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Weekend Sports Preview–May 26 & 27–Indianapolis 500, Memorial Cup, French Open, NBA Playoffs & MLB

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

James Hinchcliffe (Wikimedia Commons)

The 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 runs this weekend (Sunday, ABC, 9am) with Australian Ryan Briscoe on the pole.

But the big news for Canadian sports fans is who will be driving second. James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ontario will be starting in the second position for Andretti Autosport. Meanwhile Alex Tagliani of Montreal will be riding 11th.

Not at the 2012 Indianapolis 500 are the defending champion, Dan Wheldon, who died at a race in Las Vegas and Danica Patrick who is in NASCAR.

However there are three ladies in the race. Brazilian Ana Beatriz is driving in the 13th position, England’s Katherine Legge is 30th and Switzerland’s Simona de Silvestro is 32nd.

Australian Will Power who leads the IndyCar point standings so far this season will start fifth.

Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:

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Tags: albert montanes, alex tagliani, ana beatriz, boston celtics, brandon gormley, dan wheldon, french open, indianapolis 500, james hinchcliffe, juan martin del potro, katherine legge, loik poudrier, london knights, michael chaput, philadelphia 76ers, ryan briscoe, shawinigan cataractes, simona de silvestro, texas rangers, toronto blue jays, will power
Posted in Amateur Sports, ATP World Tour, Indy Racing League, MLB, More, NBA |

Wozniacki eliminated from French Open

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Caroline Wozniacki (Karl Norling, Wikimedia Commons)

More top women’s seeds have been eliminated from the French Open on Friday.

Yesterday it was Kim Clijsters, the number two seed. Today it was Caroline Wozniacki, the women’s number one seed from Denmark and the 2010 French Open finalist Samantha Stosur of Australia.

Wozniacki lost to the twenty-eighth seed, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3 and Stosur, the eighth seed, lost to Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Hantuchova will now play Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, the 2009 French Open Champion, who hammered Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-0, 6-4.

With Marino being eliminated there are no more Canadians left in the singles’ draws.

Daniel Nestor of Toronto though is alive and well in men’s doubles. Yesterday he won his 800th career match. Ranked second while playing with Max Mirnyi of Belarus, they defeated Gael Monfils and Josselin Ouanna of France 7-6, 6-3 in the first round.

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Tags: albert montanes, caroline wozniacki, daniel nestor, daniela hantuchova, fabio fognini, filippo volandri, french open, gisela dulko, kim clijsters, max mirnyi, samantha stosur, svetlana kuznetsova
Posted in ATP World Tour, More |