BHUBANESWAR 16 | SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 Sports Serena breaks Chinese Wall BCCI bans tainted Shvedova creates ‘Golden Set’ history IPL cricketers London, June 30: Four-time LEE-RADEK MOVE UP Mumbai, June 30: Cracking champion Serena Williams the whip on domestic cricketers clinched a marathon triumph On a day when Indian caught in the IPL spot-fixing over China’s Zheng Jie to reach arch-rivals Mahesh scandal, the BCCI Saturday the Wimbledon last 16 Saturday Bhupathi and Sania Mirza slapped a life ban on pacer T as Lukas Rosol, the conqueror crashed out Leander Paes P Sudhindra and handed lighter of Rafael Nadal, returned and his Czech partner punishments to four other to anonymity. Radek Stepanek notched players who were also exposed Sixth-seed Williams, playing in up a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victo- in a TV sting operation. her 13th Wimbledon, saw off ry over Israeli combina- The decision to ban the 25th-seed Zheng, a semifinalist tion of Jonathan Erlich players for varying degrees in 2008, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 9-7 and and Andy Ram to move in was taken by the BCCI’s dis- will tackle Yaroslava Shvedova to the third round of the ciplinary committee, headed by of Kazakhstan for a place in the men’s doubles. President N Srinivasan, which quarterfinals. “It was good to met here to discuss the report win that. I needed a tough match Kvitova will play former French submitted by the Board’s Anti- and she’s always plays me in- Open champion Francesca Corruption Unit Chief Ravi credibly well,” said Williams. Schiavone for a place in the quar- Sawani on the matter. Wildcard Shvedova will go ters. Former World No.1 Ana While the 28-year-old into Monday’s fourth round tie Ivanovic, the 14th seed, reached Sudhindra was the worst hit, having made history as the first the last 16 with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 as his career seems all but over, woman at a Grand Slam to achieve win against Germany’s Julia Shalabh Srivastava was banned a Golden Set. Shvedova won 24 Goerges. Ivanovic will play sec- for five years. Mohnish Mishra, points and conceded none in a ond seed Victoria Azarenka who Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali first set 6-0 wipeout of Italian 10th put out Slovak qualifier Jana were banned for a year each. seed, and French Open runner- Cepelova, 6-3, 6-3. “The Committee held up, Sara Errani on her way to the Federer survives Sudhindra guilty of actually re- last 16 for the first time. Shvedova, Earlier Roger Federer managed ceiving a consideration to spot- who won 23 points in succession to save two match points en fix in a domestic cricket match, at the Memphis tournament in route to his victory against and hence imposed exemplary 2006, took the second set 6-4. Frenchman Julien Benneteau penalty on him. Sudhindra Mohnish tries to avoid the media after hearing his sentence “Today I laid a golden egg,” the Friday. Federer won 4-6, 6-7 has been debarred for life, Kazakh later tweeted. Serena Williams plays a shot during her marathon match with Zheng Jie Saturday PTI PHOTO (3-7), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1. “It does from playing any cricket for the same, even though the game into disrepute, and Czech World No. 100 Rosol play different indoors. Obviously, matches conducted or autho- no actual match-fixing or hence, have been held guilty had caused one of the greatest up- Saturday, normal service was re- pearance in the last 16. victory over France’s Benoit Paire. that is a bit of getting used to. rised by the ICC or BCCI, or spot fixing took place and of the lesser offence,” the sets in the history of the sport when sumed as German 27th seed Kohlschreiber will tackle American Defending women’s cham- Indoor grass is not something any affiliated unit of the BCCI,” has been banned for five Board explained. he beat World No. 2 Nadal in five Philipp Kohlschreiber, who beat qualifier Brian Baker for a place pion Petra Kvitova moved into we’re quite familiar with,” said the Board said in a statement. years,” the Board stated. The penalties will be effec- sets in the second round under Nadal on grass at Halle two in the quarterfinals. Baker’s fairy- fourth round as the Czech took Federer after pulling off his “Shalabh Srivastava was “The (other) three players, tive from the date of the sus- the Centre Court roof Thursday. weeks ago, eased to a 6-2, 6-3, tale return hit a new high when just 53 minutes to crush America’s eighth career recovery from two held guilty of agreeing to fix through loose talk and un- pension of these players that But on a windswept Court 12 7-6 (8/6) win and a first ap- he enjoyed a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-0. sets to love down. AGENCIES a match and negotiate terms substantiated bragging, brought is May 15. PTI SNIPPETS Akshay wrecks Windies TURKMENISTAN BEATEN St George’s (Grenada), June 27.1 overs. Left-arm spinner be adjudged man of the match. Muscat, June 30: India remained in contention for a berth in next LONDON: THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS... 30: Half the West Indies A Akshay Darekar was the wrecker- Batting, which has been the year’s AFC Under-22 Asian Cup final round after thrashing team failed to get on the score- in-chief for the Indians, grab- visiting side’s bane the whole Turkmenistan 4-1 in their fourth league match here Saturday. sheet as India A bowlers wreaked bing four wickets for just 17 runs tour, was once again far from Lalrindika Ralte and Jeje Lalpekhlua scored from the penalties in the havoc to guide the visitors to in 6.1 overs. He was ably sup- impressive as both the openers 36th and 86th minutes while Alwyn George and Romeo Fernandes also Games of many firsts a thumping 108-run win in ported by Saxena and the pace Shikhar Dhawan (19) and found the net in the 68th and 76th minutes at the Sultan Qaboos the second unofficial one-day duo of Ashok Dinda and Ajinkya Rahane (9) departed Stadium here. Italmazov Farhad pulled one back for Turkmenistan in The 1928 Olympics called the heads of state to inaugurate the tie and level the three-match se- Bhuvneshwar Kumar who with just 39 runs on the board. the 59th minute. India are now on seven points from four matches in ILL-FATED Group A and next play hosts Oman July 3. India got their first goal Games of the IXth Olympiad Games as he wanted to be in the ries 1-1 here Friday. picked two wickets apiece. The Caribbean bowlers, led when Romeo broke through and rival defender Komekov Hemayat had was held at Amsterdam in The Helena Nordheim, Anna limelight, whereasWilhelmina In a low-scoring affair, the Jalaj Saxena put up a good by Jason Holder, ensured reg- no option but to foul him in the box. Lalrindika calmly converted the Netherlands. The 1928 Games Dresden-Polak and Jud refused as she was on holiday Indians put up a rather mod- all-round performance, chipping ular fall of wickets but the Indians resultant spot-kick. After the breather, India repeatedly found the becomes all the more significant Simons won gold medals and did not want to disrupt that, est 184 for seven in their 50 in with a valuable 56-ball 35 just about managed to get a opposition defence shaky and scored three more goals. in terms of Indian association as three of the five Jewish because she was also furious at overs on board before dis- down the order besides pick- competitive total riding on Rohit as this was first time that India athletes on the Dutch the Organizing Committee for not missing the hosts for 76 in just ing up a couple of wickets to Sharma’s 73-ball 39. PTI ABRAHAM DREAMS DASHED won a gold medal as its hockey women’s gymnastics consulting with her about Almaty (Kazakhstan), June 30: Asian Games gold medallist Joseph team emerged champions. A team. They were later the opening date. Abraham’s London Olympics dreams were dashed Saturday despite STATE WEIGHLIFTERS LAUDED winning a gold medal in the men’s 400m hurdles on the first day of the feat which the country repeated killed at the Sobibor The Games saw many bril- six successive times. liant individual performances. Asian All Star Athletics Meet here Saturday. Abraham, also a national extermination camp in record-holder, clocked 50.22s to finish first but his effort was way But Amsterdam Olympics German-occupied Poland But two sportspersons stood below the London Games qualifying ‘B’ standard of 49.80s. Another are significant because it was an as part of the Holocaust, out among the athletes of the national record-holder and London Olympics-bound Tintu Luka fin- Olympiad where many ‘firsts’ where their coach Gerrit 46 participating nations. Johnny ished third in the women’s 800m, clocking 2:01.71s. But it was a disap- took place. It was the first time Kleerekoper also suffered Weissmuller won two swim- pointing show by another London-bound athlete, Sahana Kumari who that the Games were conducted the same fate. Teammate ming golds, a feat that pro- finished fifth in women’s high jump with a below par effort of 1.85m.