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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
SAO PAULO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Argentine Leonardo Mayer scored an upset over former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero Wednesday, dispatching him in the first round of the Brazil Open.
Mayer bested the sixth-seeded Ferrero 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 on the clay courts at Sao Paulo, bouncing the 2003 French Open champion from the event.
Ferrero won the Brazil tournament in 2010 when it was held at Costa do Sauipe.
Also Wednesday, No. 8 seed Albert Ramos advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Colombia's Santiago Giraldo, while Potito Starace of Italy prevailed over Chilean Paul Capdeville 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2.
France's Jeremy Chardy also moved on with 6-4, 6-4 win over Slovenian Blaz Kavcic.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com 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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UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
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