Tennis Sports

DOHA, QATAR – Two of tennis’ all-time greats — Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer — were a pair of opening-round winners Tuesday at the season-opening $1.024 million Qatar Open.

The top-seeded former world No. 1 Nadal was tested in a 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 victory over capable German Philipp Kohlschreiber, while the second-seeded former No. 1 Federer won his 18th straight match with a 6-2, 6-2 pasting of former top-five star Nikolay Davydenko in a rematch of last year’s final here, which was also won by Federer on the hardcourts at Khalifa Tennis Complex. Davydenko won this Australian Open tune-up two years ago.

Nadal got past Kohlschreiber in just over 2 1/2 hours, while Federer tuned up Davydenko in a mere 54 minutes.

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Clemson fans not going to Miami are gathering to watch the Tigers at the home of the OrangeandWhite.com Tiger Tailgate Show – Chiefs on Congaree Road in Greenville! Chiefs will again be packed for pregame fun, food and a $10,000 Clemson Sweepstakes on Wednesday, January 4, as the OrangeandWhite.com Tiger Tailgate Show will take to the air live on-site at 5:30 PM.

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Your host David Stein will be on-site, doing the show from Chiefs, along with co-host Ben Milstead. Live from the radio booth in Miami will be Roy Philpott. Clemson fans will be treated to great Chiefs food and drink specials, lots of pregame fun, countless games and prizes, an exclusive pregame interview with Dabo Swinney and The Coolest Free T-shirt Ever Given Away Anywhere.

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Marin Cilic has been forced to pull out of the season-opening Chennai Open due to a knee injury.

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The Falcon men’s hockey team was defeated by a score of 2-1 by the Gusties of Gustavus Adolphus College in a close, heated NCHA matchup at Hunt Arena on Wednesday night.

The Falcon men entered Wednesday night’s matchup against the Gusties only having lost one game thus far this season, a 5-2 thriller against the Blugolds of UW- Eau Claire on Dec 10. The Falcons responded with an 6-1 rout of their own against Eau Claire the following night.

At goaltender for the Falcons was their typical starting man, Scott Lewan . Lewan has helped lead the Falcons to one of their most successful starts to a season in recent memory, as the Falcons were ranked #4 in the nation according to the latest USCHO.com poll.

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Rafael Nadal gave Spain a 1-0 lead against Argentina in the Davis Cup final, after easily beating Juan Mónaco 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Nadal eased to victory on his favoured clay at Estadio Olímpico in Seville, breaking his opponent seven times.

Mónaco held his first-service game but Nadal took control by winning the next seven games. The six-times French Open champion dominated many of the long rallies, which often ended with Nadal hitting a winner or Mónaco making an error.

The four-times champions, Spain, hope that David Ferrer will beat Juan Martín del Potro in the second singles rubber later on Friday to give them a commanding lead in the best-of-five tie.

“The best part of my game was I didn’t make mistakes,” said Nadal, whose record now stands at 19-1 in Davis Cup singles play and 12-0 on clay. “The

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