ABCDE HOCKEY
Caps won’t spend big in free agency GM George McPhee says team might sign second-line center. D3
PRO BASKETBALL
Buying cheap Wizards take advantage of teams going all-in for LeBron James. D2
Federer’s Wimbledon run comes to an end
Six-time champ ousted by Berdych in quarterfinals; Nadal, Murray advance
by Stephen Wilson Associated Press
wimbledon, england — For the first time in eight years, Roger Federer won’t be striding onto Centre Court for the Wimbledon final. The six-time champion was upset in the quarterfinals by big-hitting Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, stopping his bid for a record-tying seventh title at the All England club and extending his recent
Women’s semifinals
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stretch of disappointing play. The 12th-seeded Berdych used his big
serve and forehand to beat Federer, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, on Centre Court for the big- gest victory of the Czech’s career. Berdych will meet No. 3 Novak Djo-
kovic for a spot in the final, with No. 2 Rafael Nadal facing No. 4 Andy Murray in the other semifinal. It’s the first time since 2002 that Fe- derer has failed to reach the final. Since
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SPORTS “
thursday, july 1, 2010 BLOGS, MULTIMEDIA AND CHATS
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TRACEE HAMILTON
Writing off the cuff When rotator cuff surgery isn’t just an excuse to better understand athletes. D3
It’s a big disappointment for the District, especially considering that public money financed the stadium.” Robert McCartney on development near Nats Park. Metro, B1
Nationals’ road woes continue
Washington squanders numerous chances in 4-1 loss in Atlanta
by Adam Kilgore PHIL NOBLE/REUTERS
Roger Federer, left, leaves the court after being defeated by Tomas Berdych, right, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Afterward Federer said he was slowed by leg and back issues.
atlanta — The Washington Nationals will not play another road game for 15 days, a fortnight and a day away from the opposing stadiums that effectively de- railed the first half of their season. Their final road swing of the season’s first half ended Wednesday night with a game marked by the strange (two players switched positions in the middle of the seventh inning) and the familiar (the Na- tionals lost). After the Atlanta Braves beat them 4-1
before 20,091 at Turner Field, the Nation- als still had not won a series on the road since May 12. They are 14-29 away from Nationals Park this year, a staggering 5-22 since May 15. Following one of their most complete victories of the season, the Na- tionals squandered scoring chances, walked or hit seven batters and lost, along with the series, any momentum they had gathered. The Nationals at least could go home for the final 10 games before the all-star break, and they could hope that may straighten out their season. “We need something,” first baseman Adam Dunnsaid. “We’re not playing up to our capabilities. I don’t know why that is. It’s not lack of effort. It’s not lack of talent. It’s not any of that. We’re just not play
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QUESTIONS ABOUND FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AT&T NATIONAL . . .
Who
Will Tiger Woods’s place as host be restored?
When Where
Will Congressional still serve as the location?
by Barry Svrluga
newtown square, pa. — The pomp and cir- cumstance that opened the AT&T National here Wednesday could have been at Congressional Country Club a year ago. A cannon fired, a fife- and-drum corps played, Tiger Woods joined offi- cials from his foundation in taking in the festiv- ities, and the field of 120 golfers roundly praised the golf course. Same stuff, different venue. But this year’s tournament, the fourth since
Woods’s team first conceived of and organized an event in 2007, is an evolving entity. It will be played on a different golf course in a different market with Woods, golf ’s No. 1 player, in a dif- ferent role, still as its most marketable commod- ity but not as its official host in the wake of his well-documented personal travails. The circumstances put all of the organizers —
Will the tournament have a new date on the schedule?
AT&T National
Where: Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pa. When: Today through Sunday. Today’s TV: Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
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World Cup 2010
Momentum is gaining for replay review
FIFA President Blatter revisits previous stance while admitting referee error
by Liz Clarke
cape town, south africa — Apart from the stunning quarterfinal defeat of Roger Federer, it was a day like any other at Wimbledon, with John McEnroe rant- ing about bad calls. Only McEnroe’s ire wasn’t directed at
the lawns of the All England club; it was toward the pitches of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where missed and muffed calls have reignited the long- simmering debate about whether soccer should use technology to improve offici- ating.
“I witnessed a couple times where the
officials from both the Tiger Woods Foundation and AT&T, the title sponsor, as well as those from the PGA Tour — in something of an awkward spot: trying to trumpet the two-year stop at Aro- nimink Golf Club and laud Philadelphia as a vi- brant golf market while simultaneously pledging allegiance to Washington, which will have a sum- mer without a PGA Tour event for the first time since 1979. “We’re delighted to be back in Philadelphia,”
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said here Wednesday, a day prior to the opening round. Moments later, when asked about Washington, Finchem said, “We don’t see leaving the Wash- ington market.”
Such is the dance the AT&T National, and thus the tour, found itself in when Congressional de-
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U.S. got burned,” said McEnroe, 51, whose brilliant tennis career was largely defined by his intolerance for human error. “And in England, they’re furious!” he added, alluding to Frank Lampard’s goal that would have tied the score against Germany but was denied because the ref- eree didn’t see the ball cross the goal line. “It goes without saying, obviously, that they need to bring that technology into
world cup continued on D6 Friday’s quarterfinals
Netherlands vs. Brazil, 10 a.m. (ESPN) Uruguay vs. Ghana, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
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