Sports Fact of the Day 2/11/2007

2/11/2001:
Rising tennis star Roger Federer defeats American Jan-Michael Gambill in four sets at Basel, Switzerland, clinching a first-round Davis Cup tie for the Swiss. Federer won all three of his matches here, topping Todd Martin in his first singles rubber and pairing with Lorenzo Manta to win the crucial doubles point yesterday. Premier American stars Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras could not be persuaded to represent the United States in this event, but by happenstance or irony their animated caricatures (with accompanying voice-overs) appear on a first-run episode of The Simpsons this very night on American television.

Birthdays:
Eddie Shack b. 1937
Sammy Ellis b. 1941
Ben Oglivie b. 1943
James Silas b. 1949
Brian Daubach b. 1972