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Tommie Harris' wife dies
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Americans Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish emerged winners Tuesday in the first round of the SAP Open, the first U.S. stop on the 2009 ATP World Tour.
Roddick, a three-time tournament champion and the top seed, defeated Swedish qualifier Michael Ryderstedt, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3).
The fifth-seeded Fish nailed 19 aces while eliminating Australian Lleyton Hewitt, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
American qualifier Todd Widom upset eighth-seeded Robby Ginepri 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
In other opening-round action Tuesday, German Denis Gremelmayr defeated Croat Roko Karanusic 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Aussie Chris Guccione beat Argentine Guillermo Canas 7-6 (9-7), 7-5; and Latvia's Ernests Gulbis defeated Brazil's Ricardo Mello 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.
The winner of this $600,000 indoor hardcourt event will pocket $93,900.
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CHICAGO, La., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The wife of former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris died of a stroke or brain aneurysm in an Oklahoma hospital, the Chicago Sun-Times said.
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