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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
TOKYO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer dropped just three games in collecting a third-round victory Thursday at the $765,000 Japan Open.
Federer, from Switzerland, ousted defending Japan Open champion Wesley Moodie, from South Africa, 6-2, 6-1. Federer is scheduled to play Japanese wild card entrant Takao Suzuki in Friday's quarterfinals.
Suzuki survived five match points before recording a 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (12-10), 6-1 victory over Germany's Alexander Waske.
In other matches Thursday: Second-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo reached the quarters by topping 15th-seeded American Vincent Spadea 6-4, 7-6 (11-9); fifth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen" class="tpstyle">Finn Jarkko Nieminen drilled 12th-seeded Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-3; ninth-seeded Korean Hyung-Taik Lee defeated sixth-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; and No. 14 German Benjamin Becker snuck past Czech Jiri Novak 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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HOUSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
The silhouette created as Venus transits the face of the sun Tuesday will be widely visible across seven continents, U.S. space officials said.
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Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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