No one told France's Amelie Mauresmo or Belgium's Justine Henin .
Mauresmo took care of the top-ranked Hingis 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 in Saturday's semifinals, while Henin came close to ousting the other two stars single-handedly.
Henin, who had already upset Williams, sprained her ankle against Capriati and retired in a dramatic end to a close match against the No. 4-ranked American.
Capriati was in front 6-2, 4-6, 2-1 with the 18-year-old leading 40-30 in the fourth game when she slipped while lunging for a deep shot at the $1.185 million event.
BASEBALL
Ryan Lemke , a Franklin Regional graduate, has been selected to the Verizon Academic All-America College Division II first team. A catcher for Indiana (Pa.), Lemke played in 39 of 41 games this season and batted .295 with five doubles, two triples and three home runs. He has a 3.93 grade point average.
BASKETBALL
Kwame Brown, a 6-foot-11 forward-center from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Ga., has decided to bypass the University of Florida and head straight to the NBA. Brown, a projected top-five draft pick, released a statement yesterday saying he chose the pros to help his family.
GOLF
HOCKEY
Sami Kapanen scored two goals within 1:41 of the third period, helping Finland to a 3-1 victory over the United States in the semifinals of the World Hockey Championships in Hanover, Germany.
HORSE RACING
Katz Me If You Can beat Lucky Livi by three-quarters of a length in the $150,000,Grade II Genuine Risk Handicap for fillies and mares at Belmont, N.Y.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
Walter Keller Jr . of Bethel Park is climbing Mt. Everest as part of a British American Lightweight Everest Expedition. A physicist/engineer, Keller has climbed throughout the United States, Tibet, Pakistan and South America.
JURISPRUDENCE
Former Missouri basketball star Derrick Chievous has been charged with felony stealing for allegedly taking items from the United Parcel Service terminal where he had worked for nine months in Columbia, Mo.
SOCCER
Pitt soccer coach Roland Sturk signed five players. They are Cara Senger (Oakland Catholic), Laura Boehm (South Park), Krystian James (Las Vegas, Nev.), Lane Graor (Broadview Height, Ohio) and Geraldine Loveless (Manassas, Va.).
SOFTBALL
Angela Hileman , a Ford City graduate, has been selected to the Verizon Academic All-America College Division II first team. Hileman, a sophomore right fielder for Indiana (Pa.), is batting .364. She has a 3.86 grade point average.
TRACK AND FIELD
Marion Jones continued her stretch of success with a victory in her first 100-meter dash of the 2001 season at the Golden Spike Tour season opener in Princeton, N.J. Jones, the Olympic gold medalist in the 100, finished in 11.12 seconds, far slower than her time of 10.75 seconds in Sydney.
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