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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
MADRID, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Scotland's Andy Murray claimed the Madrid Masters championship Sunday with a straight-set win over Gilles Simon of France.
The 21-year-old Murray, who upset second-ranked Roger Federer in the semifinals, won 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) .
Murray was seeded fourth. Simon, unseeded, had knocked off world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semis.
The Scot, who was runner-up to Federer in the U.S. Open, is ranked No. 4 in the world behind Nadal, Federer and Novak Djokovic.
"I've played great the last few months, but those guys have been unbelievable for the last couple of years, so consistent on every surface and throughout the whole year," Murray said.
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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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