Pennetta Beats Mattek-Sands to Give Italy 2-0 Lead

Monday 8th November, 2010 13 Kaneria stopped from Pennetta beats travelling to UAE ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistan Cricket Board has prevented leg Mattek-Sands to spinner Danish Kaneria from travelling to the United Arab Emirates for the Test series against South Africa. give Italy 2-0 lead PCB director of inter- national cricket operations SAN DIEGO (AP) - Flavia with an ace and followed it with an Zakir Khan told The Pennetta beat Bethanie Mattek- unreturnable serve for a 30-0 lead. Associated Press on Sands 7-6 (4), 6-2 to give defending “I say, ‘Oh God, today is tough,’ “ Sunday that Kaneria was champion Italy a 2-0 lead over the Schiavone said later. “not cleared by the board.” United States in the Fed Cup final The top Italian singles player Khan refused to give on Saturday. quickly turned it around and broke details of the reasons for The Italians need just one more serve, winning the game when denying clearance. victory in the five-match competi- Vandeweghe double-faulted on the In September Essex tion to secure their second straight last two points. police cleared Kaneria of Fed Cup final victory against the “Of course there are going to be criminal charges over alle- United States. Italy won 4-0 last nerves in the beginning of the gations that he was year. match,” Vandeweghe said. “And I involved in spot-fixing dur- After losing five straight games think that was one of the reasons I ing a county match to let Mattek-Sands take a 6-5 lead, faulted on those two points to get against Durham last year. Danish Kaneria Pennetta fought back from set point rid of the advantage and give her a Middle-order batsman to join their team-mates to win the 12th game.” Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar for the Test series, begin- game to force a tie- Vandeweghe Ali, Mohammad Sami and ning in Dubai from Nov. breaker. Fed Cup Final tied the second Taufeeq Umar left for UAE 12. French Open set at 4-4 by champion Francesca Schiavone got breaking Schiavone’s serve. The Italy off to a fast start with a 6-2, 6-4 Italian was too strong, though. She victory against 18-year-old CoCo broke Vandeweghe’s serve, then Vandeweghe. served it out, winning the match Are Indian lasses striving Pennetta seemed all but finished when Vandeweghe hit a backhand in the first set when Mattek-Sands service return into the net. to get married to Sachin? grabbed the momentum at 6-5 and Schiavone held the advantage in had the crowd on its feet at the San everything from ranking - she’s No. Diego Sports Arena. Pennetta strug- 7, Vandeweghe is No. 114 - to her 19- gled with her serve in the next 14 overall record in Fed Cup. game and handed Mattek-Sands set But she said she doesn’t feel she point before fighting back to force a can win matches based on her repu- tie-breaker, which had the rest of tation since winning the French the Italian players on their feet. Open. Pennetta, ranked No. 23, won the “Absolutely not,” Schiavone final two points of the tie-breaker, said. “I don’t believe in those kinds then dominated the second set. of things and I believe that she feels Mattek-Sands was tended to pressure on the court, not just for twice in the second set by the team the T-shirt or for the name. Because Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns to Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United trainer. when you serve good you don’t give States during the Fed Cup final tennis match Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Schiavone needed just 1 hour, 23 her the chance to find the solution. San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) minutes to beat Vandeweghe, who “She is young and played a was making her Fed Cup debut. good match for the first time in big serves and heavy ground- game,” Vandeweghe said. “I kind Vandeweghe grew up in the luxury Fed Cup.” strokes. of found a little more rhythm.” enclave of Rancho Santa Fe in San U.S. captain Mary Joe “The second set was played a The Fed Cup lost much of its Two Indian girls hold a placard, which reads a message for Diego County and is the niece of Fernandez picked Vandeweghe lot better by me and I felt more luster when Serena and Venus Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar during the fourth day of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe. over Melanie Oudin as the No. 2 comfortable with her game and Williams dropped out due to first cricket Test match between India and New Zealand, in Vandeweghe opened the match U.S. singles player based on her her patterns matching up to my injuries. Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Chilean miner Rooney burned in effigy GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC takes to streets in southern England town SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA for NYC Marathon MINISTRY OF HIGHWAYS & ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY INVITATION TO BID

IMPROVEMENTS TO WALAHAPITIYA - DENIYA ROAD FROM WALAHAPITIYA RAILWAY CROSSING TO RUPPE JUNCTION (2.7KM) Rescued Chilean miner Edison CONTRACT NO. RDA/DW/NWP/GOSL/453 Pena visits the Empire State Building observation deck on 1. The Chairman, Road Development Authority Procurement Committee, on behalf of the Friday, Nov. 5 in New York. Pena Road Development Authority (RDA), invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bid- was aiming to finish the New ders for the “IMPROVEMENTS TO WALAHAPITIYA - DENIYA ROAD FROM York City Marathon yesterday. WALAHAPITIYA RAILWAY CROSSING TO RUPPE JUNCTION (2.7KM)” (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) as described below:- BY VERENA DOBNIK • The scope of the work: IMPROVE THE ROAD SURFACE USING ABC & PRIME NEW YORK (AP) - A Chilean miner who jogged miles (kilome- COAT AND OVERLAY OF ASPHALT CONCRETE BINDER COURSE WITH TACK ters) underground while waiting to COAT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO WALAHAPITIYA-DENIYA ROAD FROM be rescued joined some the world’s best marathoners and thousands of WALAHAPITIYA RAILWAY CROSSING TO RUPPE JUNCTION (2.7 KM). other runners in the New York • The Direct Construction Cost is Rs. 15.05 million. City Marathon on Sunday. Edison Pena started off in • The Construction Period for Contract is 105 calendar days. Staten Island at 9:40 a.m., hoping to cover the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilome- 2. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding Procedure. To be ter)-course through the city’s five eligible for contract award, the successful bidder shall be currently registered with the boroughs in six hours. By 10:12 M5/C6 a.m., “The Runner” - as his fellow Institute for Construction Training and Development (ICTAD) in Grade or higher miners had nicknamed him - had grade for Highway specialty. covered the first few miles, cheered on by residents of a 3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the following office and inspect Brooklyn neighborhood. the bidding documents, during office hours “First, I want to run this marathon, but secondly, I’d like to Artist Frank Shepherd puts the finishing touches onto a depic- a. Provincial Director (NWP), RDA, Kurunegala. motivate those people who aren’t tion of Manchester United soccer player Wayne Rooney, ahead Telephone: 037-2223250, 037-2228076, running the marathon to do so in of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society bonfire night display, in the future,” he said through a Edenbridge, Kent, England, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Towns 4. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English language shall be purchased by inter- translator. “I also want to specially across Britain light bonfires and set off fireworks every year to ested bidders on submission of a written application to the Provincial Director (NWP), motivate young children and youth commemorate the failure of a Nov. 5 plot to blow up parlia- to run because running makes you RDA, PD’s Office, Kurunegala from 08/11/2010 until 22/11/2010 during 09:00 hrs. to ment and King James I in 1605. Bonfires are traditionally free.” 15:00 hrs. upon payment of a non refundable fee of Rs. 2,240.00 (inclusive of VAT). The 34-year-old was among the topped with an effigy of conspirator Guy Fawkes but have 33 miners rescued last month after been decorated with contemporary figures over recent years. 5. Bids shall be delivered in duplicate to the Chairman, Road Development Authority Pro- spending 69 days trapped 2,300 feet (AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller) underground by a cave-in. An avid curement Committee, C/o Director General, Road Development Authority, 1st Floor, runner, he jogged several miles Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, on or before 14:00 hrs. on 23/11/2010. Late bids will be (kilometers) every day through rejected. Bids will be opened soon after the closing, in the presence of the bidder’s tunnels. Pakistan say 3 players fined representatives who chooses to attend. He had cut his steel-tipped ISLAMABAD (AP) - three will be available to play electrician’s boots down to ankle Pakistan’s team manager Monday in the final and deci- 6. Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security for the amount of Rs. 300,000.00. Bid- height so he could train each Intikhab Alam says three sive match of the best-of-five 12/03/2011. 12/02/2011. morning and afternoon along the players have been fined for one-day international series. Security shall be valid until Bid Validity period shall be until rocky, muddy 1,000-yard (900- breaking curfew during the Pakistan is under pres- 7. The Pre-Bid meeting will be held at 10:30 hrs. on 16/11/2010 at the office of the Provincial meter) corridor where the men team’s series with South sure to avoid any off-field inci- were trapped. Africa. dents, after three of its play- Director (NW Province), Road Development Authority, Kurunegala. He built up strength by drag- Alam says opener ers were charged and sus- ging a large wooden pallet that was Shahzaib Hasan, spinner pended for their alleged The Chairman, attached to a cord tied to his waist. Abdul Rehman and Wicket- involvement in a fixing scan- RDA Procurement Committee, NYC Marathon officials heard keeper Zulqarnain Haider dal earlier this year. Alam about Pena’s subterranean train- were fined 500 dirhams ($136) says the fines are aimed at Road Development Authority, ing and planned to invite him as for staying out late in Abu reminding players that disci- 1st Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla. an honored guest. But he wanted Dhabi where the series began plinary problems won’t be tol- to actually run the race. last month. Alam says all erated.