Helio Castroneves, who won the Indianapolis 500 last week, crashed in qualifying at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Highlights and updates from the first day of men's singles qualifying at the 2012 Australian Open, an unseasonably brisk summer day in Melbourne.
The Althea Ducati rider led the field throughout practice and qualifying at the Victoria track and was rarely troubled on his way to two comfortable wins.
Of the 24 players in the final round of women's singles qualifying at the 2013 French Open, there are a lot of the usual suspects.
Massa crashed into a tire barrier at 120 miles per hour Saturday during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix and was near death for two days.
The group launched an appeal after they fell short of the benchmark score set by British Gymnastics in qualifying at the London Prepares test event last month.
Massa, who won 11 times in a career which will yield 250 starts, survived a horrific accident during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009.
A brilliant all-around performance by Aliya Mustafina led Russia past China and into the provisional lead of women's team qualifying at the world gymnastics championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Lewis Hamilton walked away from qualifying at the British Grand Prix, holding one of the aces that he'd been looking for, and in the best position to hold the other one he so badly wants on Sunday afternoon.
In the second round Konta will face the 21-year-old Chinese Saisai Zheng, who lost their only previous meeting in qualifying at the French Open three years ago.
Earlier this year, she advanced through qualifying at the Australian Open and played her first main draw Grand Slam match since 1997, losing in the first round to Lisa Raymond.
