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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Defending champion Marin Cilic beat fellow Croat Ivo Karlovic, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 Friday in a quarterfinal match at the Zagreb (Croatia) Indoors Tennis Tournament.
Cilic, the event's top seed, won the match by overcoming 24 service aces by the 6-foot-10 Karlovic.
His semifinal opponent Saturday, third-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria, rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 decision against Ukrainian Illya Marchenko.
Elsewhere, Germany's Michael Berrer ousted fourth-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-4, 6-3, while Germany's Philipp Petzschner had to rally before a 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-2 victory against Slovakian Lukas Lacko.
Berrer and Petzschner meet in the other semifinal, and Sunday's champion will collect a $95,500 winner's check.
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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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