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Roddick, Verdasco challenged in SAP Open semis

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 12:38 p.m.
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Fernándo Verdasco will try to become the first Spanish man to win in the Bay Area since 1964 ... SAN JOSE – The future is rapidly approaching in U.S. men's tennis ... Andy Roddick, 27, held off 22-year-old Sam Querrey 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) Saturday night before an announced crowd of 5,869 at HP Pavilion to reach the final of the SAP Open ... Querrey, a 6-foot-6 San Francisco native, blasted 32 aces and Roddick 21 in the 1-hour, 59-minute thriller ... Roddick, the top-ranked U.S. man at No. 7

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Regional Digest: UC Davis' Denham successful in Blue-Gold Game

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Published Aug. 29, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Greg Denham completed 23 of 31 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns Friday night during UC Davis' Blue-Gold Game at Aggie Stadium. The scrimmage featured the offense as the Gold team and the defense as the Blue squad. The Aggies' season starts Sept. 5 at Fresno State ... – Bee Sports staff ... U.S. Open qualifiers postponed ... All U.S. Open tennis qualifying matches involving players with local connections were rained out Friday in New York ... The Capitals' Angela Haynes will play today,

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Injured Philippe goes home

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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 2:02 a.m.

IndyCar driver Nelson Philippe has been released from a Santa Rosa hospital after sustaining multiple injuries in a crash during practice for last Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, and he has returned home to Miami ... Philippe sustained a concussion and an open fracture to his left foot that required surgery. He also had a hairline fracture of his right fibula and was fitted for a brace ... Philippe crashed into Will Power on Saturday morning at Infineon Raceway. Power still was hospitalized

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Why did Capitals miss playoffs after strong start?

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Published July 24, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Sacramento's Sam Warburg and young CoCo Vandeweghe celebrate a doubles victory July 3. But the Capitals stumbled in doubles this season ... When the Capitals beat Venus Williams and the Philadelphia Freedoms on the road July 8 to improve to 3-1, they seemed headed for another successful season ... After all, these were the Capitals. Winners of a record six World TeamTennis championships. Perennial title contenders. The New York Yankees of WTT ... The Capitals were loaded this year, too, even

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Bryan twins top dad as Capitals fall to K.C.

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Published July 22, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.comCapitals coach Wayne Bryan, center, faced Kansas City and his twin sons Bob, left, and Mike on Tuesday ... As far as his team is concerned, Capitals coach Wayne Bryan did too good a job teaching his identical twin sons to play tennis ... Bob and Mike Bryan won the opening set 5-0 Tuesday night, leading the Kansas City Explorers to a 23-17 victory over Sacramento before an announced sellout crowd of 2,500 at Allstate Stadium at the Galleria at Roseville ...

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Call it 'Battle of the Bryans'

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Published July 21, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

After the Capitals' Wayne Bryan coached against his twin sons at Sunrise Mall in 2004 and 2005, he vowed never to do it again ... "I hate it because I always clap at the wrong time," said Bryan, whose team won both matches even though Bob and Mike prevailed in men's doubles each time ... "I've been doing it for 29 years, and I only coach (World TeamTennis) three weeks a year, four at the most." ... Four years later, guess who will face the Capitals tonight when the Kansas City Explorers visit

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Breakers stun Caps in overtime, 21-20, to cap comeback

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Published July 20, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Turning point: Newport Beach's Ramon Delgado, the reigning World TeamTennis Male MVP, saved a match point on Sam Warburg's serve at 3-3 in the first overtime game Sunday night against the Capitals. The host Breakers went on to stun Sacramento 21-20 in a Supertiebreaker after trailing 15-9 ... Significance of match: The Capitals (5-7) will miss the playoffs for the first time in Wayne Bryan's eight years as the team's coach. With two regular-season matches remaining, Sacramento also will finish

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Caps on a roll with win over Philadelphia

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Published July 19, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Turning point: Sam Warburg, crushing first serves and ripping passing shots, dominated Nathan Healey 5-2 as the Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms 23-17 in overtime Saturday night before an announced crowd of 1,692 at Allstate Stadium at the Galleria at Roseville. Warburg's victory broke a 9-9 tie ... Significance of match: Sacramento (5-6) won its second consecutive match after losing five in a row and kept its faint playoff hopes alive ... Showdowns: The match featured showdowns

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Capitals rout St. Louis to end five-match skid

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Published July 18, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Turning point: Mark Knowles and Sam Warburg blanked Mislav Hizak and Tripp Phillips 5-0 as the visiting Capitals routed St. Louis 25-14 Friday night. The victory by Knowles and Warburg gave Sacramento a 15-7 lead ... Significance of match: Sacramento won every set as it ended a five-match losing streak, the Capitals' longest in Wayne Bryan's eight years as the coach. But Sacramento (4-6) must win its four remaining regular-season matches and get help from Newport Beach (7-4) to avoid becoming

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Capitals' Vandeweghe follows in footsteps of Davenport

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Published July 18, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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BRYAN PATRICK Sacramento Bee file, 2009CoCo Vandeweghe, 17, has won the U.S. Open junior title, like former Capitals star Lindsay Davenport, and they are both tall ... She grew up in Southern California, won the U.S. Open junior title at 16 and made her World TeamTennis debut with the Capitals the following year ... She's tall, has an impressive athletic pedigree and is coached by Robert Van't Hof and Adam Peterson ... In many ways, CoCo Vandeweghe is reminiscent of Lindsay Davenport ... "To be

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