Capriati Gets Past Bartoli at Stanford
Third-seeded Jennifer Capriati struggled to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Marion Bartoli on Wednesday in a second-round match of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford.
“I’m here working on my game and playing tennis,” Capriati said. “You never know. Today I had a tough match. I have to get back to the mentality that I should be winning matches and I can still be No. 1.”
For the record:
12:00 a.m. July 27, 2003 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday July 27, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction
Tennis -- An article in Thursday’s Sports section incorrectly stated that the 2004 Indian Wells tournament would start the week of March 4. The tournament is scheduled to run from March 8-21, organizers said.
In another second-round match, fifth-seeded Jelena Dokic defeated Alexandra Stevenson, 6-3, 6-2.
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Top-ranked Andre Agassi was seeded No. 1 in the men’s draw for the U.S. Open on Aug. 25-Sept. 7 after defending champion Pete Sampras officially withdrew.
Agassi, a two-time Open champion, was last year’s runner-up.
Juan Carlos Ferrero was seeded second, Roger Federer third and Carlos Moya fourth. Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick were seeded fifth and sixth, respectively.
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The Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells and the NASDAQ-100 Open at Miami each are starting a week later in 2004, according to the WTA Tour, which released its upcoming schedule.
Indian Wells, a 10-day tournament, will start the week of March 4. Other changes include Scottsdale becoming a combined one-week tournament with the ATP, and La Costa has been moved to a Tier I event, up from Tier II. The Acura Classic will be moved back a week in 2004.
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Hockey
The Mighty Ducks picked up the one-year option on goaltender Martin Gerber and re-signed restricted free-agent defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski to a one-year deal.
Gerber, 29, was 6-11-3 with a 1.95 goals-against average as the backup for Jean-Sebastien Giguere. Gerber will make $500,000 next season.
Vishnevski, who signed for $1.07 million, had two goals and six assists with 76 penalty minutes in 80 games last season for the Ducks.
The Ducks also signed defenseman Juha Alen, their third-round selection in this year’s draft, to a three-year deal, and free-agent goaltender Eddie Ferhi to a two-year deal.
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Golf
Juli Inkster and rookie Lorena Ochoa each shot a six-under-par 66 to share the lead after one round of the Evian Masters in France.
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Miscellany
A battery charge was dropped in West Virginia against former Miami of Ohio assistant Jon Wauford, who was accused of knocking down a Marshall fan after a game last season.
New UCLA men’s basketball Coach Ben Howland is playing host to a reception Aug. 14 for former Bruin players. Information: (310) 206-6533.
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