Sharapova makes early exit in California

Sharapova makes early exit in California

Indian Wells, California - Former champion and 10th seed Maria Sharapova ofs Rusia was knocked out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday, losing an error-strewn marathon to China's Zheng Jie 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Zheng, a surprise semi-finalist at the Australian Open in January, broke Sharapova three times in the final set before clinching victory in just under three hours The 26-year-old Chinese, seeded 18th, punched her right fist in delight after booking a place in the fourth round against Australian wildcard Alicia Molik, a 6-0, 6-2 winner over British qualifier Elena Baltacha.Zheng broke the former world number one three times to win the opening set but the 2006 champion followed suit in a protracted second set that lasted one hour eight minutes to level the match. Early service breaks were traded in the third before Sharapova appeared to take control when she again broke the Chinese, forcing a baseline error by her opponent with a powerful forehand to lead 3-1. After taking a medical timeout, Sharapova was then broken in her next two service games and Zheng, a feisty counter-puncher, took advantage by holding her own serve to close out the match. Sharapova, who had clinched her 21st WTA title in Memphis last month, piled up 62 unforced errors in the third-round encounter compared to 40 by Zheng.

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David Beckham injury, footballer out of World Cup

David Beckham injury, footballer out of World Cup

David Beckham will miss the World Cup Finals, after he recieved a complete
Achilles tendon tear on Sunday, in a series A clash. Though he was operated on the
next day, doctors predict that thefootb aller won't be able to run for six months
at least.ITS SAD news for David Beckham fans! The surgeon who has operated on
David Beckham has said that the former England Captain will miss the World Cup
finals, after he tore his Achilles tendon on Sunday. He had been playing in a
series A clash. As per doctors, the star footballer would be out of action for at
least four to five months.
After Sunday's injury, David Beckham had flown to Turku, Finland in a private jet,
deboarding the plane on crutches and quickly heading to Mehilainen hospital for an
emergency scheduled surgery. Post the 50 minute operation, the surgeon confirmed
that the top footballer had suffered from a complete tear of the Achilles tendon.
Professor Orava said, "It was a total tear. It's only a guess, but it's four
months to running and a couple more months to kicking and jumping. He was quite
happy after the operation."
Asked about David Beckham's future chances at the game, the surgeon said, "It's
difficult to say whether he has decided to come back at the same level as before,
but usually people can do what they have done before, if everything goes well."

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Djokovic battles to Indian Wells win

Djokovic battles to Indian Wells win

Second seed Novak Djokovic had to save three match points before beating Germany's

Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open.
The 2008 champion saved the first with a forehand volley winner before two errors
by the German in Indian Wells.
The Serb rode his luck to eventually triumph 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-3).
There were no problems for defending champion Rafael Nadal on his return from
injury after he beat Mario Ancic 6-2 6-2 to advance.
Djokovic trailed 0-40 on his serve in the 10th game of the decider but a forehand
volley winner saved the first match point, then Kohlschreiber wasted two
consecutive backhands to make it deuce.
Djokovic's ace and a subsequent double-fault led to a second deuce before two
straight errors by the German tied the set at 5-all.
Kohlschreiber held to go 6-5 up but Djokovic served a love game to force the
tie-breaker and once the Serb led 4-0 there was no way back for the German as he
closed out the victory with a forehand.

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Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets

Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets

THE DELHI Daredevils (DD) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 6 wickets in the sixth
match of DLF IPL 2010 at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmadabad this evening. Virender
Sehwag scored 75 runs in just 34 deliveries to secure Delhi Daredevils second
consecutive victory in IPL 2010.
Earlier Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals lost their first wicket as Asnodkar, he scored 5 runs. Naman Ojha
showed some good shots around the field but he bowled by Amit Mishra. Last match
hero Yusuf Pathan was unable to open his account. At one stage Rajasthan Royals
score was 50 for the loss of top four batsmen. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Paras
Dogra played well taken RR score to 110 runs. Dogra declared run out on 29 runs.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala scored not out 53 runs. At the end of 20th over Rajasthan
Royals score was 141 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.In reply, Delhi Daredevils started their inning with a style. Viru was unstoppable
by RR bowlers. Sehwag scored 75 runs in 34 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5
sixes. His strike rate was about 221. Munaf Patel caught him to Smith at 10th over
and by that time DD score was 99 runs. Earlier captain Gambhir and Dilsan out on
the cheap. AB de Villiers out for 15 runs. Delhi Daredevils won the match in 18th
over. Dinesh Karthik was not out for 23 runs and Mithun Manhas on 12 runs.

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