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No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa, Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan and Luxembourg's Gilles Muller won second-round matches in the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Wednesday.

The votes have been tallied, and the five inductees for 2011 into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame have been chosen.

A fast and furious late rally helped the Gwinnett Braves force extra innings, Tuesday night, at Coolray Field, but it turned out they were just delaying the inevitable.

Ubaldo Jimenez brushed aside Atlanta's powerful bats along with all that trade talk, and Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez homered as the Colorado Rockies routed the Atlanta Braves 12-3 Tuesday night.

Qualifiers Rajeev Ram and Marinko Matosevic upset seeded opponents in the first round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Tuesday.

Freddie Freeman homered and drove in three runs and right-hander Derek Lowe handcuffed the Colorado Rockies over 6 1-3 innings in the Atlanta Braves' 7-4 win Monday night.

Gwinnett Braves Dave Brundage reached the 1,000 win mark with the Braves

The NFL told club executives they could be schooled in the ins and outs of the new labor contract as early as Thursday, and the players' association summoned its leadership for a potential vote - the strongest signs yet the lockout might be nearing an end.

James Blake rallied to win a second-set tiebreaker and overcame a 1-hour, 18-minute rain delay for a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Monday night.

Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward has been scratched from his start Monday night at Colorado because of a bruised left foot.