... 4.50 SENIORS TENNIS The Tennis Masters semi-finals. 8066075 8.00 WHAT THE PAPERS SAY With Martin Samuels of the News of the World. (S) 458181 8.10 PORRIDGE The inmates hunt a thief. (rpt.) 395920 8.40 FLOG IT! Eastbourne Town Hall plays host to Paul Martin ...

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... TENNIS Man's Singles Gold Modal Match: KAM)lice (Rus) ta T Haas = g o t 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 Wornen's Medal Match: S Weans 6 V %%arms ...

... Tennis Clive White ALL sports need great rivalries. Sadly some of the best are very much a part of all our yesterdays: McEnroe and Borg; Ali and Frazier; Nicklaus and Palmer; Ovett and Coe. Faced with a steady decline in popularity since the late 'Bos ...

... Tennis Paddy Hiey CONOR TAYLOR has certainly had a change in fortunes since pulling down the shutters on a career in the banking industry. Last Saturday, it was a case of yet another profitable return for the 25-year-old Dubliner since he checked out ...

... TENNIS MAXON OPEN Pam Semi-finals: Magnus Norman (Wm) bt Michael Chang (US) 6-3 6-1; S Scholium (Neth) beat A CaWows (Spa) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Semi-finals: I Tulyaganova (Uzbek) bt Tanasugarn (Thai) 6-1 6-4; M Shaughnessy (US) bt P Nola (Bul) 7-5 6-2 UNZ TOURNAMENT ...

... Tennis FOR a player capable of working himself into extraordinary frenzies, and for an occasion that had been talked up as a grudge match, Lleyton Hewitt's second-round defeat by Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela was a remarkably docile, flat and incident-free ...

... TENNIS No blues for Federer Steve Keating WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer chased away his Argentine bogeyman in Houston last night by crushing David Nalbandian 6-3 6-0 to remain unbeaten at the ATP Masters Cup. Winless in five previous career meetings ...

... adopted country should come to a head before the weekend as Tennis Ireland look to secure her eligibility in time for selection. The Castleknock player has been a sensation on the domestic tennis scene since arriving from Bulgaria two years ago, and on Tuesday ...

... Tennis Simon Lewis FOUR-TIME defending champion Roger Federer began his bid for a first Grand Slam win of the season with a comfortable first-round victory over Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center. Federer lost in the finals ...

... Tennis Paddy Hickey in Cairo A SUPERB weekend for Irish tennis saw Sean Sorensen's team clinch promotion with a 3-0 rout of hosts Egypt on Saturday. It allowed Ireland's Davis Cup captain the luxury of ...

... TENNIS Agassi forced to work hard Simon Cambers SEVENTH seed Andre Agassi staved off a stunning fightback yesterday from Xavier Malisse to beat the Belgian 6-3 6-4 6-7 4-6 6-2 to reach the US Open quarter-finals. The 35-year-old American led by two sets ...