Topic: Chris Guccione

Crawford, DeMuth, Hirschbeck & Tim Welke crew chiefs for 1st round of playoffsJerry Crawford, Dana DeMuth, John Hirschbeck and Tim Welke will be the umpire crew chiefs for the first round of the playoffs.Major League Baseball said Tuesday that Crawford will work ...

Seeds advance but Roddick crashes in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) - The world's top five players shared top billing on a blockbuster day of tennis at the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday but Andy Roddick failed to read the script as he was up-ended in the second round.Roger Federer ...
World number one Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters hardcourt tournament on Wednesday by defeating Argentina's Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-5.The Swiss star, who won his record 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon last month ...

Djokovic into third round in Cincinnati Masters

Serbian fourth seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters hardcourt tournament on Wednesday by defeating Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.The victory advances Djokovic into a match-up against the winner of a later ...

Fish rallies to oust Guccione at LA tennis

US second seed Mardy Fish saved three match points in a tie-breaker and rallied to defeat Australian Chris Guccione 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (14/12), 6-4 and reach the ATP Los Angeles Open quarter-finals.Fish survived a 16-minute tie-breaker in the second ...

Baghdatis earns first win in a month in LA

Marcos Baghdatis, a finalist at the 2006 Australian Open, claimed his first ATP victory in a month with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 first-round decision over Canada's Frank Dancevic at the Los Angeles Open.The smiling Cypriot who was carried off ...

Australia lead Thailand in Davis Cup tennis

Australia took a grip on their Asia-Oceania zone group one Davis Cup clash with Thailand Saturday, winning the doubles rubber to grab a 2-1 lead.Lleyton Hewitt wasn't called on by captain John Fitzgerald despite the Australians losing one of the ...
Czech third seed Lucie Safarova and Australian qualifier Chris Guccione each advanced with straight-set triumphs at the 1.22 million-dollar WTA and ATP hardcourt tournament here on Monday.Safarova dispatched Britain's Melanie South 6-2, 6-2 to book a second-round date with ...

Del Potro, Blake advance in San Jose tennis

Second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro slipped into the second round of the 600,000-dollar ATP hardcourt tournament here, as third-seeded James Blake bull-dozed his way through.Argentina's del Potro edged Andrea Stoppini of Italy 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5) in ...

Aussies hope to overcome Hewitt loss in Chile

Without former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, former champions Australia will be out to down their hosts Chile in this weekend's Davis Cup World Group play-off at Antofagasta.Friday's opening action will see Chris Guccione and Peter Luczak go up ...