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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 24 (UPI) -- American Melanie Oudin and Russian Elena Dementieva won Saturday to produce a split in the best-of-five Fed Cup semifinal in Birmingham, Ala.
Oudin rebounded after going down 3-1 in the first set to bounce Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-3 in one match, while Dementieva countered by posting a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the indoor hard courts of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena.
Saturday's results mean the 18-year-old Oudin will face Dementieva in Sunday's reverse singles. The Russian will be looking to avenge a stunning loss Oudin handed the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the quarterfinals of the 2009 U.S. Open.
Mattek-Sands will face Kudryavtseva in the other singles match, while the Day 2 doubles rubber will likely see the American duo of Liezel Huber and Mattek-Sands taking on the Russian team of Dementieva and Ekaterina Makarova.
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BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
A team effort led by Kevin Garnett overcame a one-man show by LeBron James Friday and the Boston Celtics held on to defeat Miami 101-91.
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LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) --
Dick Beals, known as the voice of Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer, died at Vista Gardens Memory Care in Vista, Calif., his friend told the Los Angeles Times.
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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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