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Tennis

Henin-Hardenne rallies for Sydney

In Sydney, Australia, Justine Henin-Hardenne overcame deficits in the last two sets to rally for a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 win Friday over Francesca Schiavone in the final of the Sydney International.

Henin-Hardenne rallied from 4-1 down in the second and 5-3 in the third for her 24th career win. Two years ago, Henin-Hardenne won in Sydney and went on to capture the Australian Open.

American James Blake advanced to the men's final today against Igor Andreev by overcoming a 4-2 first-set deficit to upset second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-2.

Andreev beat Andreas Seppi, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in a match suspended by rain for nearly 3 hours. Andreev and Blake will be vying for their fourth career ATP win.

- In Melbourne, Australia, Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Kooyong Classic exhibition tournament when Nicolas Kiefer retired with an injured ankle, putting Kiefer in doubt for next week's Australian Open.

Kiefer won the first game of the semifinal on serve, then rolled over heavily on his left ankle while facing Roddick's serve in the second game.

He had the ankle taped and treated before deciding to quit, hoping to avoid joining an Australian Open withdrawal list that already includes defending champion Marat Safin, four-time winner Andre Agassi and No. 2 Rafael Nadal.

Roddick will meet Germany's Tommy Haas in the Kooyong final. Haas had an upset win over top-ranked Roger Federer here in the first round.

- In Canberra, Australia, top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won the Canberra International with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 victory over Cho Yoon-jeong.

Medina Garrigues raced to a 5-1 lead in the first set before Cho won the next three games. The 23-year-old Spaniard then served out the set to win it.

College Football

Vols player sued over altercation

In Knoxville, Tenn., a student hit in the face by Tennessee defensive tackle Tony McDaniel during a pickup basketball game filed an $800,000 lawsuit against the football player.

McDaniel was charged with aggravated assault, a felony, after the incident last January. A campus videotape showed McDaniel punching Edward Goodrich in the face and then walking away as Goodrich lay on the floor for several minutes.

McDaniel pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, misdemeanor assault, and was placed under supervised probation.

Goodrich filed the lawsuit in Knox County Circuit Court on Thursday, exactly one year after the incident. The university was not sued.

Goodrich's attorneys described McDaniel's behavior as "outrageous in character and so extreme in degree that it is beyond the pale of decency and regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized society," according to the lawsuit obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

Goodrich had four bones in his face broken and doctors had to insert a metal plate to treat his injuries.

Part of McDaniel's plea agreement was to pay restitution to Goodrich.

McDaniel's attorney Don Bosch said that his client had completed the payments.

- In Miami, former Army coach Todd Berry was hired by Miami as quarterbacks coach, the first hiring by the Hurricanes since four longtime assistants were fired earlier this month.

Berry spent the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Louisiana-Monroe. He was fired by Army in October 2003 after going 5-35.

- In Knoxville, Tenn., former Mississippi and Kentucky assistant Kurt Roper was hired as running backs coach at Tennessee.

Trooper Taylor, who had been coaching the running backs, has been reassigned to receivers to replace fired assistant Pat Washington, coach Phillip Fulmer announced.

Also Matt Luke was hired to coach tight ends, Greg Adkins was promoted to offensive line coach, and former Tennessee quarterback Rick Clausen has decided to remain with the Volunteers as a graduate assistant - replacing Jay Graham.