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Greensboro native John Isner is out of the BA Tennis Trophy in Vienna, Austria. Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Oliver Marach of Austria defeated Isner and his partner, Jordan Kerr of Australia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreak in a doubles semifinals match. In singles play, top-seeded Marin Cilic reached the semifinals but second-seeded Radek Stepanek and third-seeded Gael Monfils lost their quarterfinals.

AGASSI REVEALS MORE: Andre Agassi used crystal meth periodically for "a year or so," the eight-time Grand Slam champion revealed in an interview with People magazine.

In his upcoming autobiography, Agassi admits he used crystal meth in 1997 and failed a drug test -- a result he says was thrown out after he lied by saying he "unwittingly" took the substance.

"If you're going to tell your story, you owe it to yourself to tell it honestly," Agassi told the magazine in its latest issue. "Especially if you're going to call it 'Open,'"

New excerpts published Friday reveal Agassi wore a hairpiece that nearly fell off at the 1990 French Open, became jealous during ex-wife Brooke Shields' appearance on "Friends," and how Shields put a photo of Steffi Graf -- now married to Agassi -- on the fridge for motivation to get in better shape before their wedding.

"It's a photo of the perfect woman, she says" Agassi wrote. "The perfect woman with the perfect legs -- the legs Brooke wants."

Agassi also explains how he and Shields begin dating shortly after Christmas 1993 and connected by sharing their experiences with pushy parents. He also reveals that he stormed off the set of "Friends," becoming jealous when Shields had to lick actor Matt LeBlanc's hand.

"Have some more hand. I'm out of here," wrote Agassi, who said he consulted Shields on the book.

NBA

HAMILTON OUT: Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton will miss at least two games because of a sprained right ankle.

Pistons coach John Kuester says Ben Gordon will start in Hamilton's spot Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Chucky Atkins was activated to add depth.

Hamilton also will not play Saturday night at Milwaukee. He was injured late in Wednesday night's season-opening win at Memphis. Postgame X-rays on the ankle were negative. He scored a team-high 25 points in the win.