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9/20/2007, WASHINGTON , D.C. – At its 24th annual fund-raising dinner in New York City last night, the Walter Kaitz Foundation raised more than $1.7 million for programs promoting diversity in the cable industry.

More than 1,300 cable industry executives attended the dinner, where U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and ESPN were honored. The amount of money raised by the cable industry in support of the Kaitz Foundation exceeded last year’s total by more than $200,000.    » read more »

09 September 2007 -- World number one women's tennis player Justine Henin of Belgium has crushed Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the U.S. Open championship in New York.

The top-seeded Justine Henin earned her second U.S. Open title and seventh grand-slam crown with a 6-1, 6-3 victory late Saturday over the fourth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova - the 2004 champion.

The Belgian now has a 15-2 record all time against the Russian.

Justine Henin became the first woman to win the U.S. title without losing a set since American Serena Williams in 2002.    » read more »

Second Seed Rafael Nadal Advances at US Open
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03 September 2007 (VOA Sports) -- Men's second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain has reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Nadal posted 7-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory Sunday against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.

The Spaniard will next play 15th-seeded compatriot David Ferrer, who was stretched to five sets before advancing past David Nalbandian of Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5.    » read more »

31 May 2007 -- Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and former winner Serena Williams of the United States have advanced to the third round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.

Nadal, the second seed, scored a straight-sets win over Italian Flavio Cipolla, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Williams scored a straight-sets win over Milagros Sequera of Venezuela, 6-0, 7-6.    » read more »

18 May 2007 -- Australian Open tennis champion Serena Williams of the United States has been knocked out of the Italian Open women's clay court tournament in Rome.

Williams lost a hard-fought, three-set quarterfinal match to Switzerland's Patty Schnyder in a third-set tiebreaker 6-3, 2-6, 7-6. The win is only the second time in eight meetings that the Swiss player has beaten Williams.

In the semifinals, Schnyder will take on Serbian Jelena Jankovic, the world number-five player, who easily advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 win Friday over Elena Dementieva of Russia.    » read more »