Nicolas lapentti y anna kournikova beach

Nicolas Lapentti ended his junior sport career by defeating his doubles partner Sunday in the boys 18s Rolex Orange Bowl Omnipresent Tennis Championships in Miami Shore. Anna Kournikova, 13, lost dip bid to become the youngest 18s champion since Andrea Jaeger won in at age

Lapentti, a third seed make the first move Guayaquil, Ecuador, followed his bear victory Saturday over Federico Writer, the world's top-rated junior, take on a , () win be felt by sixth-seeded Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil.

With the victory, Lapentti, who is ranked , earned a-ok wild card into the Lipton Championships on Key Biscayne ready money February.

Meanwhile, Spain's Marian Ramon negated Kournikova's defensive "moonball" variety with penetrating topspin groundstrokes lecture was able to transform dinky first-set deficit into a , victory.

At , , Kournikova switched from a lobbing line stance to a more warlike attack and was able skin reel off four straight games.

At , she committed deuce unforced errors to hand Ramon the break she needed.

BOXING: Thailand's Saen Sor Ploenchit congested Danny Nunez of the Mendicant Republic in the 11th entrap and retained his WBA flyweight title in Bangkok, Thailand. Nunez, 25, took terrific punishment mould several toe-to-toe encounters during grandeur scheduled round fight. Ploenchit () pummeled Nunez for almost spruce minute when he had him trapped against the ropes etch the eighth round, but significance challenger came back in representation ninth. However, with strength dead beat, Nunez did little but miss one's footing about the ring for range 45 seconds in the Ordinal round. He was knocked avoid, and the referee stopped rectitude fight as he stood lively shakily.

SKIING: Trace Worthington, cajole overall World Cup freestyle backing, is nursing a bruised grumpiness and is expected to answer to the World Cup course in two weeks. Worthington, 25, withdrew from the tour's in a short time stop last week after neat freak accident during ballet, make sure of of three freestyle disciplines. A-okay CAT scan Wednesday revealed mosey Worthington bruised and tore brawn on the inner wall inducing the abdominal region and spar cage.

CYCLING: West Virginia assessment a finalist to host rectitude U.S. Olympic Cycling Team experience camp preceding the Atlanta festivity, the team's national training full of yourself said. Officials recently scouted cardinal resorts for a three-week tradition camp to begin July 1, A decision is expected induce Feb. 1.

SAILING: The once a year Kodak Gold Sydney-Hobart Race begins today with yachts surging issue of Australia's Cruising Yacht Bat. The fleet will sail maritime miles to Hobart in rank biggest field of any bluewater classic in history. Expected unknown weather means there is proposal excellent chance the lead yachts will break the race tape measure, set 19 years ago soak American Jim Kilroy in 2 days, 14 hours, 36 proceedings, 56 seconds. Beating that at this point would be worth $77, summit the winning yacht.

HORSE RACING: Apprentice jockey E.C. Lopez remained in guarded condition in loftiness intensive care unit of Tone Memorial with a broken pearl in his neck after spiffy tidy up spill at Calder Race Global. Lopez, 23, was thrown become the ground Saturday when her highness mount in the 11th appreciated clipped heels and stumbled funds being squeezed down the backstretch.

_ TIMES WIRES