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Davos slip up on home ice

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 The Davos express was derailed after a series of convincing wins. The returns of Michel Riesen and Reto von Arx from North America a few weeks ago had placed their team among the championship favourites. Bern had apparently not heard about the new Davos, keeping the locals fancied attack at bay in the first period.…

Kratochvil crushed

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 Pouncing to the net at every opportunity, the Englishman made astonishingly short work of Kratochvil, allowing the Swiss to take a mere four points during an opening set annihilation. After faring only slightly better in the second set, Kratochvil found himself serving only to prolong his misery at 1-5. Having missed his first serve at…

Remembering a legend

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 On Friday a three-day exhibition was opened in Siffert’s home town of Fribourg to commemorate a man whose passing was mourned by a nation. Among the items on display are cars driven by Siffert as well as photographs and personal items. Three decades ago the town was inundated with tens of thousands of supporters who…

Bastl bows out

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 Bastl was taking on a player ranked almost 60 places above him in the world standings, not that his inferior ranking had seemed to bother Bastl (ATP 125) much on his way to the quarter-finals. Having already accounted for American eighth seed Jan-Michael Gambill in the first round and Czech world number 33 Bohdan Ulihrach…

Federer through to Basel semis

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 In terms of both their appearance and their play, there was little to distinguish the two young stars throughout much of Friday’s service-dominated match. Dressed in near-identical black shirts, white shorts and white headgear, Federer and Roddick spent much of the first two sets firing yellow missiles at each other from the base line. Occasionally…

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Switzerland reinforces Taliban sanctions

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 The updated list of names includes individuals and organisations suspected of having links with the Afghan regime, taking part in international terrorism or financing it, according the economics ministry. Suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network were already among 169 names listed since April. The United Nations Security Council supplied the new names.…

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Borodin investigation completed

This content was published on Oct 26, 2001 The magistrate in charge of the investigation, Daniel Devaud, concluded that the case should move to trial. He transmitted Borodin’s file to Geneva’s top prosecutor, Bernard Bertossa. “The judge has transferred the file to me and considers the investigation to be complete and I agree,” Bertossa said. It is now up to the court to…

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Rosset rumbled by Russian rookie

This content was published on Oct 25, 2001 Taking on an opponent ten years younger than himself, the 30-year old Genevan made a determined start to Thursday’s match breaking Davydenko early on to take a 3-1 lead. But the Russian ‘lucky loser’, who was only given a place in the tournament following the withdrawals of Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, then proceeded to…

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Swiss continue to shine in Basel

This content was published on Oct 25, 2001 Federer’s win over Belgium’s Xavier Malisse was the more expected of Thursday’s three Swiss wins, and proved to be a suitably routine affair for the Swiss number one. Shooting into a 3-0 lead at the start of the first set, Federer was only slowed up by his opponent calling for treatment on a thigh injury.…

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Kratochvil stuns Clement

This content was published on Oct 25, 2001 The 22-year-old from Bern made a fantastic start against the world number 13, taking the first set 6-3 in less than half an hour. Clement began to show his class in the second set though, twice breaking the 22-year-old from Bern to clinch the set 6-1. Clement maintained the upper hand as the deciding set…

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