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By SANDRA MCKEE | September 4, 1998
NEW YORK -- Mary Pierce is sitting with friends in the players lounge at the U.S. Open when she's interrupted. She and Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar have been an item for about a year, and rumors have been swirling.Are you and Alomar engaged, she's asked?"Don't you know?" said Pierce, who was in good spirits after advancing to the third round with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Cara Black. "Don't you know? We're already married with two children."And then she laughed happily as she flashed her left hand, on which she is wearing a ring with seven diamonds.
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By Bill Glauber and Bill Glauber,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | July 3, 2001
WIMBLEDON, England - There's at least one American man left at Wimbledon. And he might be joined by one more. While Pete Sampras faltered, No. 2 seed Andre Agassi rolled into the quarterfinals yesterday with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Nicolas Kiefer. Then, as darkness fell, Todd Martin, the quiet American with a patient grass-court game, moved ahead of Britain's Tim Henman, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-4, in a round-of-16 match due to be completed today. The Martin-Henman winner won't get a free ride in the quarterfinals, though, facing Roger Federer, the 19-year-old Swiss who conquered Sampras in five sets.
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By Bill Glauber and Bill Glauber,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | July 2, 1998
WIMBLEDON, England -- For England, the World Cup is over, but Wimbledon has just begun.Tim Henman, the last best hope of British men's tennis, overwhelmed No. 3 seed Petr Korda, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, yesterday to storm into the Wimbledon men's semifinals.Henman's triumph came less than 24 hours after the English soccer team was sent packing from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, in one of those glorious exits that English teams -- and players -- are famous for.The doe-eyed, hard-hitting Henman is out to change the sporting stereotype of the lovable English loser.
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By Sandra McKee and Sandra McKee,SUN STAFF | June 26, 1996
WIMBLEDON, England -- Sitting in the players' box, coach David Felgate was just about as miserable as they come. His player, Tim Henman, had more or less choked after taking a two-set lead over No. 5 seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov and was down a break in the fifth set. So Felgate did the logical thing. He started thinking about what he and Henman were going to have to start working on to improve his game."Frankly," said Felgate, "I thought Wimbledon was over."But Wimbledon was not over. The full house that raptly watched Henman at Centre Court refused to let it be over.
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By Todd Richissin and Todd Richissin,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | July 3, 2003
WIMBLEDON, England - With Tim Henman the last remaining Englishman in the men's singles of Wimbledon, the British newspaper The Daily Mail posed a question that has been asked in tennis circles here for decades: "Why ARE we such losers?" This time around, the answer could be Sebastien Grosjean, a Frenchman whose brilliant returns of serve put him ahead of Henman, 7-6 (10-8), 3-6, 6-3, 1-2, when play was suspended for the fourth and final time yesterday by rain. Fans booed the decision to halt play overnight, but the lucky ones with tickets today should have a spectacular day of tennis, weather willing.
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By Bill Glauber and Bill Glauber,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | July 4, 2002
WIMBLEDON, England - On Radio Wimbledon, Rupert Bell is known as the voice of Tim Henman. Bell, a tennis play-by-play man, is an unabashed Henman homer, openly rooting for Britain's top tennis player. He will urge Henman on, "C'mon, Tim," and shriek when one of Henman's dramatic rallies goes Britain's way. And with the help of the Internet, Bell's voice travels a long, long way on Radio Wimbledon, 87.7 on your FM dial if you're within five miles from the All England Club and www.wimble- don.org if you're online.