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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Slovak Daniela Hantuchova and Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo were both first-round losers Monday at the $600,000 Zurich Open in Switzerland.
Russian Maria Kirilenko defeated eighth-seeded Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2, and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka beat Mauresmo 6-2, 6-1. Hantuchova has now lost six of her last nine matches, and two-time major champion and former world No. 1 Mauresmo has lost five of her last six..
In other opening-day action, Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko beat France's Alize Cornet 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). Bondarenko next has a second-round match against third-seeded Wimbledon champ Venus Williams.
This week's top seeds are world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic and French Open champ Ana Ivanovic, both of Serbia. Jankovic is seeking her fourth title in four events. She won in Moscow Sunday.
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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) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
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