Then there is Nakamura Kenzo, who overcame injuries to win the 71-kg event in Paris.
In an interesting twist last year, Jim Furyk was disqualified from the Barclays (the first event) after missing the pro-am event, but went on to win the TOUR Championship event and the FedEx Cup anyway.
In the Barcelona Open, Italy's seventh seed Sara Errani shocked third seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2 6-2 to win the clay court event.
The Dutch, bronze medallists at Sydney, and the fast-improving Chinese were the only teams in the 10-nation event to win all their preliminary matches.
The World Cup leader went ahead off the start and reached the finishing line without any contact for a trouble-free win in the only new event at the Games.
She reached the Wimbledon semi-finals that year but has yet to win a regular tour event, and the photogenic Russian's off-court sponsorship deals dwarf the figure she has earned playing tennis.
The 19-year-old -- who dominated the event last year culminating in her stunning Beijing win -- had complained of having a problem with her ankle after Sunday's first round heat.
Watson beat Ireland's Des Smyth in a play-off to win this year's event at Aberdeen on Sunday.
Denis Ovens reached the quarter-finals of a major event for the first time with a 4-2 win against Roland Scholten.
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Three-over after six holes of his first event in Europe since his win, Lee played the next five in six-under, matching Lawrie's eagle on the ninth, but then had two more bogeys.
American Tyler Clary surged from third place to win the event in an Olympic-record time of 1:53.41.
Murray is bidding to become the first Briton to win the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event since Bunny Austin in 1938.
Seeking his fourth win at the event, the 59-year-old birdied the first, fourth and fifth holes but missed an eight-foot putt at 13 which brought back memories of his painful miss at the 72nd hole at Turnberry.
But the 22-year-old picked herself up to win silver in the 50m backstroke event later on Friday, finishing just 0.03 seconds behind Australia's Sophie Edington, while Davies and Emily Seebohm of Australia could not be separated for bronze.
In the battle between the former world number ones, Williams needed barely an hour to beat her Belgian opponent and remains on course to win the gem-encrusted racket on offer for winning the event three times in a five-year span.
Reigning four-wheeled Dakar champion Stephane Peterhansel is the favourite to win the event.
Golf: Tiger Woods took home his 75th PGA Tour event win Monday at Torrey Pines with a four-stroke win.
The left-handed Mickelson carded 69 to finish on 17-under for the four rounds and win his second World Golf Championships event, following up his title at the CA Championship in Florida in March.
The win booked Zambia a semi-final spot against Zimbabwe in the annual event for teams from southern Africa.
The Flames became just the second 20-loss team to reach college basketball's marquee event, beating Charleston Southern 87-76 Sunday to win the Big South Conference title.
It's not the first time Fowler has beaten McIlroy -- he did so by six shots in his only other professional win in a Korean event last year.
Both missed their attempts which meant less pressure for the golfer from Mossel Bay and he made full use to win in what was his debut in the co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tour event.
"A lot of things happened in the last seven months, (so) to be back here and to have this very heavy trophy with me is amazing, " the 26-year-old told the ATP Tour's official website after his third win at the event.
The 14-year-old Londoner came through 6-3 3-6 6-1 to match Annabel Croft's achievement of 24 years ago and win an event open to players aged up to 18.
He celebrated the win in Cardiff, snatching the victory on the last day of the six-round event when the championship came to Wales as part of the Wales Rally GB.
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Users visiting the free event will receive a T-shirt and can enter into a drawing to win one of 30 PocketPC-equipped computers.
Meanwhile, defending champion Andy Murray moved into the semifinals of the Brisbane men's event with a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) win over Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Friday.
In the event of a win, the hypothalamus may chip in, too, with a feel-good dose of dopamine.
She went on to win the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, sealing the No.1 ranking in the last event of the year.
Horschel has made the cut in all nine of the events he's entered this year, extending his tour-best streak to 21 made cuts in a row, but he has yet to win a PGA Tour event.
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