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| Davis Cup: Australia beats China 3-0 |
Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione gave Australia a winning 3-0 lead in its Davis Cup Asia-Oceania qualifier against China, beating Zhang Ze and Li Zhe 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s doubles.
The match started an hour late due to rain on the grass courts at the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club.
On Friday in singles, Hewitt beat Chinese No. 1 Zhang 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4) and Bernard Tomic put Australia up 2-0 by beating Wu Di 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Australia will host the winner of the South Korea-Taiwan series in the next round. South Korea leads 2-0.
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| Sania-Elena reaches semifinals |
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina showed nerves of steel under pressure as they shocked second seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to breeze into the wome .... |
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| Azarenka romps past Radwanska |
Victoria Azarenka fought through to win her 10th match of the season on Tuesday, securing a place in her second career Grand Slam semifinal with a 6-7 .... |
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‘Ponting should’ve retired after Adelaide Test’Former Australian pacer Geoff Lawson feels Ricky Ponting is self-indulgent and says the batsman should have announced his retirement from after the Adelaide Test against India last month.
Ponting on Tuesday said he would continue to play Test cricket despite being dropped from Australia’s one-day side.
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Difficult task to select best 18 for qualifiers: NobbsIndia''s hockey coach Michael Nobbs has a problem of plenty after impressive debuts by youngsters in the ongoing Test series against South Africa and he says it would be difficult to select the best 18 for next month''s Olympic qualifiers.
As many as four players -- Harbir Singh, SK Uthappa, Kothajit Singh, Chinglesana S .... |
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Diego Maradona in Italy tax rowSoccer icon Diego Armando Maradona, who enjoyed some of his best years while playing for Napoli, says he has no plans to visit Italy again until he can resolve his quarrel with Italian tax authorities, who claim he owes 40 million euros ($56 million).
He is made to feel like a thief and a "fraudster" every time he comes .... |
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Saina sails into quarters of Korea OpenAce Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal sailed into the Korea Open Super Series quarterfinals after notching up a straight-game victory over Shao Chieh Cheng of Chinese Taipei in the second round in Seoul today.
Fourth seed Saina registered a 21-14 21-10 win over Cheng in a 36-minute battle in women’s singles. The Indian will n .... |
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Tiger back at Honda event for first time since 1993Former world number one Tiger Woods will play in next month's $1.02 million Honda Classic for the first time as a professional.
"I've heard great things about the Honda Classic and now that I live here in Florida I want to play whenever possible," the 14-times major champion said on his website (www.tigerwoods.com) on Tu .... |
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