Rolling Stones left a major clean up great crowd but still short of the Rod Stewart crowd of years ago http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/19/stones.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest During the show, Mick Jagger, who has a Brazilian son, ad-libbed comments in Portuguese, delighting the crowd. At one point, he wore a white shirt with the Brazilian flag and the words "Brasil" and "Rio de Janeiro
Mello marches on at Brasil Open The Sports Network - Feb 20 8:01 PM Costa do Sauipe, Brazil (Sports Network) - Home country favorite Ricardo Mello moved into the second round at the $380,000 Brasil Open with a three-set triumph over Costa Rica's Juan Antonio Marin. Save to My Web http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=tennis-m/news/BCN4005709.htm Mello marches on at Brasil Open Costa do Sauipe, Brazil (Sports Network) - Home country favorite Ricardo Mello moved into the second round at the $380,000 Brasil Open with a three-set triumph over Costa Rica's Juan Antonio Marin. The 25-year-old Mello, who has one career singles title, earned a hard-fought 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, 6-0 victory to set up a second-round match versus either eighth-seeded Serbian Boris Pashanski or German Tomas Behrend. Those two will tangle on Tuesday. In other opening-round play at Costa do Sauipe - Salvador, Czech Jiri Vanek got past Spaniard Albert Montanes 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 and Argentine Carlos Berlocq topped veteran Spaniard Fernando Vicente 6-2, 2-0, retired. Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal, who is not defending his title this week, beat his compatriot Alberto Martin in last year's all-Spanish clay-court finale here. Argentine Gaston Gaudio is the top seed and will take on Spaniard Albert Portas, a lucky loser, in the first round on Tuesday. The 2006 Brasil Open champ will collect $52,000. 02/20 22:58:58 ET