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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Polona Hercog beat higher seeded players Friday in quarterfinal play of the Hansol Korea Open tennis tournament.
Martinez Sanchez, seeded sixth, ousted No. 3-seeded Julia Goerges 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 after finishing off six breaks over Goerges's 10 service games. Martinez Sanchez, who dropped her own serve three times, won more than half the points when receiving serve.
Hercog, the No. 5 seed, defeated fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-1, taking nearly two-thirds of the points in her eight receiving games. Hercog converted six of eight break-point chances.
Also Friday, Galina Voskoboeva advanced over Vera Dushevina 6-2, 6-3 and Klara Zakopalova got past Vania King 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Voskoboeva will take on Hercog in Saturday's semifinals. It will be their first meeting in a WTA event. Zakopalova will take a 2-0 series advantage versus Martinez Sanchez into their semifinal.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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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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