Sports
France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu, the last of the 48 players to get into the main draw, stunned Pete Sampras, 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-4, in a second-round match at the TD Waterhouse Cup on Tuesday night at Commack, N.Y.
Aug. 21, 2002
Wimbledon tennis: Monday’s featured matches
June 27, 2010
California
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Dec. 18, 1997
Spaniard has to take a break when a chunk of banana lodges in his throat, and needs nearly five hours to defeat Mathieu at French Open.
June 4, 2006
Paul-Henri Mathieu blew three match points before finally outlasting gritty Thomas Johansson, 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4, to clinch a 3-2 victory for France over Sweden in the Davis Cup World Group on Sunday at Strasbourg, France.
March 7, 2005
French Open: He gets by wild-card entry after trailing two sets to love and facing two break points at 1-3 in fifth set.
June 4, 2002
Jean-Paul Van Poppel of the Netherlands won the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race Tuesday, and countryman Teun Van Vliet retained the yellow jersey as the overall leader.
July 6, 1988
Andre Agassi defeated Greg Rusedski, 6-4, 6-4, Saturday night in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup at Montreal, setting up a championship matchup with French Open winner Rafael Nadal.
Aug. 14, 2005
Movies
In ‘Christmas Tale,’ Catherine Deneuve is philosophically cool.
Nov. 16, 2008
Because Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looks so much like Muhammad Ali, you expect his tennis game to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
March 18, 2008