Szavay's next opponent is Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won the Pilot Pen when Szavay retired.
PILOT PEN DRAW: The Pilot Pen Tournament in New Haven next month will have 7 of the top 10 players in women's tennis, including the Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, who has won the Pilot Pen the last two years.
…you can guarantee if something's going to happen, we will be at the forefront of that and we've got a reputation for that, of wanting to try new things and wanting to push the boundaries a little bit further, so, it didn't surprise us when we won the pilot for [the CDSS].
With her younger sister Serena, whom she hopes to dethrone as the United States Open champion, looking on, Venus Williams put on a virtuoso performance in overpowering Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-4, today to win the Pilot Pen tennis tournament for the second straight year.
Demonstrating that she may be the player to beat when she goes after her second straight title in the United States Open, Venus Williams lost only one service game -- her first -- in beating top-seeded Lindsay Davenport, 7-6 (6), 6-4, today to win the Pilot Pen tournament for the third year in a row.
And now, Verdasco is rising swiftly in the US Open -- which he arrived at after winning the Pilot Pen tournament -- beating John Isner to make it to the quarterfinals.
Russian officials reacted angrily to the verdict, with some suggesting it was levied with an intent to extract a bribe to win the pilots' freedom.
Six years later he became a test pilot, and in 1961 he won the Bendix Trophy Race, piloting an F4H Phantom jet from Los Angeles to New York City in the record time of 2 hours 47 minutes (an average speed of 879 miles [1,414 km] per hour).
Mr. Spurlock, who will have a role in the pilot, won the documentary directing prize for "Super Size Me" at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
The pilot won the Silver Rose for Humour and the Rose d'Or.
Other winners included James Marsh, for the documentary "Project Nim," which was left out of the Oscar playing field; Robert B. Weide, who won directing the "Palestinian Chicken" episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"; and Patty Jenkins, who won for the pilot of "The Killing".
