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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HAMBURG, Germany, May 16 (UPI) -- Four seeds had opening-round wins Tuesday at the $2.45 million Masters Series Hamburg, including Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Argentine Gaston Gaudio.
Davydenko beat Chilean Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-4, and 2004 French Open champion Gaudio beat Spaniard Alberto Martin 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
The two other seeded winners were Chilian Fernando Gonzalez and German Nicolas Kiefer. Gonzalez handled Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-3.
In an upset, Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean beat 14th-seeded American Robby Ginepri 7-5, 7-5.
Rainer Schuettler" class="tpstyle">German Rainer Schuettler defeated Lukas Dlouhy" class="tpstyle">Czech Lukas Dlouhy 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. The lucky-loser Dlouhy replaced top-seeded and reigning Hamburg Masters champion Roger Federer in the draw on Monday.
Federer pulled out citing fatigue after losing to Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Sunday's five-hour, five-set final at the Italian Masters in Rome.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31 (UPI) --
Jacksonville, Fla., officials say a letter to the Jacksonville Jaguars owner accusing him of defaulting on his contract was the result of a "misunderstanding."
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NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
Actor Michael McKean, who was hit by a car last week while walking in New York, says he has been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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CLEVELAND, May 31 (UPI) --
Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person.
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