At 6ft 2in, Lindsay Davenport is hardly likely to pass unnoticed on the women’s tour, but the American has caused an extra stir as they gear up for the Australian Open in Melbourne. At the ripe old tennis age of 31 she is embarked on a comeback – with a seven-month old baby in her arms.
Australian Open, Melbourne
Men’s first round
A MURRAY (GB) * v J-W TSONGA (Fr)
5-7
Asterisk denotes server
Utah Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY – The best defensive move the Utah Jazz made all night was sending the Orlando Magic to the foul line in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz got a huge break from the Magic as they missed half their free throws in the final period and Utah held on for a 119-115 win Saturday night, sending Orlando home with consecutive road losses for the first time this season.
After making 20 of 21 free throws in the first three quarters, the Magic were 10-for-20 in the fourth.
Caledonia has been kind to Marcelo Loffreda down the years. A centre in the first Argentina team to beat Scotland, in Buenos Aires back in June 1994, he was unbeaten in two visits to the Scottish capital as coach of the Pumas – and also guided his country to victory in the World Cup quarter-final against the Scots last October, of course. Yesterday, at Ice Station Murrayfield, Leicester’s coach of two months could only shiver in frustration as his club charges were frozen out of the Heineken Cup picture.
Celtic have borne Shunsuke Nakamura’s absence well over the last three months, even reaching the last 16 of the Champions’ League without their talisman, but the midfielder announced his return from a knee injury yesterday with a sublime moment of skill.