Published: August 22, 2010
The fly-half Jose Cilley landed a penalty in each half to register Argentina’s only points.Wales made the best possible start to their five-match development tour of Canada by scoring three tries in a 19-0 victory over Eastern Canada in St John’s, Newfoundland.Andrew Lloyd – Wales’ No 8 and their youngest player at 19 – scored the first try at the end of a poor first half. After the break, the wing Shane Williams, one of two full caps in the Welsh side, raced over midway through the second half when the visitors were down to 14 men after the flanker Paul Williams had been sin-binned.Despite indifferent refereeing by the Canadian official Steve Scott, the young Welsh side sealed their victory when the lock Deiniol Jones scored the third try near the end.. Germany’s David Prinosil, with just one singles win to his credit this year before the event, routed former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek today to capture the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Germany’s David Prinosil, with just one singles win to his credit this year before the event, routed former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek today to capture the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
The oft-injured German, a wild card ranked 130th, finished off his unlikely run by blasting one spectacular return after another past the hard-serving Dutchman in the 6-3, 6-2 victory at the $1 million grass court event.”He was making every return at my feet, I was struggling to hold my serve,” said Krajicek. “He was clearly the better player today.”Prinosil, a top doubles player who had just a 1-8 record this year in singles, completed the rout in just 61 minutes when the frustrated-looking Krajicek hit his serve long.On the way to his third title and first since 1998, the German ousted top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia and No. 3 Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador.But now he will probably have to play his first qualifying match for Wimbledon on Monday, although he will crack the top 80 in rankings after his triumph.”I do think I deserve a wild card for Wimbledon after the way I played here,” said Prinosil, 27.Krajicek, who is coming back from a knee injury, blasted three straight aces to open the match and appeared poised to blow out the underdog German with his strong serve.
He had been in impressive form in ousting Australia’s Pat Rafter and defending champion Nicolas Kiefer in earlier rounds.But after Krajicek’s first eight serves all went in and produced points, the 1996 Wimbledon winner began to falter and Prinosil started hammering returns at his feet when he rushed the net or rifled them down the lines.”I played unbelievably well,” said Prinosil. “I’ve never hit returns so well in life.”Within a few minutes, Prinosil broke the Dutchman’s serve to take a 5-3 lead while winning the first set and followed with another break to take a 2-0 lead second set lead.Prinosil won singles titles in Newport in 1995 and Ostrava in 1998, but is a doubles specialist who has won seven career titles. He is seeded at Wimbledon along with Indian partner Mahesh Bhupathi.The German, troubled by back and foot injuries, has been healthy again for just the past five weeks.”That makes it even nicer to win here,” said Prinosil. “I’m hoping I can stay healthy and mix it up at the top for a long time.”He took home $137,000 prize money.. American Lisa Raymond defeated Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4 today to win the DFS Classic grasscourt tournament in Birmingham and signal her readiness for Wimbledon. American Lisa Raymond defeated Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4 today to win the DFS Classic grasscourt tournament in Birmingham and signal her readiness for Wimbledon.
The sixth-seeded American, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon last season – the third time she’s gone that far – proved she’s one of women tennis’ best serve-and-volley players.The 16th-seeded Tanasugarn, who has also reached the fourth round of Wimbledon the last two seasons, will be a dangerous floater when the Grand Slam on grass begins in a week.”It means a lot to me to have won the DFS Classic,” Raymond said. “I’ve come to this tournament a lot and always felt like I had it in me to win.”Raymond was up a break 4-2 in the second set, but Tanasugarn ralled to force the tiebreaker.
After falling behind 4-0, she rallied to win 9-7 before dropping the final set.”It was a very close match,” Tanasugarn said. “I was pleased with how I fought but Lisa won because she won the big points.”Raymond is also an excellent doubles player and is ranked No. 1 by the WTA Tour with doubles partner Rennae Stubbs of Australia ranked No. 2 in doubles.Raymond improved her record against Tanasugarn to 3-1 On grass they are 1-1.. Nathalie Tauziat, who is usually more at home on grass than a herd of prize Jerseys, yesterday gave the impression of being allergic to the stuff. The No 1 seed made a tame exit from the semi-finals of the DFS Classic at the Priory Club, going out 6-4 6-2 to Lisa Raymond of the United States in 63 forgettable minutes.
Nathalie Tauziat, who is usually more at home on grass than a herd of prize Jerseys, yesterday gave the impression of being allergic to the stuff. The No 1 seed made a tame exit from the semi-finals of the DFS Classic at the Priory Club, going out 6-4 6-2 to Lisa Raymond of the United States in 63 forgettable minutes.
Tauziat, a finalist at Wimbledon two years ago, was recently ranked No 3 in the world – she stayed there for a week – before slipping to seventh. In the course of winning more than $4m in her career, the girl from Bayonne has won in Moscow and Leipzig. Perhaps it wasn’t cold enough for her here.The slogan for this tournament has been “What a scorcher!” and nobody will be taking them to the Advertising Standards Authority, although had they had the same trailer in 1998 it would have been embarrassing. That championship was abandoned due to rain.”Lisa played really good,” Tauziat explained. “What can I say?” In the quarter-finals she was involved in a three-setter before knocking out her compatriot Anne-Gaelle Sidot.