HALLE, Germany -- Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the second round of the grass-court Gerry Weber Open on Thursday, losing 6-4, 6-1 to German wild card
Dustin Brown.
Denver Broncos Jersey . "I didnt play," Nadal said. "That can happen when you play an opponent like
this. But I dont want to talk about the opponent." Brown, the world No. 85,
broke Nadals serve at the fifth attempt to win the first set, and he pulled off
two audacious lobs in succession to break the Spaniard again early in the
second. Nothing Nadal tried seemed to work in his first match since winning his
ninth French Open title. He had a first-round bye at Halle, where he was the top
seed. "The only way I could have tried to do more was resisting with my serve,
something I hadnt practiced a lot these days," said Nadal, who was unnerved by
Browns unpredictability. "For the first four games he didnt put any returns on
the court and then suddenly he was playing winners from the return, so its
difficult to analyze these kinds of matches. The only thing I can do is keep
working the way that I did the last three days, because I came here, I tried
hard, I tried my best." Brown became the lowest ranked player to beat a world
No. 1 since 2008, when No. 98 Mardy Fish beat Roger Federer at Indian Wells. "I
never played against a world No. 1 before, never played him before, so this is
just crazy for me," the player with the distinctive dreadlocks said. Brown said
it was too soon to consider he will face compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber in the
quarterfinals. "I havent thought about that at all yet. Im going to enjoy this,"
Brown said. Federer began his preparations for Wimbledon by coming from behind
to beat Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2. Sousa saved all five break
points he faced before taking the first set in a tiebreaker, but the
second-seeded Federer raised his level in the next two sets to win the
second-round match and move into the quarterfinals. "It was important to stay
calm, and actually it gives me more confidence winning this way than maybe just
6-4, 6-4 and you dont quite know what is going on," said Federer, who
acknowledged he was worried after losing the first set. It was the seven-time
Wimbledon winners first match since losing in the fourth round at the French
Open to Ernests Gulbis. He also had a first-round bye in Halle, where he is a
six-time champion. He will next play Taiwans Lu Yen-hsun, who defeated Croatias
Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3). Steve Johnson is through to the quarterfinals
after Teymuraz Gabashvili pulled out of their second-round match with a right
knee injury. The American lined up fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori on Friday.
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Prudential Center.
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with 77.01 points, just behind Olympic bronze medallists Aliona Savchenko and
Robin Szolkowy of Germany. The four-time world champs lead at
79.(SportsNetwork.com) - Two Western powers collide Wednesday as the Houston
Rockets welcome the Sacramento Kings to the Toyota Center. The Rockets hope to
get center Dwight Howard back to combat Sacramento big man DeMarcus Cousins.
Howard has missed three straight games with a strained knee and leads the
Rockets in rebounds with 11.3 and is second in scoring with 18.8 ppg. Howard
hasnt played since Nov. 17 versus Memphis. Houston is second in opponents
scoring at 91.7 ppg and posted a second straight win with Mondays 91-86 triumph
versus New York. James Harden scored 36 points on 11-of-22 shooting and made
7-of-12 3-pointers, while Donatas Motiejunas ended with 13 points and eight
rebounds. Harden is third in scoring with 25.2 ppg and has five games with at
least 30 points this season. I just know I had to be aggressive, Harden said of
his performance against the Knicks. I knocked down shots and tried to make
plays. Rockets guard Patrick Beverley (hamstring) did not play and is
questionable Wednesday. Beverley is posting an average of 12.6 ppg for the
Rockets, winners in five of the last games. The Rockets are a game behind
Memphis (12-2) in the Southwest Division with an 11-3 mark and have a 5-2 record
at home. Houston is 2-1 on a five-game homestand and will close it out Friday
versus the Los Angeles Clippers. Sacrammento has won three in a row and four of
its last five games, and improved to 2-0 on a four-game road trip with Tuesdays
99-89 victory over Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans.
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rebounds, Omri Casspi scored 22 points and Ramon Sessions added 15 for the
Kings. We had a little adversity at halftime with the whole coach situation,
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mouth early and get our team rolling. Head coach Mike Malone was ejected in the
second quarter. Cousins has recorded double-doubles in each of the last seven
games and leads the NBA in rebounding (12.3 rpg). The Kings, who opened the game
on a 19-4 run, played without Rudy Gay (21.1 ppg) and Darren Collison (15.9
ppg). Gay is bothered by right Achilles tendinitis and Collison is nursing a
bruised left quadriceps. Sacramento is trying to reach the 10-win mark Wednesday
and will visit San Antonio on Friday. The Kings last started 10-5 in 2004-05,
when they began the season with wins in 13 of the first 18 games. The Kings and
Rockets split four meetings last season, and Houston has dominated the series in
recent years with an 11-4 mark over the previous 15 encounters. Sacramento has
lost 11 of the last 14 trips to Space City.
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