Swiss tennis legend arrives in Taiwan to frenzied welcome Focus Taiwan News Channel The former Swiss tennis queen has been invited to Taiwan for exhibition games with other tennis legends such as Andre Agassi, his wife Steffi Graf and Croatian Goran Ivanisevic. Hingis was scheduled to arrive Thursday evening, but unexpected ...
List of French Open women's singles champions Chicago Tribune ... 7-5 1999 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 4-6 7-5 6-2 1998 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) beat Monica Seles (US) 7-6 0-6 6-2 1997 Iva Majoli (Croatia) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-4 6-2 1996 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat ...
Agassi, Graf reminisce about Olympics USA TODAY He laughs, and so does the target of his playful dig, Steffi Graf. She won the gold in Seoul in 1988, the year tennis returned to the Olympics as a medal sport after a 64-year hiatus. She also won the silver in Barcelona in 1992, and was the champion ...
Grand Slam winners to arrive in Taiwan Thursday China Post TAIPEI--Grand Slam winners Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Goran Ivanisevic will arrive in Taiwan today and play exhibition matches and coach young talents over the following two days, organizers said yesterday. The arrival of the stars, ...
Tennis Hall of Fame not acting on Bob Hewitt Boston Globe By Bob Hohler NEWPORT, RI - Visitors to the International Tennis Hall of Fame find centuries of the sport's history at their fingertips - interactive tributes to 220 stars such as Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf, Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson.
Today in History - May 25 mysask.com (press release) In 1994, a German appeals court ordered rock band "Run-Over Schoolchildren" to pay tennis player Steffi Graf about $35000. The German group's song, "I Wanna Make Love With Steffi Graf," suggested she had an incestuous relationship with her father.
Ticker | Ohio State's Urban Meyer: Rivalry games? Now there's just one Detroit Free Press Tennis great Steffi Graf sports a nice chapeau while judging a fashion contest before Friday's running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. / Mark Humphrey/Associated Press By Steve Schrader A Nashville Predators Ice Girl removes a catfish thrown ...
Aussie Rising Star set for Roland Garros | 10sBalls Australia's best 12-year old female tennis ace is setting her sights on Roland Garros and a potential showdown with tennis legend Steffi Graf. Twelve year-old Destanee Aiava from Narre Warren in Victoria, has been selected by Tennis Australia to ... Young Aussie tennis player getsHerald Sun
Gibb matriarch loses third son with Robin's death MetroNews Canada By Gregory Katz By Gregory Katz AP Getty Images/Sean Gallup Singer Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees performs prior to an exhibition match between Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini at the Max Schmeling Hall, on September 25, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer have very passionate fans on both sides of the net SI.com (One example among many: They didn't dislike Hingis in 1998, so much as they sided with a thirty-something Steffi Graf to beat the successful top-seeded teenager.) Whatever the case, I doubt Nadal is losing sleep over it. After the very questionable ...
Look Who Showed Up For The Kentucky Derby, Andre Agassi And Steffi Graf [Video] Tennis-X.com (blog) by Tom Gainey Andre Agassi and wife Steffi Graf were in attendance yesterday for 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. The two tennis legends made the trip from Las Vegas as guests of Longines, the official timekeeper of the Derby.
Sabine Lisicki Sportinglife.com And Lisicki took full advantage, becoming the first German since Steffi Graf to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she went down to Maria Sharapova. The 22-year-old, one of the biggest servers in the women's game, is aggressive with her groundstrokes ...
Robin Gibb, of Bee Gees fame, dies Albany Times Union (blog) 25, 2004, file photo shows former Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, performing a song at the beginning of a show match between former German tennis star Steffi Graf and Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini at the Max-Schmeling-Halle hall on in Berlin.
The speed read: Dan Rather's 'Rather Outspoken' Washington Post Some highlights: On dead air: In 1987, when Rather's interview with Pope John Paul II was preempted by coverage of a tennis match between Steffi Graf and Lori McNeil, he got up and left the studio. ?I did not walk off the set in a snit,? he writes.
French Open 2012: Top 10 French Open Records and Feats Yahoo! Sports Steffi Graf briefly became the youngest women's winner when she won the 1987 French Open at 17 years and 11 months. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario eclipsed that record after winning the 1989 French Open at 17 years and 5 months.
Tennis players - In focus USA TODAY (blog) March 1999: Serena leaps high in the air after defeating Germany's Steffi Graf 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to win the Evert Cup in Indian Wells, Calif. It was the second and last meeting between Williams and Graf. The series ended 1-1. Serena Williams shares a ...
Serena Williams Profile Bet123.net In terms of where the singles titles stand her in the all-time list, she is fourth behind Steffi Graf, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. This means she is in fantastic company and if it wasn't for injuries, she would be further up the list.
Take the Scenic route The West Australian There are some stunning houses along the banks of the Neckar, reportedly with some famous owners - Steffi Graf and husband Andre Agassi, ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl and, until his death, Marlon Brando. Heidelberg has the oldest university in ...