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SPORTS F9, 10, 11, Genertec Plaza, No 24 Murray wins, Li SPORTSreaches semis FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2007 Tel: 86-10-63373598 British ace downs Davydenko; Fax: 86-10-63373599 www.chinaitc.com.cn www.chinaitc.cn Chinese No 1 to face Hantuchova F9, 10, 11, Genertec Plaza, No. 90, Xisanhuan Zhonglu Fengtai District, Beijing 100055, China INDIAN WELLS, California: British No 1 Andy Murray outgunned Nikolay Davydenko and fi red 10 aces. Ponting century sees while Li Na and Daniela Han- “I got some big serves in tuchova booked a semifinal during the last game when I clash with hard-fought wins at needed to,” Murray said. “I felt Aussies past Scotland the ATP/WTA Pacifi I played the big points better. Murray stepped upc Life his Open. bid He surprised me at the start by for his third career title with coming to the net a lot. CRICKET a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win over Rus- “This was about me playing a sian fourth seed Davydenko really good match and manag- BASSETERRE, St Kitts: on Wednesday to reach the Relishing a good pitch and ing to come through.” tralia captain Ricky Ponting the short boundaries at Warner quarterfi Aus- Murray is off to a career best displayed dazzling footwork Park, Hayden marched down dhardcourt nal tournament. at the $5.3 million 18-3 start and moves into his against Scotland on Wednes- the pitch to on-drive Paul Hoff- The 19-year-old Scotsman fi rst quarterfi day to strike a fourth World man for six in the seventh over. ended on a high, fi face Haas. The nal two where have henever will Cup century and lead the world He also hit six fours before he kph ace on the fi ring a 220 met before. champions to a 203-run win in was lbw pushing forward in off- the match. nal point in their opening Group A match. spinner Majid Haq’s fi Murray played with a sense Bounce back Ponting lofted fi of purpose from the beginning Gilchrist had already rst over. de- Chinese dynamo Li fought his 113 from 93 balls, ve breaking sixes in parted for 46 from 55 balls to end, using one of his two chal- back from a 5-1 defi Indian Saurav Ganguly’s previ- with seven boundaries, a typi- lenges to reverse a call on the fi second set to defeat citRussian in the ous World Cup record of 23. He cally entertaining if somewhat point of the match to his favor. 15th seed Zvonareva. also became the sixth person rst streaky innings. “I knew it was the fi The 25-year-old from Wuhan to score 1,000 World Cup runs and I wasn’t going to waste one Ponting survived a chance rst point, province said she felt her game with his opening boundary, a at 23 when wicketkeeper Colin because I saw it was wide,” go up a notch after falling be- sweetly timed on drive. Smith, standing up to former Murray said. hind in the second set. By the end of his innings England one-day all-rounder Li fought back from the brink of “After she went ahead 5 -1, I he had scored a total of 1,111 Dougie Brown, failed to gather defeat to earn the fi started to play better and then World Cup runs, second only a thick edge. spot with a 6-4, 7-5 win rst over semifi Vera the ball seemed to slow down to another Indian, Sachin Ten- Zvonareva, who had knocked out nal He danced down the pitch to for me,” said Li, who won the dulkar. drive Haq and left-arm spinner defending champ Maria Sharapo- match when Zvonareva’s fi Glenn McGrath, who needed Glenn Rogers for six in con- va the day before. shot sailed into the net. 11 wickets before the match secutive overs and there were nal Hantuchova survived a scare Last year was a breakthrough to overtake Wasim Akram’s further sixes in consecutive from Peer 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5) in season for not only Li but Chi- World Cup record tally off overs from the two spinners as match that lasted almost three nese tennis, as Li became the 55, then took three for 14 on the Australian skipper raced to hours in the main stadium. fi rst from her country to reach a pitch freshened by rain as a century from 85 balls. In the night match, Germa- a Grand Slam singles quarter- Scotland succumbed for 131 ny’s Tommy Haas overpowered fi nal at Wimbledon. for nine in reply to Australia’s Like a village team Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, Zvonareva’s departure comes 334 for six. 6-2 in a fourth round contest. Meanwhile, despondent one day after she knocked out Opening bowler John Blain Canada captain John Davison Haas avenged a loss to the defending champion and top did not bat after leaving the likened his team to a village Chilean in their last meeting seed Maria Sharapova of Rus- fi eld during the Australia in- outfi 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in the semifi t after their World Cup de- sia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. nings. Scotland captain Craig feat by Kenya on Wednesday. this year’s Australian Open. nal of Hantuchova had to overcome Wright told a news conference Tailenders Umar Bhatti, An- Murray, who was the last 61 unforced errors to beat Blain had strained a calf muscle derson Cummins and Henry man to beat Roger Federer be- Israel’s Peer in a two hour, 53 and was also suffering from a Osinde were all run out in comi- fore Guillermo Canas knocked minute marathon quarterfi viral condition. cal fashion as outsiders Canada the three-time defending Hantuchova broke Peer’s serve Wright won the toss and were dismissed for 199 before champ out on Sunday, broke nal. four times and hit twice as many decided to fi Kenya won the Group C opener Davydenko’s serve three times forehand winners (22-10). overcast day, aeld decision on a steamy, which by seven wickets. suited Ponting. “Yeah it was pretty vil- Thirteenth-seed Andy Murray of Britain turns to his coach Brad Gilbert and screams after de- “I was going to bat anyway lage, wasn’t it?” Davison feating fourth-seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in their match at the Pacifi so losing the toss was fine,” told reporters. “It was pretty AFP tournament in Indian Wells, California on Wednesday. Murray upset Davydenko 7-6 (3), 6-4. he said. embarrassing at times. There Australia openers Adam weren’t too many positives Gilchrist (46) and Matthew there for us.” Major events, great opportunities! Hayden (60) reunited follow- Kenya captain and man-of- c Life Open tennis ing the latter’s return after the-match Steve Tikolo, play- breaking his right toe in New China Daily will send strong teams of experienced reporters and editors to cover the following major events and publish special ing in his fourth World Cup, Zealand last month to put on 91 said his 72 not out and two for government institutions and Chinese and foreign companies to demonstrate their strength and tap the enormous potential for coop AP for the fi rst wicket. 34 was all part of his job. ► The African Development Bank Group’s 2007 Annual Meetings Agencies The Annual Meetings will take place in Shanghai from May 16-17. 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