Pilot Pen Tennis Saturday Mens Tennis Results

Pilot Pen Tennis

ATP WORLD TOUR 250 $663,750 ($750,000 Total Financial Commitment)
New Haven, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
22-28 August, 2010 Surface: Hard www.ATPWorldTour.com



RESULTS - SATURDAY, 28 AUGUST, 2010

Singles - Final
[9] S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [15] D Istomin (UZB) 36 63 64

Doubles - Final
R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) d R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK) 64 75
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Stakhovsky: “I have no idea [why I have a perfect record in finals]. I'm really happy to keep the score this way, to be able to be the winner of this match today. As I believe everybody saw, it was really more playing on nerves. There were a lot of unforced errors. There were really a lot of good rallies, and I hope it was really enjoyable tennis we played. I have to say it definitely wasn't our best tennis from both of us. But we were trying as hard as we could. Definitely we were fighting for everything.

"It was really an exhausting week for me. A lot of three sets. A lot of tie-breaks. Just a lot of time on court. Just now I have to get myself together and get ready for the US Open. I'm really glad to win this title. It pushed me to another level again. But I just need to think forward again and get ready.”

Istomin: "I'm so happy to be in the final for the first time. I'm like little bit waiting for my first win. But also it's not [going to be] my last final. I hope soon in the future I can be the winner.

"For the US Open I feel like I'm in good form. I'll try do my best there. I don't have an easy draw... but I feel like I can play good, show the good tennis."

Lindstedt: “Since we started in March, we’ve had our ups and downs. It's tough getting started because both me and Horia, we have a pretty strong will, we like to see our tennis in a certain way. I think we're both learning to give up part of our own way of looking at tennis in order to help out each other. When we connect like that, play well, we're a very dangerous team. We play very aggressive and quick doubles."

Tecau: “I think it's two very important things: trust and confidence. We learned how to trust each other, how to be confident in each other's game. We practise well together and we managed to find a good relationship on court, like a good attitude and a good way to be on court. That made a big difference for us to play good matches and lose or win those tough matches."

Thailand’s SSI to buy UK plant mothballed by Corus

A man steers a kite buggy on the beach in front of Corus's mothballed steelworks at Redcar in north-east England. Photo: AP

Teesside Cast Products was partially closed down in February after a consortium of international investors pulled out of a legally-binding 10-year contract. More than 1,000 workers lost their jobs and fears were growing that hundreds more people would be made redundant if the plant was not sold.

Thai steel company SSI has now signed a memorandum of understanding with Corus to buy the plant for $500m (£320m), which would see it export 3.5m tonnes of steel to Thailand. The deal, if completed, would safeguard 700 jobs and create “hundreds” more roles at the plant.

However, it is unclear whether SSI is looking for some form of government support to see the deal through. Win Viriyaprapaikit, SSI president, said he would be meeting with ministers in coming weeks to gain regulatory approval, but could not say whether he was seeking financial input.

Kirby Adams, chief executive of Corus, said the announcement was “extremely good news” for Teesside, adding he was “convinced” the sale would go ahead. He attacked critics who doubted Corus would find a buyer. “It has been the chief objective of myself, of Corus and [owners] Tata Steel to find a viable long-term future for steel-making on Teesside,” he said.

He added Corus would continue to pursue its legal case against the consortium who pulled out of its contract.

PNE employee taken to hospital after drinking poisoned water

A PNE employee became ill and was taken to hospital Thursday after buying and drinking a bottle of Dasani water at Hunky Bill's and Barnacle Bill's concession stand. Authorities are investigating.

A Pacific National Exhibition employee was taken to hospital Thursday night after buying and drinking a bottle of water at the fair poisoned with what is thought to be ammonium chloride.

Just after 11 p.m., the PNE employee experienced dizziness and muscle weakness and was taken to hospital 30 minutes after drinking a bottle of water from Hunky Bill's & Barnacle Bill's concession stand inside the fair, Vancouver police spokeswoman Const. Jana McGuinness said in a press release.

Upon later inspection, it was apparent that the bottle of Dasani water contained small holes where a syringe had apparently been inserted and the chemical injected in what PNE spokeswoman Laura Ballance called a single isolated incident.

The Vancouver police department is investigating the incident and, according to Vancouver Coastal Health spokeswoman Anna Marie D'Angelo, there have been no other reports of similar illnesses to Vancouver Coastal Health.

"Thousands of bottles of this type of water were sold at the PNE yesterday with no other reports of illness and Vancouver Coastal Health is supporting the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in their investigation," D'Angelo said.

Ammonium chloride is a chemical irritant that, when ingested, can cause nausea, vomiting and sore throat, according to the International Programme on Chemical Safety.

D'Angelo said the employee was released from hospital shortly after being admitted and is expected to make a full recovery.

Ballance said PNE staff inspected their entire inventory of 30,000 bottles of Dasani water Friday and did not find any further problems.

VPD investigators inspected every bottle of water in the Hunky Bill's concession stand and the stand had reopened Friday, McGuinness said. She added that the water bottle in question had been delivered to the concession stand early Thursday morning.

"The health department went through the whole inventory," said Mark Konyk, manager of Hunky Bill's & Barnacle Bill's. "Between Coke [the makers of Dasani] and the PNE, they took it all out and they got us product back in so we're all good to go."

It remains unclear at what point the tainted bottle was injected with the chemical, Ballance said.

Mark Clarke, a spokesman for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said Friday that CFIA inspectors were at the fair trying to determine where in the water's processing and distribution stage it became tainted.

Clarke said that if the water was tainted in the manufacturing stage, the investigation would be solely in the CFIA's jurisdiction, but if it was determined that the poisoning happened post-production, then the VPD would take the lead on the investigation.

"We're not a hundred per cent sure if somebody sabotaged the bottle or if this was something that happened at the plant," said Clarke. "Right now it's looking like it was sabotaged, but we just have to do our due diligence to be sure."

The VPD was still testing the substance in the bottle Friday and gathering forensic evidence from the outside of the bottle, McGuinness said.

Spending abroad raises travel deficit

Canadians travelling to other countries pushed the international travel deficit to a record level.

A jump in spending by Canadians travelling outside the country pushed the international travel deficit to a record $3.5 billion in the second quarter of this year, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

The deficit was up from $464 million in the previous quarter and reached the highest level since the federal agency began keeping records in 1972.

Canadians spent $7.5 billion abroad between April and June, up 5.9 per cent from the first quarter -- the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2007.

"In contrast, spending by foreign travellers in Canada decreased 1.1 per cent to $4 billion from the first quarter, when Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics," the agency said.

Spending by Canadian travellers to the U.S. jumped 5.7 per cent in the quarter, to $4.5 billion, as Canadians took five million overnight trips south of the border -- an increase of 3.2 per cent.

Americans did not return the favour: Spending by U.S. travellers dropped 1.6 per cent from the first quarter to $1.7 billion -- the lowest spending level since the third quarter of 1997, the agency said, and the sixth consecutive quarter where American spending in Canada was under $1.8 billion. Americans also made fewer trips to Canada in the second quarter, down 2.1 per cent to 2.8 million.

Canada's travel deficit with overseas countries grew by $194 million to $781 million in the second quarter, the agency said.

Spending abroad raises travel deficit

Canadians travelling to other countries pushed the international travel deficit to a record level.

A jump in spending by Canadians travelling outside the country pushed the international travel deficit to a record $3.5 billion in the second quarter of this year, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

The deficit was up from $464 million in the previous quarter and reached the highest level since the federal agency began keeping records in 1972.

Canadians spent $7.5 billion abroad between April and June, up 5.9 per cent from the first quarter -- the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2007.

"In contrast, spending by foreign travellers in Canada decreased 1.1 per cent to $4 billion from the first quarter, when Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics," the agency said.

Spending by Canadian travellers to the U.S. jumped 5.7 per cent in the quarter, to $4.5 billion, as Canadians took five million overnight trips south of the border -- an increase of 3.2 per cent.

Americans did not return the favour: Spending by U.S. travellers dropped 1.6 per cent from the first quarter to $1.7 billion -- the lowest spending level since the third quarter of 1997, the agency said, and the sixth consecutive quarter where American spending in Canada was under $1.8 billion. Americans also made fewer trips to Canada in the second quarter, down 2.1 per cent to 2.8 million.

Canada's travel deficit with overseas countries grew by $194 million to $781 million in the second quarter, the agency said.

Nokia N8 gets unboxed, rumored 26 August UK release too

I know I wrote about hesitations of getting a Nokia N8 here before, but forget all about that since I will be getting one for sure. I want to get an orange one, but would buy a blue or green one too so it just depends on what becomes available and where. I just read over on The Handheld Blog that they had a chance to unbox a Nokia N8 retail package at an event in India. It looks like Nokia is using that great slim, low profile packaging that we saw with the N900 and other recent devices. I also like seeing the HDMI converter and USB-to-go cable so that people can get up and running right out of the box.

There are rumors of 26 August UK release date and if that is the case I may be able to buy one in the UK when I go back to Nokia World in mid-September. I just purchased my flight tickets late last week and am taking my wife and oldest daughter along too. I imagine that we will see more hardware announcements at Nokia World given that the N8 should be launching before Q3 ends and I am hoping I can cover the event with the assistance of a Nokia N8 too.