May 29 2009
Nuggets, Venus Eliminated
Venus Williams was bounced from the French Open Friday in the first major upset of the tournament. Williams, the third seed, was humbled by Agnes Szavay, the 29th seed from Hungary, 6-0, 6-4. Speaking of humbiing, Rafael Nadal cruised into the second week by crushing Lleyton Hewitt, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. Nadal extended his French Open winning streak to 31 matches.
Los Angeles played an excellent team game to dominate Denver, 119-92, and win the Western Conference. Denver was close in the first half but seemed to let the game get out of hand in the second half as Los Angeles shot nearly 60 percent from the floor. The biggest margin of the game was the final score.
Steve Stricker leads by one stroke after two rounds of the Invitational at Colonial. Tim Clark is in second place at 13-under par. Vijay Singh sits at 12-under par after 36 holes.
Colorado, barely 200 games removed from winning the National League pennant for the first time in 2007, fired its manager today. Clint Hurdle was replaced by bench coach Jim Tracy. Tracy formerly managed Los Angeles and Pittsburgh.
