Roger Federer stormed into the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in California with a straight sets victory over Nicolas Mahut.
The world number one and three-time champion wasted little time in dismissing his French opponent for a 19th consecutive time, claiming a 6-1 6-1 triumph in just 53 minutes.
Mahut, ranked 44th in the world, [...]
March 20, 2008
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Roger Federer bounced back from his recent disappointments with victory over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2 at Indian Wells.
The world number one, who lost his last two matches against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and Andy Murray in Dubai, has not lost three matches in a row since the summer of 2002.
And the three-time [...]
March 18, 2008
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When rain reduced the Under-19 World Cup final to a battle of nerves, the Indian bowlers held theirs better than the South African batsmen did to win by a dozen runs, and with that their second U-19 World Cup.
After being bowled out for 159 to a stifling performance by the South African bowlers and [...]
March 2, 2008
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( Shreevats Goswami)
India Under-19s were stretched for the first time in the tournament but held their nerve in a tense chase under lights in wet conditions at the Kinara Oval to beat New Zealand by three wickets to reach their second successive final.
The victory was set up by their bowlers, who bowled an [...]
February 27, 2008
Categories: Cricket . Tags: 19, cup, goswami, india, kohli, new zealand, under, virat, world . Author: mylow . Comments: Leave a Comment