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4C SPORTS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1. 2010 POUGHKEEPSIE X)URNAL Djokovic, Jankovic fight through the heat Bucs cut Ward, ex-Giants Both matches go halfback Browns' Rogers not suspended for gun, fined $400,000 The Associated ht-st Vil5 Derrick Ward's unproduc tive stint with Tampa Bay ended when the running back the distance in brutal day at Open Eddie Pells The Associated Pies NEW YORK Novak Djokovic fought off the stifling heat and one of his Davis Cup teammates in a harder-than-expected first-round win at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. The third-seeded Serb beat countryman Viktor Troicki 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a 3-hour, 40-minute match in Arthur Ashe Stadium, where temperatures reached the upper 90s on one of the hottest days in recent memory at Flushing Meadows. Both players were wobbling around the court by the time the match was over, and shade enveloped the court, offering a bit of relief on a day when the extreme heat rules went into effect for the women allowing them a 10-minute break if they split sets was released Tuesday.

"Just like any other profes I -V' i sion, when it time for you to depart you can't say it's a surprise," Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris said. "You've got every day to go out there Paul J. BeresiUThe Associated Press Jelena Jankovic puts a towel filled with ice around her neck between sets during her match against Simona Halep in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday. File photo by Hans PenninkThe Associated Press and prove yourself.

Backup quarterback Jim Sorgi's season is over after the Giants placed him on injured reserve with an ailing right shoulder. Ward signed a four-year, $17 million contract as an unrestricted free agent in 2009, moving to Tampa Bay after Sorgi, Moss, roolde five seasons with the Giants. Tracy out for season He was a rusher two years ago with the Giants, but in a limited role as a Bucs backup, Ward rushed for 409 yards while averaging just 3.6 but the men were given no such reprieve. Djokovic, who has a repu I yards per carry in 2009. Injuries take away depth at QB, wide Cornerback Aqib Talib ar guably the Bucs best defen eran.

Bomar, a second-year pro, has improved dramati sive player, will miss the sea receiver, linebacker tation of struggling in the hottest conditions, trailed 2-1 in sets and was down a break in the fourth, but came back. He got an early break in the fifth and served it out. cally in training camp, but he son opener after being suspended one game without pay has never played in a regular- The Associated Press season game. for violating the league per Moss, who has been with sonal-conduct policy. "Somebody from the The Giants decided they the Giants since 2006, had surgery Tuesday to repair a stands kept saying to me, Browns: The NFL decided to couldn't wait for backup quarterback Jim Sorgi's injured right shoulder to get better.

sports hernia. He played in 'Hold on, try to hang in and that's exactly what I did," only fine Cleveland nose tack just eight games in 2009. you know, when you get used to it But men I was fine. You just adapt and you play." Other winners Tuesday included ninth-seeded Agniesz-ka Radwanska, No. 18 Ara-vane Rezai and No.

15 Yanina Wickmayer, a semifinalist at last year's U.S. Open. On the men's side, No. 23 Feliciano Lopez advanced, while No. 16 Marcos Bagh-datis was the first seeded man to fall, 6-3, 2-6, 1-6, 64, 7-5, to Arnaud Clement of France.

Later, No. 24 Ernests Gulbis also lost. American Mardy Fish, the 19th seed, advanced with a five-set win over Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic. In addition to putting extreme heat rules in effect for the women, tournament officials shortened the stints of ball boys from two hours to 90 minutes and were reminding fans to drink plenty of water. Heading into the evening matches, they didn't report any heat-related emergencies.

The players were doing their best to take it in stride. "Tell you the truth, OK, it was hot but I mean, we play so many matches in the heat, I cannot tell you," Baghdatis said when asked if his 3-hour, 27-minute stay in Armstrong Stadium was one of his hottest matches ever. Djokovic said. Jankovic could overtake Serena Williams at No. 1 by winning it all this year.

She'll need to clean things up, after making 48 unforced errors in a match that went 2 hours, 20 minutes. Next up for Jankovic is a second-round match against Mirjana Lucie, who defeated Alicia Molik 7-6 (5), 6-1. Lucie was an up-and-coming star in the "90s, winning her first tournament as a pro at age 15. Family issues and money problems forced her out of the game and she is now on the comeback, playing at her first U.S. Open since 2003.

The long matches on Ashe kept 14th-seeded Maria Sharapova from taking the court until early evening, which also figured to push back the start of a night session featuring top seeds Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki. Earlier, llth-seeded Svet-lana Kuznetsova defeated 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. Krumm, who turns 40 on Sept. 28, was trying to become the third-oldest woman to win a U.S. Open match since the Open era began in 1968.

"Hot? Yeah, I mean, it was hot" Kuznetsova said. "But I felt it mostly in the first set, Sorgi, receiver Sinonce His was the second match le Shaun Rogers and not suspend him for carrying a loaded gun into an airport. The league said Rogers will Moss and rookie linebacker Tracy had surgery Monday to repair ligament damage. Boothe underwent surgery in Adrian Tracy were placed on to go the distance in Ashe Stadium. Earlier, fourth-seeded be fined a one-game check the spring to repair a torn pectoral muscle.

Jelena Jankovic needed a roughly $400,000 for violating its personal-conduct policy. Rogers is appealing injured reserve Tuesday as the Giants reached the 75-man roster limit. Moss has been sidelined most of training camp with groin problems, while Tracy, the team's comeback to defeat Simona Halep of Romania 4-6, 64, 7-5. Jankovic, a finalist at Flushing Meadows in 2008, was down a break at 5-4 in the third but won the last three the decision. Commissioner Roger Goodell might have No furlough for Burress: Former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress came up short in his bid for work release during his two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting him sixth-round draft pick, dislo factored in that Rogers re cated an elbow Saturday in a preseason game at Baltimore.

games to close out the match. "The conditions were The Giants also moved vet self in the leg at a nightclub cently helped police stop a motorist who allegedly was driving under the influence. Rogers reached a deal with prosecutors last month and tough," Jankovic said. "But I eran offensive lineman Kevin The state Department of Boothe from the active-physi- didn't want to think about that I just wanted to focus as Correctional Services said the nature of his November 2008 crime merited denying his re was ordered to enter a diver much as I could on the match sion program to avoid trial. cally unable to perform list to reserve PUP and waived rookie free-agent receiver Nyan Boateng.

and play each point one point at a time." Cardinals: Derek Anderson will start at quarterback in quest for a work furlough, which would have let him spend some portion of his Ranked fifth in the world Sorgi, Moss and Tracy will coming into the U.S. Open, miss the rest of the season. time free and working. Thursday preseason finale, coach Ken Whisenhunt said. On Monday, quarterback "The serious and negative Boothe must sit out at least the first six weeks.

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