The 23-year-old top seed, who won her first major tournament in Melbourne last year, burst into tears after she successfully defended her claim to the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, becoming one of only eight women, including Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams, who have done so.

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The Davis Cup final takes place at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, from 30 November to 2 December.

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Thomas Pasqualini, a 50-year-old supply-chain official at Solo Cup, says an executive physical at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2006 spurred him to fix his unhealthy lifestyle.

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The school is planning to erect a memorial bench and tree in memory of Kyle, as well as a cup dedicated to inter-house football competitions.

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He also won the Memorial this year and is in contention for a place on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will take on Europe in September at Valhalla in his home state of Kentucky.

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