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Federer still undefeated
LONDON -- The 'Ooohs' and 'Aaahs' from an appreciative crowd began during warmups, when Roger Federer volleyed one ball through his legs.His artistry grew more impressive once play began for real.
Facing the last man to defeat him on grass, three-time Wimbledon champion Federer quickly turned the Centre Court rematch into a mismatch, beating No. 7-seeded Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to reach the semifinals.
If the score was routine, Federer's play was anything but. Some shots were so sublime that even the Swiss star was taken aback.
"I definitely had a period where it was so good, it was just incredible," said Federer, bidding to become the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win Wimbledon without dropping a set. "You're not afraid to try anything, you're not afraid to hit the ball hard, you're not afraid to go for aces.
Itinerary for week of July 9
Take the A train to the Middle Ages. The New York subway takes visitors to the Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval outpost in northern Manhattan. This complex of early European architecture includes parts of five cloisters seamlessly assembled to house other works of art. Stone terraces and gardens offer spectacular views.New for summer visitors is a cafe where you can sip cappuccino sitting under the arches beside flower-filled courtyards. Recent renovations also include newly installed stained-glass windows. The museum now offers an audio guide, a lightweight, palm-sized MP3 player with tours in English, French or Spanish.
But the museum is best-known for something from the 15th century rather than the 21st — the world-famous Unicorn Tapestries, seven woven wall hangings that depict the hunt for a unicorn through luxuriant forests thronged with courtiers, knights and ladies.
DESERVED SUCCESS FOR KANDIDATE
Kandidate has not quite lived up to the promise he showed when third in last year's 2000 Guineas behind Footstepsinthesand as a 100-1 chance.But Clive Brittain's well-travelled colt is still useful and showed it as he arrived late on the scene to collar Windsor Knot in the Seymour Pierce Gala Stakes at Sandown.
Seb Sanders excelled on the 9-1 winner who settled before quickening impressively up the hill to score by two and a half lengths.
"He thrived in Dubai but isn't always the easiest to catch right," observed Brittain's travelling head groom Des Reape. "He's a big, strong horse and a Christian at home."
Bahama Mama advertised the strength in depth of Jeremy Noseda's two-year-olds with a gutsy success in the Smith & Williamson Dragon Stakes.
Eye of the storm
PERHAPS the most dangerous stunt Johnny Depp, as Captain Jack Sparrow, performed in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was eluding hurricanes during the treacherous tropical storm season in the Bahamas."We were evacuated on a daily basis," he reveals. "There was a daily monitoring of the National Hurricane Centre when we were down there in Grand Bahamas.
"You would be watching them closely and you'd see them turn and there were memories of what happened during Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi."
Shooting Dead Man's Chest – the third Pirates instalment set for release next year – back-to-back in the Bahamas and West Indies with a combined budget of $300 million, involved more than 600 people.
"It was really strange," Depp says, "sitting there with (director) Gore Verbinski and (producer) Jerry Bruckheimer and the rest of the producers, watching for the storm.
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A suspect, who was shot while carrying out a daring daytime robbery attempt yesterday morning, died just hours after the crime.According to Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of police with responsibility for crime, the fatal shooting took place after the male suspect along with two others attempted to hold-up CLT Communications on East Street. "There would have appeared to have been an attempted robbery shortly after 10:30 am," said Asst. Commissioner Ferguson. "Gunshots were fired in the vicinity of the store [and] one of the alleged robbers was shot in the process."
The suspect, whose identity had not been released up to press time, succumbed to his injuries around 3 pm on Friday. Police are continuing their investigations into the matter.
In other crime news a group of United States visitors was robbed at knifepoint early yesterday morning four days after two tourists were held up just four miles away.
American Eagle Begins Service Between Alexandria, La., and Dallas/Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will add nonstop service between Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, beginning Dec. 14, 2006. American Eagle will operate three daily round-trip flights between the two cities using 34-seat Saab 340 turboprop aircraft."This new service to Alexandria builds on American Eagle's existing success with service launches to Lafayette and Monroe, Louisiana, earlier this year," said American Eagle President Peter Bowler. "These markets are convenient to our DFW hub and allow passengers easy connections to more than 100 domestic and international destinations."
"American Eagle's new nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Alexandria will help central Louisiana businesses better compete at a time when the region's impact on the state's economy has never been higher," said Sen.
The unexpected... and then some
Expect the unexpected, Calvary Temple youth leaders and organisers of its annual Youth Summit dare the public.And they've got four nights to deliver on their sky-scraping promise. The youth summit rolls around again for the 10th time this year with a roll call of speakers and entertainers who are known around the country.
The summit waves the banner of "Exodus: We Are Breaking Free," this year. Calvary Youth Pastor, Duerre Thomas and bandanna-wearing youth leader, Bruce Russell, say that they've given the youth affair a 'Matrix' (of wildly successful movie trilogy fame) twist.
"We want (young people) to know that God wants them to be free in every area of their lives," Thomas asserted. "Free from depression, free from suicidal thoughts, any type of immorality, free from drugs- anything that may have them stifled in life," he added.