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Headlines (07 September) :
Hughes hails 'statement of intent'
Manchester City sealed the British record transfer of
Robinho from Real Madrid late on Monday night with manager Mark
Hughes describing the amazing signing as "a huge statement of
intent".
Potters add to ranks
Stoke beat the transfer deadline to wrap up the
signings of midfielders Tom Soares and Michael Tonge.
Ferguson salutes Berbatov capture
Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed £30.75million man
Dimitar Berbatov as a "key signing" in Manchester United's
quest for a Premier League title hat-trick.
KP has big plans for Jones
Kevin Pietersen has revealed how he wants Simon Jones
to be part of his future England plans once he recovers from his
latest knee operation.
Williams sisters to meet in US Open
Fourth seed Serena Williams will face older sister
Venus in the quarter-finals of the US Open after easing to a 6-2 6-2
victory over France's Severine Bremond on Monday.
Monty backs Europe's Cup claims
Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke, the two star
names left out of the Ryder Cup team, both agree with the bookmakers
that even without them Europe are favourites to win again.
Murray hails greatest slam triumph
British number one Andy Murray hailed his victory over
Stanislas Wawrinka at the US Open as the best performance of his
grand slam career as he marched into quarter-finals in emphatic
style.
Nadal holds off Querrey
Rafael Nadal looked far from invincible as he survived
a serious challenge from Sam Querrey on Monday to advance to the
quarter-finals of the US Open.
Hick to retire
Former England batsman Graeme Hick will retire from
county cricket at the end of this season.
Fellaini record signing for Everton
Everton have broken their transfer record to sign
Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini for an initial £15million
from Standard Liege. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 06
September 2008
GOLF
Deutsche Bank Championship Collated final round scores
& totals in the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship, The TPC
Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, United States of America(USA unless
stated, par 71):
262 Vijay Singh (Fij) 64 66 69 63 267 Mike Weir (Can)
61 68 67 71 270 Ernie Els (Rsa) 66 65 69 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68
66 63 73 271 Tim Herron 72 67 67 65, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 64 68 72
272 Justin Leonard 69 70 66 67, Chad Campbell 67 70 69 66, Jim Furyk
66 65 69 72 273 Ben Crane 72 65 63 73, Steve Marino 66 66 71 70, Ken
Duke 66 67 70 70 274 Steve Stricker 69 67 70 68, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 69
65 68 72 275 Hunter Mahan 70 64 72 69, Steve Flesch 68 65 73 69,
Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 68 69 71, Tim Clark (Rsa) 66 62 73 74, Heath
Slocum 64 68 69 74, Johnson Wagner 68 65 74 68 276 Richard S Johnson
(Swe) 67 66 69 74, Pat Perez 69 69 68 70, Brett Quigley 69 70 67 70,
KJ Choi (Kor) 69 70 70 67, Briny Baird 64 69 68 75, Carl Pettersson
(Swe) 67 68 68 73
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles 4th rd:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-2 5-7
7-6 (7-2) 6-3 Mardy Fish (USA) bt (32) Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-5 6-2 6-2
(17) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-3 6-4 6-3
(6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-1 6-3 6-3
Women's Singles 4th rd:
(16) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt (32) Amelie Mauresmo
(Fra) 6-3 6-0 (6) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger)
7-5 6-0 (4) Serena Williams (USA) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 6-2 6-2
(7) Venus Williams (USA) bt (9) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 6-1 6-3
Men's Doubles 3rd rd:
Robert Lindstedt (Swe) & Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt
(1) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) 6-4 6-7 (11-13)
6-2
Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (4)
Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Mark Knowles (Bah) 2-6 6-4 6-4
Bruno Soares (Bra) & Dusan Vemic (Ser) bt Igor
Kunitsyn (Rus) & Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 7-6 (11-9) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6
(7-3)
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt
Marc Gicquel (Fra) & Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Tommy Robredo (Spa) & Sergio Roitman (Arg) bt (15)
Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Andre Sa (Bra) 6-2 6-4
(2) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt Michael
Mertinak (Svk) & Lovro Zovko (Cro) 6-3 6-2
Women's Doubles 3rd rd:
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) & Virginie Razzano (Fra)
bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-2 6-4 (4)
Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Lindsay Davenport
(USA) & Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-2 6-3
Mixed Doubles Quarter-final:
(5) Cara Black (Zim) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt
Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze) & Martin Damm (Cze) 7-5 6-2 Nadia
Petrova (Rus) & Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Rennae Stubbs (Aus) &
Robert Lindstedt (Swe) 6-3 6-2 Liezel Huber (USA) & Jamie Murray
(Gbr) bt (2) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) 7-6
(7-5) 6-7 (9-11) 11-9
Boy's Doubles 1st rd:
(8) Dan Smethurst (Gbr) & Marcus Willis (Gbr) bt
Bradley Klahn (USA) & Rhyne Williams (USA) 6-4 6-4 Daniel Cox
(Gbr) & Dane Propoggia (Aus) bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) & James
Seal (USA) 6-4 6-4
Girl's Singles 1st rd:
Heather Watson (Gbr) bt Lauren McHale (USA) 6-3 6-4
Girl's Doubles 1st rd:
(5) Richel Hogenkamp (Ned) & Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt
Nicole Bartnik (USA) & Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-4 6-3 |
