SHARP TWIST: Justine Henin and David Ferrer shattered tennis fans' dreams of a clash of the Williamses and another Nadal-Federer showdown
The tournament took a sharp twist on Tuesday -- and early yesterday -- when a pair of fan favorites at Flushing Meadows got knocked out.

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Taiwanese tennis players Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) and Chuang Chia-jung (莊佳容) made history on Tuesday by advancing to the US Open women's doubles semi-finals in New York.

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Phil Mickelson withdrew from the BMW Championship on Tuesday, one day after threatening not to play over a conflict he had with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem over issues he wouldn't explain.

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BY PAUL HUANG
Yang Jien-fu threw five-and-one-third scoreless innings of four-hit ball to propel the Sinon Bulls over the La New Bears in a 2-0 shutout in Taichung on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing skid.

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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker led France to victory, while Russia defeated late qualifier Israel 90-56 and Germany beat Turkey 79-49
Tony Parker poured in 36 points on Tuesday and Group D leader France beat Italy 69-62, handing the Olympic runner-up its second loss at the European Championship.

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Taiwan Beer yesterday said that it was pulling out of the Straits Cup basketball tournament over an incident in which one of its players suffered a broken nose after being elbowed in the face by a Jiangsu Nangang Dragons player on Monday.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks hammered Chris Young again and defeated San Diego 9-1 on Tuesday to pull within .001 of the National League West-leading Padres.

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Pakistan beat Kenya by eight wickets to end the hosts' miserable run in the four-nation Twenty20 international tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana club on Tuesday.

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Venice's traditional Regata Storica festival, staged on Sunday, showed that passions still run high in the lagoon city, as dueling gondoliers rammed each other in the day's top race, one disgruntled competitor hurled flags in the Grand Canal and the mayor was escorted off the winning podium by police after a near brawl.

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