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- Tennis: Li floors Radwanska to reach Open semis
- Shabery: Athletes should not use marriage as excuse for inept show
- Chong Wei’s reign set to continue as youngsters fail to impress
| Tennis: Li floors Radwanska to reach Open semis Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:36 PM PST MELBOURNE:China's Li Na stormed into the Australian Open semi-finals Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who suffered her first defeat of the year. Li became the first player to take a set off Radwanska this season when she edged a tight first set which saw seven breaks of serve, but she then lost the first two games of the second set to love. However, Li then rattled off five straight games and saw off two break points when she served for the match at 5-3 to claim her sixth win in 10 meetings with Radwanska. Radwanska had been on a run of 13 straight wins, including 26 sets unbeaten, after claiming tournament wins in Auckland and Sydney. Li will face the winner of Tuesday's all-Russian quarter-final between world number two Maria Sharapova and Ekaterina Makarova in the last four. Li, a 2011 Australian Open finalist, is now into her first Grand Slam semi-final since she won the French Open in 2011. The world number six, formerly coached by her husband Jiang Shan, praised the input of her new coach Carlos Rodriguez. "I think it was pretty good for me and my husband. It is much easier for our life, we don't have to shout at each other on the court and also off the court," she joked.-AFP |
| Shabery: Athletes should not use marriage as excuse for inept show Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:15 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Athletes should not use marriage as an excuse for below-par performances or be an obstacle to success. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said athletes should instead use marriage as a motivation or inspiration to perform better in their respective events. "World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei and national goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat are the two athletes who excel in their respective fields despite being married. "Chong Wei did not use marriage as an excuse but rather showed that he is still able to perform at the highest level and win. Just look at his performances at the recent Korean Open and just concluded Malaysian Open. "After winning the Korean Open, he won the Malaysian Open for a record nine times and nothing seems to have doused his desire or determination to win," he told reporters after witnessing the signing of a sponsorship deal between the National Sports Council (NSC) and 100PLUS here yesterday. – Bernama |
| Chong Wei’s reign set to continue as youngsters fail to impress Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]KUALA LUMPUR: No one can take the credit away from world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei for winning a record ninth Malaysian Open title on Sunday although badminton giants China did not send their best line-up. |
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