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It was a very intense game with the two best teams in the country. – Sir Alex Ferguson
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GCu annual sports festival LAHORE sTaFF REPORT
The annual sports festival of Government College University will be held here on Wednesday at Punjab Stadium. As many as 1400 players will take part in the march past which will mark the opening of the threeday festival. A number of events will be held besides the athletics championship. Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Khaleeq ur Rehman will declare open the event and former test cricketer and manager of Pakistan cricket team, Shafqat Rana will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony on April 12.
Monfils beats Blake at us Clay Court Champs
POLAND: Klara Zakopalova plays a shot against Kristyna Pliskova at the Katowice Open.
anwar sports beat City Gym LAHORE sTaFF REPORT
Anwar Sports beat City Gymkhana by four wickets in a friendly cricket match here on Tuesday. SCORES: City Gymkhana 254 for all. Jahangir Faraz 60, Asif Khan 64, Waleed Ahmed 31. Adil Sharif two for 44, Shahzad Hameed three for 34, Majid Ali two for 22 and Ghulam Haider two for 25. in reply Anwar Sports 256 for six. Salman 33, Irfan Munir 65, Danial Zahid 40, Amer Hayat 33. Usman two for 42, Shahroz Khan one for 57, Asif Khan one for 53 and Waleed Ahmed one 15.
appolo sports beat Prince LAHORE sTaFF REPORT
Appolo Sports beat Prince Club by 8 wickets in the 2nd Iqbal Yousaf Memorial Cricket Tournament. Playing at Railway Allama Iqbal Institute Ground, Prince Cricket Club batting first 199 all out. Sadiq 51 & Iftikhar 34 runs. Shahid 4/51, Sabir 2/38 & Adnan 2/22 wickets. In reply Appolo Sports 201/2. Tanveer Jabbar 81 & Salman Ali 67 runs not out. Prince Club bowling Shahzad 1/49 & Saeed 1/43 wickets.
Zafar Memorial beat Dharampura LAHORE sTaFF REPORT
In a Challenge Cricket match Zafar Memorial Cricket Club beat Dharampura Sports by two wickets at Bara Dari Cricket Ground. Dharampura Sports batting first 338/6 after 35 overs. Maqsood Butt 83, Shahzaib 60, Rehman 55 & Adnan 45 runs. Ehtisham Tahir 3/48 & Hafiz Khurram 2/65 wickets. In reply Zafar Memorial Cricket Club 339/8 after 34.1 overs. Maknan Ali batted well 102, Usman Liaqat 56, Hassan Munir 65, Tameem Shahid 45 & Sajjad Haider 40 runs not out. Asghar 2/56, Rehman 2/60 & Bobi 2/45 wickets. End of the match Cricket Promoter Rana Sadiq Ali give away cash award to Maknan Ali.
aligarh Club down Muslimabad Gym LAHORE sTaFF REPORT
Aligarh club has moved into the next round of 28th M Yaseen Akhter Memoroial Cricket event when they outplay strong Muslimabad Gym by 7 wickets played at Model Town Aligarh ground on Tuesday. SCORES: Muslimabad Gym 129 all out in 19.3 overs. Mudasar Zaidi 17, Kashif Rasheed 17, Shahid Akram 10, Ali Abas Zaidi 13, Khuram 33, Jalal 16, Sheraz 10. Shakil MAlik 3/29 , Rehan Rauf 2/19, Rohail 1/20, Imran 1/23, Rehan Ali 1/10, 2 batsmen runout. Ali Garh Club 130/3 in 19.3 overs. Sheraz Ali 40, M Mubashar 51(no), M Farookh 25(no). M Adeel 1/11, Zain Islam 1/14, Akbar Yousuf 1/27.
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AEL Monfils of France served 15 aces to beat John Blake of the United States 76 (5), 7-5 in the first round of the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Monday. Blake, once ranked No 4, played his 51st match at River Oaks Country Club where he is a crowd favourite but Monfils won cheers for his performance in his first match in the city. Monfils, who played in only 10 tournaments last year because of a knee injury, matched the sixthhighest total of aces in the tournament. He will next face top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Rhyne Williams of the United States, playing on a wild card, beat Guido Pella of Argentina 7-5, 7-5 in an earlier first-round match. Monfils broke Blake in the 11th game of the second set on three straight errors by Blake and wrapped it up quickly with a love final game that included two aces. He won at the first match point
on Blake's backhand error. "I am 100 percent with the level the way I played," Monfils said. "I was happy the way I was moving. I can say it's a nightmare (injury) behind me so I am very happy." Blake held after six break points in the eighth game of the first set but his serve failed him in the 10th game and the set eventually went to a tiebreaker. The score was tied at 3-3 in the tiebreaker when Monfils won three straight points and then capped the set with an overhead at set point. "He really makes it tough out there," Blake said. "He makes you work hard to win points and combining that with a pretty big first serve. When that's going in, that makes a big difference." Monfils applauded the crowd after his win but said he didn't hear their cheers during the match. "It's been four weeks since I played so I was more focused on winning this match and hoping there was no more pain," Monfils said. "The crowd was very fair today. I knew it would be tough because James is a big favourite here."
BRITISH DAvIS Cup HERO READY fOR THE AxE: British Davis Cup hero Dan Evans admits the return of Andy Murray means he is facing the axe for his country's next tie despite an epic performance in their victory over Russia. Britain, playing without world No 2 Murray, battled back from 2-0 down to beat Russia 3-2 at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Sunday, with Evans, ranked 325 in the world, producing the best match of his life to crush world number 80 Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 in the deciding rubber. In Murray's absence, Evans has won three Davis Cup rubbers against players ranked much higher than himself. But Britain's first Davis Cup victory from 2-0 down since 1930 means Leon Smith's side go forward to a World Group play-off in September with the chance to return to the elite group of 16 nations. US Open and Olympic champion Murray has committed to playing in the tie, which could pit Britain against the likes of Spain, Switzerland, Germany or Australia.
Serena keeps top spot BERLIN: American Serena Williams continued to lead the women's tennis rankings in an unchanged top 10 issued Monday by the WTA. Williams has 11,115 points to command the standings from Russia's Maria Sharapova (10,240)
and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (9,325). agENCIEs WTA top 10 as of April 8 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Serena Williams, US, 11,115 points 2. (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 10,240 3. (3) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 9,325
4. (4) A Radwanska, Poland, 6,845 5. (5) Li Na, China, 5,880 6. (6) A Kerber, Germany, 5,500 7. (7) Sara Errani, Italy, 5,405 8. (8) P Kvitova, Czech Republic, 5,225 9. (9) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 3,790 10. (10) C Wozniacki, Denmark, 3,760
Volandri hits back to down oswald
CASABLANCA: Top seed Filippo Volandri recovered from a set down to dismiss Philipp Oswald in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca. Volandri lost the opener 6-3 but recovered to take the next two 6-2 and 6-3. The second seed, Marc Gicquel, also won in three sets, beating Dominic Thiem 6-4 1-6 6-4, while Tommy Robredo enjoyed a straight-sets victory over Guillaume Rufin. agENCIEs
Djokovic doubtful for Monte Carlo Open ZEGRAAB agENCIEs
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic may miss the Monte Carlo Masters. Belgrade – World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who suffered an ankle injury during the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals with the United States, said his participation at the Monte Carlo
Masters was uncertain, media reported Monday. “The season on the clay begins... I would like to play in Monte Carlo, where I live. I love that tournament, I am optimist, but I do not know if it is realistic,” Djokovic was quoted as saying by Serbia's Beta News Agency. Talking about his injury, Djokovic said he had “avoided the worst degree of
distortion”. “My ankle swelled... but I have to check how serious it is and then to estimate if I can play in Monte Carlo,” from April 14 to 21, he said. But the No. 1 was more optimistic regarding his participation at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, which is the only Grand Slam that eludes him. “Roland Garros is still far away,” he
added. Djokovic has earlier said that winning in Paris was one of his main goals for 2013, along with the Davis Cup. Djokovic's victory over Sam Querrey on Sunday helped take Serbia into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup, where they will meet Canada in September.
DJOKOVIC MAINTAINS LEAD AT THE TOP BERLIN: Novak Djokovic maintained his big lead in the men's tennis rankings in the latest list issued Monday by the ATP. Djokovic, who helped Serbia on the weekend to beat the United States for a place in the Davis Cup semi-finals, has 12,500 points to rank ahead of Briton Andy Murray (8,750) and Swiss Roger Federer (8,670) in an unchanged top 10. agENCIEs ATP TOP 10 AS OF APRIL 8 (PREvIOuS RANKING IN PARENTHESIS): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 12,500 points 2. (2) Andy Murray, Britain, 8,750 3. (3) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8,670 4. (4) David Ferrer, Spain, 6,970 5. (5) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 6,385 6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 5,015 7. (7) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4,750 8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,695 9. (9) Richard Gasquet, France, 3,230 10. (10) Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 3,000