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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2000
Page
17
Cloudy cool weather with late rain. Attendance 34 083. Seeded women winners include Davenport Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Seeded women losers include Seles Hingis. Davenport hit five of 23 break points against Seles. Richard Williams quote about attending a funeral.
An all Williams Wimbledon semi was set after Serena defeated Lisa Raymond 6 2 6 0 on Court 1 and Venus edged Martina Hingis 6 3 4 6 6 4 on Centre Court. The siblings will meet in the first Grand Slam semifinal between sisters.
The Sun Sentinel recounts early clashes between Venus and Serena Williams in 1998 and 1999 Grand slams. Venus, ranked 16, defeated Serena 74 61 at the Australian Open round of 64 while Serena, ranked 53, showed inexperience.
Bonnie Sons, living in Shorewood Minnesota and a former Iowa State standout, captured the women’s title in the Alliant Energy Fifth Season 8 in Cedar Rapids. She finished 28 minutes 6 seconds, six seconds ahead of Kelly Keeler, earning 2000 dollars and becoming the fourth repeat winner in the event’s history. Nan Doak-Davis and Janis Klecker each have two prior wins.
Sawe, a Kenyan living in Albuquerque, wins the Alliant Energy Fifth Season 8K in 23 minutes 2 seconds. He breaks away at the 4-mile mark from Jared Segera and Rod DeHaven approaches late, with Sawe striking in the final half-block to seal victory.
Cedar Rapids Kernels drop a 9-5 Midwest League game to Peoria at Memorial Stadium as two misplayed bunts in the seventh inning open the door for the Chiefs. Manager Tyrone Boykin laments a flat start after an eight hour bus ride and the team slips to 3-9 in the second half.
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