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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Austria's Jurgen Melzer, the No. 3 seed, won his first-round match Monday in the Zagreb Indoors tennis event in Croatia, beating Daniel Brands in straight sets.
Melzer posted a 6-4, 6-3 decision over the German player and the No. 4 seed, Viktor Troicki of Serbia, advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 win over another German, Rainer Schuettler.
Croatian wild card Ivan Dodig turned in an upset, eliminating eighth-seeded Kazakhstani Evgeny Korolev 7-6 (11-9), 6-4.
Other winners included Olivier Rochus of Belgium, Ukrainian Illya Marchenko and Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin.
Marin Cilic of Croatia is the tournament's No. 1 seed.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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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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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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