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Federer fails to defend title

This content was published on Feb 3, 2002 The unseeded Sanguinetti pulled off a surprise three set victory over defending champion, Federer. He delighted the home crowd with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 win over the second-seeded Swiss. Federer started the match off well, leading the first set 4-1 before his opponent hit back to take the set into a tie-break which he won…

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Cuche second in St Moritz

This content was published on Feb 3, 2002 Starting his second run in seventh place, Cuche blasted his way through the field only to be pipped at the last by Austrian star Stephan Eberharter, who clinched victory by just two hundredths of a second. “I lost a lot of time with two mistakes on my first run,” Cuche told swissinfo afterwards. “So I’m…

Austrians dominate St Moritz downhill

This content was published on Feb 3, 2002 With less than a week to go until the start of the Winter Olympics, Stephan Eberharter showed once again that he will be the man to beat in Salt Lake City. Blasting down the dramatic Corviglia piste to win in a time of 1:39.07, the 32-year-old star clinched his eighth victory of the season and…

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Hingis triumphs in Tokyo

This content was published on Feb 3, 2002 After facing few difficulties en route to Sunday’s final, Hingis had to work hard against opponent Monica Seles before eventually overcoming the American world number three in three sets (7-6, 4-6, 6-3). Demonstrating her fighting spirit in the opening set tie-break, Hingis came back from 5-1 down to win it 8-6. “It’s a super feeling…

Federer earns right to defend title

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 Federer only needed two sets to overcome the big-serving Briton, but each of them ended in a tiebreak. In the first, the Swiss number one struggled to contain Rusedski’s 200-kilometre-per-hour missiles on the fast indoor court. Canadian-born Rusedski even came close to taking the set, holding a 6-5 advantage at one point during the tiebreak.…

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Billion-dollar settlement in sight for Sulzer Medica

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 The medical device maker is facing claims from up to 4,000 patients who received defective hip and knee implants. Around 2,780 of them have already undergone remedial hip surgery, while over 260 others have gone through further knee operations. The agreement with the plaintiffs’ lawyers came on Friday, as the deadline set by a US…

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Roma groups take IBM to court

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 The Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action (GIRCA) was specially created to launch the suit against IBM, believed to be the first ever by a Roma organisation against a private company. The writ accuses IBM of “moral wrongdoing” resulting from the death of immediate family in the camps or resulting from their own time in…

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World Economic Forum underway in New York

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 The Forum has moved to New York this year following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre last September. More than 2,000 participants from politics, business, academia and religion are in the city to discuss current social and economic problems. Before Mr Villiger’s opening address, the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab,…

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Swiss patients await organ donors

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 Last January, 468 people were registered on waiting lists for organ transplants – while an average of 100 donors were available in Switzerland for the year. Although a large majority of Swiss (80 per cent) are in favour of transplants, only 11 per cent carry an organ donor card. “There is a lot of misinformation…

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Borghi fourth in Sweden

This content was published on Feb 2, 2002 Crossing the finish line just six hundredths of a second behind third-placed Italian Isolde Kostner, Borghi managed to equal her previous best performance on the World Cup tour, having also finished fourth during November’s downhill race in Lake Louise. Just as in St Moritz, it was the Austrian team who had most to smile about…

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