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- Spain's Ferrer beats Fish to seal win over US
- Controversial American sprinter edges Chambers to win 100m gold
- All bowlers except Siti Shazwani make the cut in San Marino
| Spain's Ferrer beats Fish to seal win over US Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - David Ferrer beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5) to clinch a 3-1 victory for Spain over the United States in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Ferrer, who beat Andy Roddick on Friday night, fell backward when Fish's final shot sailed wide, then jumped into the arms of Spain captain Albert Costa. The win gave Spain, seeking a third Davis Cup title in four years, an insurmountable 3-1 lead and a spot in the semifinals against France. Playing without world No. 2 Rafael Nadal, Spain went 3-0 in singles. Spain had to overcome a rowdy pro-American crowd to earn its first Davis Cup victory in the U.S. After Ferrer's victory, Sunday night's scheduled match between Roddick and Feliciano Lopez was canceled. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Controversial American sprinter edges Chambers to win 100m gold Posted: 10 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT MADRID: Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin, rebuilding a career shamed by a four-year doping ban, edged Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 100m at the Madrid meeting on Saturday. US sprinter Gatlin clocked 10.10 to beat Chambers (10.13) with America's Travis Padgett (10.18) claiming third place. Gatlin was suspended for four years after testing positive for testosterone just three months after equalling the world 100m record in 2006. Ironically, Chambers also served a doping ban, in his case for two years in 2003. "I'm just taking it step-by-step, race-by-race and every event I've been in has had good competition and that elevates me so I get to world championships. My goal is to get to that final," Gatlin said. "I'm staying focused, and it means a lot to me to reach them." Gatlin's four-year suspension saw him plummet from sprinting's pinnacle to athletics wilderness, but he rebounded to make the US team for the 100m at the Aug 27-Sept 4 world championships in Daegu, South Korea. His dope test failure in 2006 was considered a second offence, following a 2001 violation for a banned stimulant, resulting in a longer ban. He has never admitted to knowingly using banned drugs, but he lost two appeals and failed in a legal battle to compete at the 2008 US Olympic trials for a chance to defend his Games gold in Beijing. The Madrid meet, a world challenge level event, is one of the few the 29-year-old has been invited to race in Europe as the continent's top track and field officials have sought to exclude former drug cheats from major European one-day track events. The 12-year policy is up for discussion, however. "I'm hearing different kind of news every day about being able to race at different races," Gatlin said. "Right now, wherever they put me at - if they put me on the moon I'm gonna race on the moon." Elsewhere on Saturday, Jamaica's Schillonie Calvert won the women's 100m in 11.23 ahead of American pair Barbara Pierre (11.28) and Tianna Madison (11.30). In the men's 400m, Belgium's Kevin Borlee took victory in 44.74, the best European time of the season, ahead of Cuba's William Collazo (44.95). America's Tyler Mulder won the 800m in a time of 1:45.10 ahead of Russia's Youri Borzakovsky (1:45.57), the 2004 Olympic champion, and Spain's Manuel Olmedo (1:45.67). Americans swept the men's 110m hurdles with Tyrone Akins (13.45) leading home Joel Brown (13.49) and Jeff Porter (13.53). – Agencies Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| All bowlers except Siti Shazwani make the cut in San Marino Posted: 10 Jul 2011 04:14 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's challenge in the San Marino Open bowling tournament continues in the knockout stages after all the bowlers, except for Siti Shazwani Ahmad Suhaimi, made the cut after the final qualifying rounds on Saturday. With the best six-games total of 1,419 pinfalls managed on Friday, Esther Cheah was placed sixth, earning herself automatic qualification to the third elimination round, which was played late yesterday evening. The top-six finishers go automatically to the third elimination round. The seventh to 12 finishers qualified for the second elimination round while the 13th to 48th finishers will take part in the first elimination round. Esther, who is participating in her first international event in six months, showed no signs of rust in her game to be the only woman in the top-10 qualifiers for the knock-out stage in the mixed men and women event. Brunswick Euro Challenge winner, Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan, was a rung below on 1,417 pinfalls and will advance to the second elimination round. Accompanying Syafiq for the second elimination round are Adrian Ang and Jacqueline Jenelee Sijore who finished the qualifying rounds in 11th and 12th spots on 1,396 and 1,395 pinfalls respectively. Meanwhile, Alex Liew (20th; 1,371 pins), Sharon Koh (26th; 1,366), Zulmazran Zulkifli (30th; 1,352), Zandra Aziela (31st; 1352) and Sin Li Jane (38th; 1,338) made the cut for the first elimination round. Only 48 bowlers qualified for the elimination rounds. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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