Davis Cup, Spain's gain is Americans' pain

...Barcelona in December. "This isn't going to get easier, this is going to get tougher," McEnroe said after watching Alex Corretja wear down Jan-Michael Gambill in four sets and Albert Costa take Todd Martin in three. "Tomorrow they're just...

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Corretja foils U.S. strategy

...grass surface for its Davis Cup quarterfinals match with Spain because the surface favored the Americans. Spain's Alex Corretja foiled the strategy. Corretja beat Pete Sampras 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-4 on Friday. The upset...

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At long last, Costa a Grand Slam winner

...clay-court playground. Sergi Bruguera and Alberto Berasategui met in a French Open final eight years ago. Carlos Moya and Alex Corretja played for the championship in 1998. While his fellow Spaniards evolved into top Grand Slam contenders on clay, Costa...

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Wimbledon organizers sit down for controversial decision

...Club and want the men's seeds to adhere to world rankings as they do in the women's draw. French Open runner up Alex Corretja already has threatened to pull out if the Wimbledon organizers favor the grass court stars, while fellow Spaniard...

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Safin makes a jarring exit at French Open

...The Russian refused to attend a postmatch news conference, drawing a $10,000 fine. Santoro next faces No. 13 Alex Corretja, who advanced to the fourth round by eliminating Sweden's Magnus Larsson 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. Earlier, Jennifer...

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Hewitt misses perfect score by one game

...within one game of a triple bagel in a Grand Slam tennis tournament. Hewitt led 6-0, 6-0, 4-0 before Spain's Alex Corretja, ranked as high as No. 2 last year, put together enough good shots to win one game today in their second-round...

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Kuerten king of clay But can he rule elsewhere?

...Kuerten is a long way from taking a Grand Slam title aside from the French. But the runner-up in Sunday's final, Alex Corretja, is convinced of Kuerten's greatness. "Does he have to show that he can win the Australian Open or the U.S...

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