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Wozniacki needed two medica

Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 12:15 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Wozniacki needed two medical time-outs to treat her cramping left thigh in the third set and collapsed to the court sobbing and clutching both legs after netting a forehand at 30-15 in the last game. But she got back up and clinched the win when Zvonareva, who had saved two match points in the second set, netted a forehand on the freswhater pearl necklace third.

"I have absolutely no idea how I pulled it through, but I'm very happy about it," Wozniacki said.

It was the U.S. Open finalist's second win in the tournament, putting her on the verge of the semifinals.

Wozniacki said her leg started cramping at 3-1 in the third set.

"From there, it just got worse and worse," she said. "I'm feeling better now. I got to cool down, getting some massage. ... I'm going to do everything tonight to recover to loose akoya pearl be ready for tomorrow."

Zvonareva replaced Safina as an alternate and had a dismal start, losing her first four service games. At 3-2 in the second set, she needed a five-minute medical time-out to treat a bleeding nose, and the match looked headed for a quick finish after she lost the next two games at love.

However, Wozniacki allowed her opponent back into the match as Zvonareva won the next three games and then saved two match points when serving at 6-5 _ the first thanks to a Hawkeye challenge after a line judge ruled that her forehand had gone wide.

The lucrative Doha tournament is the last WTA Tour event of the season for the eight top-ranked women, with the top two players from each group advancing to the semifinals. The twisted pearl necklace winner pockets up to $1.55 million depending on her results in the group phase, where each win is worth $100,000.

Serena reaches Doha semis

Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 12:11 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Doha - Serena Williams became the first player to clinch a spot in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships after beating Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-4 on freshwater pearl bracelet Thursday for her third straight win in the group phase of the tournament.

Williams was broken to trail 2-1 in the first set but then won seven straight games to take control of the match, moving the Russian around the court with her powerful ground strokes.

She converted her third match point when Dementieva sent the ball into the net, then pumped her fist and yelled "Finally!"

Williams, who secured the year-end No. 1 ranking after Dinara Safina pulled out with a back injury, has failed to get out of the round-robin phase of the freshwater pearl season-ending tournament the last two years.

"I'm happy to finally do well," she said.

The win also means Williams' sister Venus is still alive in the tournament. She needs to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in Thursday's late match to still have a chance of reaching the knockout rounds.

Dementieva, who rallied from a set down to beat Venus Williams in their opening match, didn't find her stride until trailing 2-0 in the second set, as the encounter failed to live up to their epic three-set Wimbledon semifinal _ billed by many as the best women's match of the year.

Dementieva won the longest game of the match after wholesale pearl jewelry converting her fifth break point to make it 2-1, and the set went with serve until the last game.

United appeal ref's twin error

Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 10:29 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

London - Manchester United have asked the inflatable bouncer Football Association (FA) to overturn the yellow card shown to Fabio da Silva against Barnsley because his twin brother should have been booked instead.

Referee Chris Foy cautioned da Silva for a challege on Barnsley's Jamal Campbell-Ryce during the course of United's 2-0 League Cup win at Oakwell on pearl jewelry wholesale Tuesday when the offender was the Brazilian's twin brother Rafael.

United's submission, delivered on Thursday, is due to be heard by a regulatory commission on Tuesday.

The holders' victory saw United into this season's League Cup quarter-finals but they finished the match with 10 men after England full-back Gary Neville was sent-off for pearl jewelry a foul on Adam Hammill.

On the impact

Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 10:26 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

"He's not been as outspoken as Kevin was … (Pietersen) created a lot of the tension and anger surrounding him."

On the impact of Andrew Flintoff's Test retirement for England, Smith said: "He's a great guy, a true character of the game … one of pearl bracelet those charismatic figures the English fans could really get behind.

'They'll miss him in that way. He was also an all-rounder, and they give crucial balance to any team – it will be interesting to see which way England go in (filling the gap).

"You always want to play against the best bowlers in the world and he's been right up there. He’s very good against left-handers so that was a great challenge for me."

When it was suggested Jacques Kallis might be particularly relieved about Flintoff's retirement, Smith joked (referring to controversy in the heat of battle at pearl jewelry wholesale Edgbaston last year): "There won’t be any problems with sightscreens in South Africa for Jacques."

Praising his England leadership counterpart Andrew Strauss, Smith said that from the segments he saw of the Ashes series, he had "looked composed and well-prepared" and seemed to emerge the better of the two captains (Ricky Ponting the losing Aussie skipper) in the final analysis.

"Strauss has managed himself well in terms of the stresses and pressures of captaincy in a big series.

'Longevity in the job and how you handle that responsibility around the world … is his next challenge."

Smith confirmed that he envisaged a day when he could “play just as a batter and senior pro” for South Africa, although he added: “I took over the inflatable castles captaincy at 22 … it really feels like my team now.”

But he would not commit when probed on a possible successor.

"I don't think I want to put anybody under unnecessary pressure at the moment."

Warmer SA vibe for Trott?

Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 10:15 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Cape Town – Jonathan Trott may be spared the amount of "stick" Kevin Pietersen has received when he almost certainly tours the country of freshwater pearl bracelet his birth, South Africa, this summer as part of the England Test squad.

That is the view of Proteas captain Graeme Smith, in a revealing eight-minute audio interview on the BBC website.

Smith - possibly in a veiled swipe at his old adversary Pietersen - said Capetonian Trott, who made a century-making debut in the decisive final Ashes Test at the Oval recently, had gone about his task of qualifying for and then representing England "in a very humble way".

They were once team-mates for the SA U19 side, toured Pakistan as 17-year-olds, and were also briefly allies at Western Province.

"Jonathan is a talented cricketer and has taken (his selection for multi strand pearl necklace England) in his stride. (South Africans undertaking the English qualification process) is part and parcel of the professional world … fans probably make a bigger thing of it than the players do, I think. He made a firm decision a couple of years ago that it was the route he was going to take.

"He's grateful to have got the opportunity and hasn't pretended to be English or anything else."

Asked whether he would receive the same degree of freshwater pearl jewelry hostility as Pietersen has customarily received from South African fans, Smith replied:

"It's difficult to say. There will probably be some sarcastic comments and joking about the number of SA-born players in the squad, (but) Trotty also hasn't made any massive, abusive statements about the country he was born in.