he falls in four sets to juan martin del potro. >>> i'm randy scott. this has been your "sportscenter" update. have a great morning. >>> coming up next, "the pulse," this morning. and if you are what you wear, well, you want to get your hands on this digital shirt. >>> and the first lady plays it for laughs with a very timely top-ten list. [ male announcer ] if it wasn't for a little thing called the computer,

open title and a title after a straight sets quarterfinal win over juan martin del potro. remembering one year on since a plane crash claimed the lives of three entire committee got to stop ice hockey support our team can reach those who lost but. we kick off a football where russia are big favorites to get off to winning start tonight in their quest to reach world cup twenty fourteen a big night for fabio capello the italian taking the russian reins for the very first time in a competitive fixture of good news for the former england boss is that he has a full strength squad to choose from for the northern irish test it should also be a night remember for any self there is a need midfielder named team captain for the first time both he and his coach stressing the need to look forward after the country's group stage exit at europe twenty twelve. what happened to the past is. working a good. mother i think always made. to see form work to achieve absolutely ideal the next. will be really really good i think the team the do a good this is a good team the games they played the

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mientras tanto el argentino juan martín del potro clasifico tambien a los cuartos de final al derrotarzona mixta dijo que se encuentra triste, palabras que le dieron la vuelta al mundo, escuchamos al cr7 lo que dijo. a nivel local ya se conocen los 4 equipos clasificados a la semifinal del torneo taca, elias polio nos cuenta lo que ocurrio en la joranda del fin de semana. esta noche tenderemos reacciones de los jugadores clasificados a la semifinal del torneo taca. los esperamos solo a las once. pausamos y enseguida regresam os con mas...no se retire... (♪). >>

en nueva york, el argentino juan martín del potro domó un estadio en contra y despidió anoche del teniss. del potro cantó victoria 6-7, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 en un partido que debió disputarse a lo largo de dos día debido a la lluvia. andy roddick fue el campeón del torneo en 2003, el último estadounidense en ganar un título de grand slam. .el rivall potro será el campeón vigente novak djokovic, anoche el serbio djokovic dominaba 6-4, 6-1, 3-1 hasta que el suizo stanislas wawrinka se retiró por lesion. roger federer, el cinco veces campeón perdio 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ante un inspirado tomas berdych, con lo que el suizo quedó marginado de las semifinales por primera vez desde 2003. federer también vio disiparse su ilusión de establecer un récord de seis títulos en el us open. en mujeres, la estadounidense serena williams avanza con paso firme en su búsqueda por conquistar el cuarto us open de su carrera, al instalarse en las semifinales. sin problema alguno, serena, superó 6-1. 6-3 a la serbia ana ivanovic, y es que fueron tan sólo 58 minutos los que serena williams empleó para meterse a la ronda

líder mundial de la atp, bien podría disputar su último encuentro de su gran carrera contra juan martin del potroana anna tatishvili y pasó a cuartos de final. azarenka se impuso por 6-2 y 6-2 y así, en total, apenas cedió 10 games en sus cuatro partidos de este certamen neoyorquino. la líder del ránking tendrá como adversaria en los cuartos a stosur. además, maria sharapova, tercera favorita, sufrió para vencer a su compatriota nadia petrova por 6-1, 4-6 y 6-4. la ex reina caía 2-0 en el tercer set cuando hubo una interrupción por lluvia, durante más de una hora, que la benefició, porque se tomó un descanso obligado y volvió más sólida y precisa. sharapova deberá medirse en la siguiente ronda con bartoli, quien venció a kvitova por 1- 6, 6-2 y 6-0. gracias oscar.. vamos a una pausa, pero si le gusta la cerveza, al regresar le contamos sobre unas recetas secretas del presidente obama... ya volvemos... ...han pasado varios dias despues de que isaac azoto dos estados del golfo de mexico y aun miles de residentes de luisiana y mississipi continuan sin el servicio electrico y con los alrededore s de

juan martin del potro resuming today. he comes on strong. roddick, a former u.s.pen window and one-time no. 1 player in the world is retiring at the age of 31. >>> giants are up for the weekend against the dodgers. they close out their series tonight against arizona. full highlights tonight at 10. >> thank you. >>> before we go, we want to let you know that in just about an hour, a vigil will be held for officer kenyon youngstrom, who is still in grave condition on life support after being shot yesterday morning. we'll have an update on the gathering and what we're learning about the shooting and the suspect tonight at 10. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. do you want to be standing there having people coming in going, "i need more knives? "do you have any bigger knives? "i'd like a bigger knife-- "a big, long, sharp knife. "that's what i need. "i like them really sharp. "do you have one with hooks and gouges "and blades that are serrated? "that's the kind of knife i'm looking for. "i need one i can throw. "i need one i can hack away with. do you have

champion novak djokovic and spaniard david for their djokovic needed only three sets to san juan martin del potro packing the second seeded easily took in a six two he had to work much harder though in the second set taking it on a tie break before so now the final set six four almost form from the reigning champion. next up she's down but for the big young coach it's out of reach in an epic five setting encounter the pair on court for four and a half hours the fourth seeded spaniard took the first set six three but lost the next two he came back strong in the fourth taking six three and forcing a decider of one stage four one down in the final set the spine you don't think to force a tie break taking it seventy four heart break then it's not a bitch. i would like to think the crowd in new york which was amazing you know it's. not maybe a quarter which they want to see without rock. but. not trying to over exaggerate anything late until now at least mention so. this crowd appreciate coming in to fix it. now sprinter usain bolt will bring another remarkable season to an end later on friday the six

rode off into the sunset after losing to juan martin del potro. roddick won the first set tie-break. then the argentine slowly took over. match point after a short rally. roddick's return was long. an emotional end for one of the great american tennis players with his wife brooklyn decker looking on. andy struggled to hold back the tears. he ended his 13-year career on the same court where he won his only grand slam in 2003. >>> roger federer's u.s. open is over. he was upset by thomas berdych. >>> serena williams advanced with a straight set win. >>> scary moment in baseball. happened in the angels/a's game. brandon mccarthy hit in the side of the head by a come-backer. immediately went down. he was dazed and, as you can imagine, confused. mccarthy sat on the grass for several minutes -- who would blame him -- left the game, taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. he's all right, but he's going to have a huge headache in the morning. the angels won it, 7-1. >>> finally, the hit parade has been rolling through washington, d.c. the nationa

juan martin del potro played some of the best tennis of his life, but it wasn't enough.jokovic advances to the semis for a straight win. >>> finally to the pitch, a stoppage in time. penalty kick for colin clark. he shoots and he scores and he's gone. sprints off the field and into the tunnel. colin clark has left the building. wait a minute, come on back, colin. we've got more soccer to play. that's more than one way to make an exit and entrance all in one play. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up a big name showbiz break-up and who's the favorite at the box office this weekend. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's a woman who rocks. coming up, an entire new exhibit dedicated to women just like her. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. on this friday morning, temperatures continue to soy in the west. another day you want to be in the air conditioning in the northwest. i know all the kids are back in school and not all schools have ac, but 91 in po

spaniard is looking for a sixth title of the year and novak djokovic had an easier time against juan martin del potro. he advances to the grand slam semifinal. the nfl is mourning the loss of ravens owner art mow dell. he helped turn the nfl into a money making machine. he angered cleveland fans in 1995 when he took the browns to baltimore. during his career, he helped to negotiate the league's tv contracts and served as nfl president. art mow dell died from natural causes in baltimore thursday. he was 87 years old. >>> when we come back on a friday, another look at this morning's top stories and flight risk. a hoax involving a bizarre love triangle forces a passenger plane to turn around. here's my . cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. it's hearty with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt. mmmm... new activia breakfast blend. get in early for sears labor day mattress spectacular. for the first time ever, get 36-month special financing save up to 60% plus get an extra 10% off with free delivery. this is a wakeup call. this is sears. >>> here's a look at th

open, andy roddick came out flying against eighth ranked juan martin del potro. jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, but the argentinian came roaring back, tied it at 6-6. then the heavens opened. the second rain delay of the match. all andy could do was laugh. they'll continue today with roddick up 1-0 for a set tie break. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, snooki's baby is a cover boy, and tomorrow night's headache over viewing choices is cured. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, no, it's not halloween. no, these guys aren't nuts. they're actually doing something heroic. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday morning. a little bit of moisture, clouds and a slight chance of a shower including san francisco. we are going to be sunny and warm all of the portions of the northwest and inner mountain northwest. beautiful. heating it up to the 80s by thursday. dry, wonderful, beautiful stretch, it continues. >>> if you're watching us on kndo 23 on j

juan martin del potro played some of the best tennis of his life, but it wasn't enough.vic advances to the semis with a straight-set win. >>> finally, to the pitch. stoppage time between the dynamo and real salt lake. penalty kick for colin clark. he shoots, he scores and he's gone! sprints off the field and into the tunnel! colin clark has left the building. wait a minute, come back, colin, we have more soccer to play. that's one way to make an exit and an entrance all in one play. that's your first look at sports. have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather, meteorologist bill karins has your forecast. good morning once again, bill. >> i could have picked any city in the eastern half of the country and showed the example of how we're going to go from the hot, warm, humid air to just a beautiful forecast as we head throughout the weekend. it's going to take a little bit. the transition's going to be a little slow, so we're going to have to deal with a hot and humid friday, and even saturday's going to be stormy, but look at washingt

by defending champion novak djokovic for thursday joke which needing only three sets to san juan martin del potro packing the second seeded serb easily taking the six two you have to work much harder though in the second set edging it on a tie break i. i. for djokovic is down but for her to be too young to sort of age in an epic five seven conquered the per on court for four and a half hours with the fourth seeded. claiming the first set six three he would lose the next two before storming back in the fourth quarter decider for showing his resolve to clamber back from a deficit in the final set on forth a tie break she would win seven. while the women semifinals feature three players who have already won a grand slam this year alone twenty twelve french open champion reassure up of is one of them her match up of this trillion open champion and world under one victoria azarenka is due to start any moment twenty five your trouble but seeking a second title of flushing meadows it's like favorite in this one despite the rankings belorussian azarenka off the beach in the final of the aussie open back

his fourth-round faceoff against juan martin del potro.he rain extended roddick's career by at least one more day. >>> and exactly seven months to the day after it ended, it's time for the nfl's season opener. the defending super bowl champion, new york giants, hosting division rival, dallas, tonight. as for some baseball highlights, we get that from espn. >> good morning. i'm hakem dermish with your "sportscenter" update. big game in st. pete last night. evan longoria and the rays taking on the yankees. bottom three, man on, two outs for longoria. an explosive situation. takes freddy garcia deep. his tenth home run of the year. the rays take a 3-2 lead. bottom five. desmond jennings at the dish. he takes garcia out long. rays on top, 4-2. not done yet. very next batter. b.j. upton. his 18th home run of the season. the rays go on to win 5-2. the yanks have now lost three in a row. >>> so, the orioles chasing the yankees. baltimore taking on the blue jays. top five, no score. two on for mark reynolds. crushes one to left. his 17th home run

open title after a straight sets quarter final win for juan martin del potro. remembering one year on since a plane crash claimed the lives of the entire lock on the t.v. ice hockey squad r.t. commemorates those who lost their lives. football first where european qualifying for the twenty fourteen world cup finals is underway russia coming close to the end of their much with northern ireland right here in moscow a mix for decent reading this stage for the home side around eighty nine minutes in the locker motif stadium of these. new monitor fabio capello with a fully fit squad to choose from tonight on the favorites certainly made their presence felt against the irish dominating throughout and must be said is any man in the. netting for the two nil scoreline so he's. also in group half on friday portugal make the trip to look some well as by john and israel are approaching half time in their clash it is nil nil at the moment and not one elsewhere twenty ten world cup finalists the netherlands host turkey four time winners in bulgaria germany their overwhelming

he will face 2009 champion juan martin del potro in the fourth round. >>> it was a hole to forget.11 masters champ, charles schwartzel. his put on 18 rims out. then he tries again. misses again. schwartzel tries left-handed trying to be fancy. misses again. just pick it up and put it in the hole. he finally sinks it on his fourth try. he finished the round eight over par and will probably put the clubs away for a little while now. >>> when we come back, toddlers and tablets. plenty of kids love playing with ipads and other high tech toys, but is it too much too soon in parent and experts weigh in. too much too soon in parent and experts weigh in. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. here's one story. i'm sean. i switched to advil® 10 months ago. biking can be really tough on the lower back and your upper thighs. yo

down an alley roddick's career the american lost his last sixteen clash with large in time juan martin del potro bringing to an end his twelve year professional career which saw him win the u.s. open in two thousand and three and reached three wimbledon finals but i fell right at the back end of the golden generation of health and so i was just the cards that were dealt but. as tough a situation it is in the grand scheme of things it's a dream i mean it's something you want i mean that's not hard for someone who's got a you know however many kids and is working two jobs but that's hard you know what i did you know it was a hard. elsewhere a legend of italian football has found a new home down under the event to stillwater alexandra del piero signing with sydney f.c. on a two year deal worth around one point five million dollars per season the thirty seven year old's moves to highest profile citing an ailing history all time leading goalscorer insisting he wants to add australian titles to his six set of backgrounds and won a champions league winner's medal the two thousand and six world cup winn

win over colonel spurlock in what is our ace the argentinian was standing in for the injured juan martin del potro couldn't stay but if he runs the first two sets six three before going on to take the third six four for victory the checks will now host the final against depending which was over. we made it you know and it's good this will go on which we were you know bringing bringing here you know to argentina to try to try to make their almost impossible and win here about it's all to you know have a belief for the team that they can make it and you know it's not impossible to win here in the region to reprove so you know that's even better because you know you're doing the research are crazy crowd it's you know pro really gives us it gives us so much for the future and i am i'm really excited to be in the final again. while a mate of spain claimed a straight woman over the united states in their seventy final after david ferrer came from a set down against john isner to secure the tie is not started well taking the first set seven six but he was slamming down his racket in frustration by the en

a straight second chorus in what is out of the argentinian was standing in for the injured juan martin del potro but couldn't stay with birdie the first two sets six three before going on to take the third six four for victory the czechs will now host the final against defending champions spain in november. really research a breezy crowded. you know grove really gives us it is just so much for the future i'm really excited to be in the final again. when i mean time spent time with three one win over the united states in their semifinal after david ferrer came from a set down against john isner to secure the tiny one is a started well taking the first set seven six but he was slamming down his racket in frustration by the end after making seventy unforced errors terry going on to win four sets underwriting tony beaton home to play in this competition spain stay on course for their full davis cup title you can. be happy to report me you know it's another davis cup final we were in here if you go any. i won the last match so i'm really happy or if. i want to journey's native he's everywhere player

on court after a force that win over italy is fabio fognini and deceptive face argentina's juan martin del potro in the last sixteen. point zero one now and jenson button has won the belgian grand prix to his second victory of the year after dominating a dramatic race from start to finish the mclaren driver began in pole position has never surrendered his lead managing to avoid the drama that's unfolding behind him sore standings leader phenomenons zero crash out at the spa circuit now is not on sergio perez and roma also retired in the french one was handed a one race ban after the spectacular pile up on the first corner pastor maldonado also bad out early on while reigning champion sebastian vettel finished second ahead of kimi right in and that is now twenty four points behind alonso in the drivers' championship button is sixty three points behind this. is such a special tomorrow especially circuit to most drivers and you know the way that it flows in the history. so to get a victory to the lights the flag is a very special especially it's not been easy for me so yeah very very special we get

finally starting taina the czech republic the house spearheaded by former us open champion juan martin del potro while the czechs will be relying heavily on the in-form thomas but it. now is a football where french clubs have continued that some of big spending dutch international defender gregory van de valle has signed a four year deal with the parisians arriving for my x. amsterdam the twenty four year old stating the legal side has the potential to rival european giants such as roman trade and compete for top european on is the club backed by qatari owners have spent heavily this summer bringing in the likes of la timing the him addiction thiago silva amongst others and the pressure is on coach carlo ancelotti to secure results domestically and in europe. just that. we seek to have a big school today we have twenty eight players because we have to manage i mean is the job of the coach to manage all competitions we have to be competitive and play on friday tuesday such as the wednesday before this you must have a competition with the school that you must have players with the highest possible

champion novak djokovic was an early break up against stanislav but then cut loudly roddick and juan martin del potro were in a tiebreaker. now to football and russia have been dealt a blow ahead of friday's opening world cup qualifier at home to northern ireland spartak striker archer is out with a knee injury a worry for new manager fabio capello who has already dropped captain andre arshad in which of important reports if not be a capello want to stamp his authority on his new russian side he certainly achieved advance he made the tough decision to drop former captain under sharp in there's almost been a neighbor present for his country over the last decade hello the arsenal striker hasn't been in great form this season but roman shock of say is it is a surprise not to see his former senate team mate in the squad i think it's a surprise as he was always in the squad before but capello obviously wants to take a different path and i don't really have a lot to say about then he's a good player and has played very well for us i think it's a shame that he's not in the squad russia play their first worl

open semifinalist amash verdict is the biggest name on the european team while juan martin del potro missed argentina's latest training session and remains of doubt with a left wrist problem both countries are vying for maiden davis cup glory as now defunct czechoslovakia claims their only title back in one thousand nine hundred eighty. one meanwhile the dream of a world title is over for another year for cliff diver. after the russian could only manage six place in the inaugural welsh event of the spectacular red bull serious the death defying sport hit the u.k. for the first time at the blue lagoon in southwest wales however britain's double defending champion gary hunt had to settle for third spot despite the partisan home support former champion orlando duque a was awarded second place by the judges but the colombian remains top of the overall standings with just one more of them left in oman later this month decay is seventy points clear of hunt's with each event victory worth two hundred points america's stephen low view is thirty points further back after clinching his first e

andy roddick walked off the court for the last time last night after losing to juan martin del potro in four sets at the u.s. open. roddick made the surprising announcement last week that he would retire at the end of the tournament. he won 32 tournaments in his career, including the 2003 u.s. open. one of the best american players to play the game of tennis, and we wish him all the best. >> a lot to be proud of, for sure. >> very emotional. >> i always think about pete sampras when i see stories like that. >> he is definitely one of the greatest ever. >> yeah. whatever happened to him? don't hear much about him. >> probably enjoying his life, right? >> good point. >>> coming up on 6:20 and meteorologist veronica johnson is in storm center 4 or storm -- >> storm team 4 center. >> sorry. veronica? >> i'm right here! >> let's go. >> that's okay. it's thursday, aaron. outside, you know, it's another day where it's been just the same old thing day after day, humidity, some showers around the area, clouds. that's exactly what it is this morning. look at the temperatures. currently, suitla

real emotion came earlier in the day from the american, andy roddick, losing his match to juan martin del potro, then making good on a promise to retire. only in the sports world can 30 years old be considered time to go. wiping tears after a standing ovation for a likely hall-of-famer, andy roddick. thanks for the memories. >>> and finally, everybody loves a good implosion. only one problem with this one. a crowd actually gathered in paris to watch crews take down the apartment complex. everything looked fine. but then the wind shifted. >> oh, no. >> and here comes the cloud of dust through the debris. sam, you never told anybody about the clouds of dust. >> yeah, yeah. no, generally the winds west-northwest. look out. this is the best part. they decided it was the best time to turn up the classical music playing at the event. this is not music we're playing right now. this is actually what was happening. the music apparently worked. >> shade of the "titanic" and the string quartet. >> can you adjust the chairs? that was lovely. >> that music was soothing for folks running from the debris. >>>

but andy roddick, losing his match to juan martin del potro. then, as promised, retired. wiping tears after a standing ovation, for a likely hall of famer, andy roddick. thanks for the memories. >>> everybody loves a good implosion. only one problem with this one. a crowd actually gathered in paris to watch crews take down the apartment complex. everything looked fine. and then, the wind shifted. >> oh, no. >> and a cloud of dust and debris. sam, you never told anybody about the clouds of dust. >> generally the wind's west. >> look out. this is the best part. they decided it was the best time to turn up the classical music playing at the event. this is not music we're playing right now. this is actually what was happening. the music apparently worked. >> scenes of the "titanic." >> can you adjust the chairs? please. >> that music was soothing for folks running from the debris. >>> i know it's september. and a lot of places are thinking about cooling down. we're not weather yet? >> are you big footing me? >> elizabeth? elizabeth? tell me something wonderful. >> thank you,

. >> and who would be the favorite in the match between roddick and juan martin del potro?hat's it, isn't it? this is why andy roddick's retiring. i'd have to favor del potro on the heavy side. >> yeah. but at the same time, if he plays like he played at wimbledon, he could win everything. >> reporter: absolutely. [ everyone talking at once ] one of the greater weapons in tennis. >> exactly. >> reporter: right, exactly. roddick does have one of the biggest weapons in tennis with that first serve. and if he's hitting a lot of aces tonight, anything could happen. with that serve, he shortens the match and takes it out of his opponent's hands. >> the other story is roger federer, because he's having such success and people are beginning to think that novak djokovic was going to be the new, emerging superstar. roger comes roaring back. assess how roger's playing so far. >> reporter: he's playing -- him and djokovic are a level above the rest of the field, in my opinion. they are sharp every single match. obviously, federer didn't have to go up against fish, which would have bee