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2B Daily News – Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Djokovic wins 1st match in Paris PARIS (AP) — Shhhh- hh! Don’t say a word. Novak Djokovic is perfect so far in 2011, and supersti- tion demands silence, lest he be jinxed. Djokovic himself insists he isn’t keeping tabs on his unbeaten run, which reached 38-0 this season — and 40 consecutive victories dating to December — thanks to a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 win over Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands in the first round of the French Open on Monday. ‘‘I’m not counting,’’ the second-seeded Djokovic said with a smile. ‘‘I’m not trying to think about the streak that I have,’’ he added, ‘‘even though it’s definitely something that makes me proud.’’ Others certainly are thinking about it. Indeed, it’s the talk of the year’s second Grand Slam tournament. Straight-set victories Mon- day at Roland Garros by other top players such as Roger Federer, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki or defending champion Francesca Schiavone — and even 2010 semifinalist Tomas Berdych’s surprising five-set loss to a French qualifier — didn’t merit as much attention as Djokovic did. The Serb, who won his second Australian Open title in January, is closing in on the Open era record for best start to a tennis season by a man, John McEnroe’s 42-0 in 1984. He’s also only the sixth man in the Open era to win 40 matches in a row; CHICAGO (AP) — Freddy Adu is getting another chance. The former phenom was selected to the U.S. roster for next month’s Gold Cup on Monday, the first time in almost two years he’s been included in coach Bob Bradley’s plans. Adu has been playing at Rizespor in Turkey’s second division Honoring Outstanding Tehama County Students created in cooperation with the Tehama County Department of Education. 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This project has been supplement of photos and write-ups on 84 The Daily News will feature a special Guillermo Vilas set the high of 46 in 1977. But Djokovic’s pals on tour aren’t exactly making a big deal about it at the moment. ‘‘In the beginning — I know him very well — I’d kind of joke, ’Hey, let some- one else win.’ ... Now you almost stay away. It’s almost like a pitcher going for a no- hitter,’’ said the highest- seeded American, No. 10 Mardy Fish, who beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-2, 6-7 (11), 6-2, 6-4. ‘‘I don’t want to say any- thing about it,’’ Fish explained. ‘‘I don’t want to be the guy that says, ’Hey, by the way, you’re 38-0,’ or whatever he is. ’Don’t lose.’ I don’t want to be that guy, and then have him lose.’’ Back on April 1, Djokovic moved to 23-0 this season by beating Fish in the semifinals in Key Biscayne, Fla. Djokovic then defeated No. 1-ranked Rafael Nadal in the final there, part of a 7- 0 mark against him and Fed- erer in 2011. Victories over Nadal — who begins his bid for a record-tying sixth title at Roland Garros on Tues- day — on clay at Madrid and Rome this month have many believing Djokovic could become the first man to win the Australian Open and French Open in the same year since Jim Courier in 1992. Djokovic called it an ‘‘amazing streak,’’ and acknowledged, of course, that he never could have expected to be unbeaten in since January. ‘‘Freddy is a player that, in the past, has shown us soccer qualities that we think help our team,’’ Bradley said. ‘‘It hasn’t always added up enough yet with the full national team, but it seems like a good opportunity to get him back in with us when we have a good month together, and challenge him and hope that he has continued to grow and mature.’’ The Americans will begin reporting Thursday to training camp in Cary, N.C. They have a June 4 exhibi- tion in Foxborough, Mass., against World Cup champi- on Spain, followed by the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. The Americans open group play June 7 in Detroit against Canada. They play Panama on June 11 in Tampa, Fla., and close the first round against Guade- loupe on June 14 at Kansas City, Kan. ‘‘Thanx everyone for the congrats. Happy to be part of the US team again,’’ Adu said on Twitter. Adu, who turns 22 on June 2, burst onto the U.S. soccer scene at the 2003 FIFA Under-17 World Championships. He scored three goals against South Korea and a game-winner against Sierra Leone in the tournament, where Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas was the MVP. The teenager created an even bigger splash that November when he signed late May. ‘‘I’m really trying to have the right mental approach to every match that I play, try to think about only winning, about (my) next opponent,’’ Djokovic said. ‘‘This is what keeps me on the ground and keeps me very focused.’’ He says his success is due to a combination of fac- tors, including a gluten-free diet, which he has declined to discuss in any detail in Paris — ‘‘I can’t talk about it,’’ Djokovic explained Monday, ‘‘because it’s pri- vate’’ — but credits with helping him overcome pre- vious problems with aller- gies and playing in extreme heat. In the second round, he’ll meet 60th-ranked Victor Hanescu of Romania. Win that, and Djokovic could take on 25th-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argenti- na. The 2009 U.S. Open champion hasn’t been the same player since right wrist surgery last year but got past 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, then declared: ‘‘I’m not thinking about Djokovic yet.’’ Way down the line, Djokovic’s semifinal oppo- nent could be Federer, who completed his career Grand Slam by winning the 2009 French Open, part of his 16 major titles overall. ‘‘Roger can beat any- body if he plays good,’’ was the assessment offered by Feliciano Lopez, the Spaniard who never man- aged to earn a single break point Monday and lost to with D.C. United — a deal that landed him on David Letterman’s ‘‘Late Show.’’ His MLS debut in April 2004 was given showcase treatment on ABC, and he played the final 29 minutes, becoming the youngest player on a major U.S. pro team in more than 115 years. He earned his first invita- tion to a national team train- ing camp in January 2006. Later that month, the 16- year-old became the youngest player in U.S. national team history. ‘‘At different times, he has shown some soccer abil- ities that are special,’’ Bradley said. ‘‘He hasn’t always been able to make them count in different situ- ations, at different levels.’’ In fact, Adu fell so far, so fast that he’s become a cau- tionary tale for youngsters with exceptional talents. Weeks after Adu scored three goals against Poland at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, Benfica paid $2 mil- lion for his transfer from MLS. But the coach who signed him was fired after two games, and Adu made only two starts that season. He was loaned the following July to Monaco, where he played 110 minutes — all season. Adu scored his first goal for the U.S. team on Nov. 19, 2008, in a 2-0 win over Guatemala in a World Cup qualifier, and added his sec- ond the following July against Grenada in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. He bounced between clubs in Portugal and Federer 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3). The last time Federer was in tournament action, at Rome on May 12, he was losing in the third round. The last time he faced Lopez, at Madrid a week earlier, Federer was forced to save a match point before pulling out a 7-6 (13), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7) struggle. But Monday’s Federer looked more like the Feder- er people are used to seeing, even if he’s ‘‘only’’ reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals at the past four major tournaments. The man who upset him at Wim- bledon en route to last year’s final, the sixth-seeded Berdych, made a quick exit, blowing a two-set-to-none lead, then later wasting a match point, in a 3-6, 3-6, 6- 2, 6-2, 9-7 loss to 140th- ranked Stephane Robert. Two other seeded men lost: No. 22 Michael Llodra of France, and No. 26 Milos Raonic of Canada. Llodra left on an ugly note, likening the atmos- phere at his court to an Arab marketplace after receiving a warning from Moroccan chair umpire Mohamed El Jennati for throwing a ball at a female security guard in the stands. TV footage showed Llo- dra telling El Jennati: ‘‘We are not in a souk. We are not selling carpets in a market.’’ Tournament organizers told The Associated Press that El Jennati was not avail- able for comment because he is not allowed to speak to the media during the two- week tournament. US unveils Gold Cup roster, Adu included Greece, and had a handful of tryouts with other European teams before being loaned to Rizespor in late January. Though Bradley has been keeping tabs on Adu — he watched Rizespor’s playoff game Monday on the computer — he acknowledged Adu’s selec- tion was probably the biggest surprise on the 23- man roster. Bradley stuck with most of the veterans that were part of last year’s World Cup team while adding up-and-comers Juan Agudelo, Tim Ream and Eric Lichaj. The roster: Goalkeepers: Tim Howard (Everton, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Nick Rimando (Salt Lake) Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Tigres, Mexico), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Clarence Good- son (Brondby, Denmark), Eric Lichaj (Leeds, Eng- land), Oguchi Onyewu (Twente, Netherlands), Tim Ream (New York), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United, England) Midfielders: Freddy Adu (Rizespor, Turkey), Michael Bradley (Aston Villa, Eng- land), Clint Dempsey (Ful- ham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (New England), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn, England), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht, Belgium), Robbie Rogers (Columbus) Forwards: Juan Agudelo (New York), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor, Turkey), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose) GOLF World Golf Ranking 1. Lee Westwood ENG 8.08 2. Luke Donald NIR ENG 8.03 3. Martin Kaymer GER 7.49 4. Phil Mickelson USA 6.29 5. Graeme McDowell NIR 6. Rory McIlroy 5.71 5.46 7. Charl Schwartzel SAF 5.16 8. Steve Stricker USA 5.15 9. Paul Casey ENG 5.13 10. Matt Kuchar USA 5.10 11. Bubba Watson USA 5.04 12. Tiger Woods USA 5.03 13. Dustin Johnson USA 4.98 14. Ian Poulter 15. Nick Watney USA 4.79 16. K.J. Choi 17. Jim Furyk USA 4.39 18. Hunter Mahan USA 4.18 19. Francesco Molinari ITA 4.13 20. Ernie Els 21. Adam Scott SAF 4.08 AUS 4.05 22. Robert Karlsson SWE 4.02 23. Jason Day AUS 3.98 24. Martin Laird SCO 3.89 25. Alvaro Quiros ESP 3.82 26. Miguel Angel JimenezESP 3.78 27. Retief Goosen SAF 3.61 28. David Toms USA 3.59 29. Justin Rose ENG 3.56 30. Geoff Ogilvy AUS 3.30 ENG 4.87 KOR 4.56 NASCAR inducts 2nd Hall of Fame class CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There was shock, maybe even outrage, when David Pearson didn’t make the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. If Pearson felt slighted, he never said. Pearson made the wait worth it Monday night, headlining the inaugu- ration of the five-member second class. As he did last year, when he was passed over for induction, Pearson called on the voting panel to elect NASCAR’s pioneers before anyone else. ‘‘I’m being honest, none of us should be in it,’’ Pear- son said, throwing his sup- port behind the likes of Cot- ton Owens, Raymond Parks and Ray Fox. ‘‘I keep going back to the ones that really started it. The older guys ought to go in first, the ones that really started it and even me, I don’t deserve to go in now.’’ But Pearson, winner of three championships and 105 races, understood why he was selected. He was introduced by longtime rival Richard Petty and inducted by car owner Leonard Wood, who called Pearson ‘‘the greatest driver in the history of NASCAR.’’ Pearson was inducted along with 84-race winner Bobby Allison, Petty Enter- prises patriarch and three- time Cup champion Lee Petty, Bud Moore, a decorat- ed World War II veteran and two-time Cup championship team owner, and two-time champion and noted broad- caster Ned Jarrett. The first class, inducted last May, fea- tured seven-time Cup cham- pions Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, former dri- ver and car owner Junior Johnson, and NASCAR Bill France Sr. and his son, for- mer chairman Bill France Jr. While Pearson brought laughter to the ceremony with tales of his storied career, Allison drew tears as he and brother, Donnie, reflected on their family losses. Bobby Allison was nearly killed in a 1987 acci- dent that permanently erased chunks of his memory. His son Clifford was killed in an accident at Michigan, and son Davey died 11 months to the day later in a heli- copter crash at Talladega. Donnie Allison inducted his brother, and said the toll split Bobby from his wife, Judy. But when 19-year-old Adam Petty was killed in a 2000 accident at New Hampshire, the two reunited to NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals Monday’s result Dallas 112, Oklahoma City 105, OT Dallas leads series 3-1 Today’s game Chicago at Miami, 5:30 p.m., TNT Miami leads series 2-1 MLB MLB West Division Texas East Division American League WL Pct GB 25 23.521 — Angels 24 24 .500 1 Seattle 23 24 .489 1.5 A’s New York 25 21 .543 — Tampa Bay 26 22 .542 — Boston 25 22 .532 .5 Toronto 24 23 .511 1.5 Baltimore 21 24 .467 3.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 30 15 .667 — Detroit 24 23 .511 7 Kansas City22 24 .478 8.5 Chicago 22 27 .449 10 Minnesota 15 31 .326 15.5 ————————————————— Monday’s results Oakland at Los Angeles, late Cleveland 3, Boston 2 Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 8, Minnesota 7, 10 innings Texas 4, Chicago 0 Toronto 7, New York 3 Today’s games Oakland (Moscoso 0-0) at Los Angeles (Haren 4-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Beckett 3-1) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-4), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 0-0) at Baltimore (Britton 5-2), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 4-4) at Detroit (Verlander 4-3), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (R.Romero 4-4) at New York (Sabathia 4-3), 4:05 p.m. Chicago (Peavy 1-0) at Texas (D.Holland 3-1), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Fister 2-4) at Minnesota (Blackburn 3-4), 5:10 p.m. Wednesday’s games Oakland at Los Angeles, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 9:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at New York, 10:05 a.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Chicago at Texas, 11:05 a.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. 22 25 .468 2.5 WL Pct GB West Division National League WL Pct GB GIANTS 27 19 .587 — Colorado 23 22 .511 3.5 Arizona 23 23 .500 4 Dodgers 21 28 .429 7.5 Padres 19 28 .404 8.5 East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 29 18 .617 — Florida 26 19 .578 2 Atlanta 26 23 .531 4 New York 22 24 .478 6.5 Washington 21 26 .447 8 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 28 20 .583 — Cincinnati 25 23 .521 3 Milwaukee 25 23 .521 3 Pittsburgh 22 24 .478 5 Chicago 20 25 .444 6.5 Houston 18 30 .375 10 ————————————————— Monday’s results Houston 4, Los Angeles 3 Milwaukee 11, Washington 3 Philadelphia 10, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis at San Diego, late Today’s games Florida (Nolasco 3-0) at San Francisco (Cain 3-2), 7:15 p.m. Arizona (J.Saunders 0-5) at Colorado (De La Rosa 5-2), 12:10 p.m. Atlanta (Jurrjens 5-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 5-1), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 2-1) at Philadelphia (Worley 2-0), 4:05 p.m. Los Angeles (Billingsley 2-4) at Houston (Happ 3-5), 5:05 p.m. New York (Niese 3-4) at Chicago (Dempster 2-4), 5:05 p.m., WGN Washington (L.Hernandez 3-6) at Milwaukee (Narveson 2-3), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 3-0) at Colorado (Chacin 5-2), 5:40 p.m. St. Louis (McClellan 6-1) at San Diego (Harang 5-2), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday’s games Florida at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 9:35 a.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 10:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 11:05 a.m. St. Louis at San Diego, 3:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. New York at Chicago, 5:05 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. comfort the Petty family together. ‘‘We lost Clifford, we lost Davey, that was just so hard on me and Judy,’’ Alli- son said. ‘‘You know, the world I hope never is that cruel to any other family again. But it happened. We survived it.’’ Jarrett spoke of the com- mitment he made to his health when plans were announced to build NASCAR’s only Hall of Fame so that he’d live long enough to be inducted. ‘‘I’ve worked extremely hard on my health the last several years for this pur- pose,’’ said the 78-year-old Jarrett. ‘‘I wanted to live for other reasons, too, but that was a big reason I wanted to be around for a while. I am truly honored to be among this class.’’ Monday night’s ceremo- ny drew major star power to help with the inductees: For- mer President George H.W. Bush narrated the video to introduce Lee Petty, while newscaster and author Tom Brokaw narrated Moore’s. Bush lauded Lee Petty as ‘‘the patriarch of what would be one of the most famous families, not only in NASCAR, but in all of American sports.’’ ‘‘Lee Petty set a standard of excellence that helped define the sport through the years, a standard few drivers would ever match,’’ Bush said via video. ‘‘It’s no coin- cidence that one driver who did was Lee’s son, seven- time champion Richard Petty, my friend.’’ Lee Petty, who died in 2000 and is the only deceased member of the class, was inducted by his grandchildren and the honor was accepted by sons Richard and Maurice, who spoke of Lee Petty’s single- minded focus on working hard to provide for his fami- ly. ‘‘His big deal was to take care of his own. And if you got in the way, he got you out of the way,’’ Richard Petty said. ‘‘Hopefully, he’s up there somewhere saying, ’OK, I knew I’d get there. I might have had to push somebody out of the way to get there.’ ‘‘ Brokaw honored Moore as a member of ‘‘The Great- est Generation,’’ who was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, earning five purple hearts. NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Finals Monday’s result Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Boston leads series 3-2 Today’s game San Jose at Vancouver, 6 p.m.,VS Vancouver leads series 3-1