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24 FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2007 Murray wins, Li reaches semis Ponting century sees Aussies past Scotland British ace downs Davydenko; CRICKET Relishing a good pitch and Chinese No 1 to face Hantuchova the short boundaries at Warner BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Aus- Park, Hayden marched down INDIAN WELLS, California: and fi red 10 aces. tralia captain Ricky Ponting the pitch to on-drive Paul Hoff- British No 1 Andy Murray “I got some big serves in displayed dazzling footwork man for six in the seventh over. outgunned Nikolay Davydenko during the last game when I against Scotland on Wednes- He also hit six fours before he while Li Na and Daniela Han- needed to,” Murray said. “I felt day to strike a fourth World was lbw pushing forward in off- tuchova booked a semifinal I played the big points better. Cup century and lead the world spinner Majid Haq’s fi rst over. clash with hard-fought wins at He surprised me at the start by champions to a 203-run win in Gilchrist had already de- the ATP/WTA Pacifi c Life Open. coming to the net a lot. their opening Group A match. parted for 46 from 55 balls Murray stepped up his bid “This was about me playing a Ponting lofted fi ve sixes in with seven boundaries, a typi- for his third career title with really good match and manag- his 113 from 93 balls, breaking cally entertaining if somewhat a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win over Rus- ing to come through.” Indian Saurav Ganguly’s previ- streaky innings. sian fourth seed Davydenko Murray is off to a career best ous World Cup record of 23. He Ponting survived a chance on Wednesday to reach the 18-3 start and moves into his also became the sixth person at 23 when wicketkeeper Colin quarterfi nal at the $5.3 million fi rst quarterfi nal where he will to score 1,000 World Cup runs Smith, standing up to former dhardcourt tournament. face Haas. The two have never with his opening boundary, a England one-day all-rounder The 19-year-old Scotsman met before. sweetly timed on drive. Dougie Brown, failed to gather ended on a high, fi ring a 220 By the end of his innings a thick edge. kph ace on the fi nal point in Bounce back he had scored a total of 1,111 He danced down the pitch to the match. Chinese dynamo Li fought World Cup runs, second only drive Haq and left-arm spinner Murray played with a sense back from a 5-1 defi cit in the to another Indian, Sachin Ten- Glenn Rogers for six in con- of purpose from the beginning second set to defeat Russian dulkar. secutive overs and there were to end, using one of his two chal- 15th seed Zvonareva. Glenn McGrath, who needed further sixes in consecutive lenges to reverse a call on the fi rst The 25-year-old from Wuhan 11 wickets before the match overs from the two spinners as point of the match to his favor. province said she felt her game to overtake Wasim Akram’s the Australian skipper raced to “I knew it was the fi rst point, go up a notch after falling be- World Cup record tally off a century from 85 balls. and I wasn’t going to waste one hind in the second set. 55, then took three for 14 on because I saw it was wide,” “After she went ahead 5 -1, I a pitch freshened by rain as Like a village team Murray said. started to play better and then Scotland succumbed for 131 Meanwhile, despondent Li fought back from the brink of the ball seemed to slow down for nine in reply to Australia’s Canada captain John Davison defeat to earn the fi rst semifi nal for me,” said Li, who won the 334 for six. likened his team to a village spot with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Vera match when Zvonareva’s fi nal Opening bowler John Blain outfi t after their World Cup de- Zvonareva, who had knocked out shot sailed into the net. did not bat after leaving the feat by Kenya on Wednesday. defending champ Maria Sharapo- Last year was a breakthrough fi eld during the Australia in- Tailenders Umar Bhatti, An- va the day before. season for not only Li but Chi- nings. Scotland captain Craig derson Cummins and Henry Hantuchova survived a scare nese tennis, as Li became the Wright told a news conference Osinde were all run out in comi- from Peer 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5) in fi rst from her country to reach Blain had strained a calf muscle cal fashion as outsiders Canada match that lasted almost three a Grand Slam singles quarter- and was also suffering from a were dismissed for 199 before hours in the main stadium. fi nal at Wimbledon. viral condition. Kenya won the Group C opener In the night match, Germa- Zvonareva’s departure comes Wright won the toss and by seven wickets. ny’s Tommy Haas overpowered one day after she knocked out decided to fi eld on a steamy, “Yeah it was pretty vil- Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, defending champion and top overcast day, a decision which lage, wasn’t it?” Davison 6-2 in a fourth round contest. seed Maria Sharapova of Rus- suited Ponting. told reporters. “It was pretty Haas avenged a loss to the sia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. “I was going to bat anyway embarrassing at times. There Chilean in their last meeting Hantuchova had to overcome so losing the toss was fine,” weren’t too many positives 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in the semifi nal of 61 unforced errors to beat he said. there for us.” this year’s Australian Open. Israel’s Peer in a two hour, 53 Australia openers Adam Kenya captain and man-of- Murray, who was the last minute marathon quarterfi nal. Gilchrist (46) and Matthew the-match Steve Tikolo, play- man to beat Roger Federer be- Hantuchova broke Peer’s serve Hayden (60) reunited follow- ing in his fourth World Cup, fore Guillermo Canas knocked four times and hit twice as many ing the latter’s return after said his 72 not out and two for the three-time defending forehand winners (22-10). Thirteenth-seed Andy Murray of Britain turns to his coach Brad Gilbert and screams after de- breaking his right toe in New 34 was all part of his job. champ out on Sunday, broke feating fourth-seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in their match at the Pacifi c Life Open tennis Zealand last month to put on 91 Davydenko’s serve three times AFP tournament in Indian Wells, California on Wednesday. Murray upset Davydenko 7-6 (3), 6-4. AP for the fi rst wicket. Agencies
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