Murray torches Tsonga to reach Shanghai semis

SHANGHAI: Britain’s Andy Murray brushed aside burly Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Friday.

The fourth-seeded Scot looked sharp after a recent illness, taking command early in the first set and was hardly troubled in the second as he advanced to last four in just 54 minutes.

The error-prone Tsonga was no match for the 23-year-old world number four, whose stinging backhand returns forced the 12th seed into submission.

World number two Novak Djokovic plays Guillermo Garcia-Lopez for a place in the semis, while Jurgen Melzer, who beat world number one Rafa Nadal in the third round, plays Argentina’s Juan Monaco.

Roger Federer plays Robin Soderling for the last semi-final spot. AGENCIES

US OPEN : Nadal makes history with final win over Djokovic

Rafael Nadal finally stormed the most intimidating citadel of the sport where it is played on hard courts when he defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 in a rain-delayed U.S Open final that spanned 213 minutes and nearly six hours in total.
At 24 he becomes the seventh and the youngest man since tennis went open 42 years ago to claim all four Majors in a career. He did it by displaying his almost inhuman intensity to fight off the brave challenge of Serbia’s world number three.
Nadal is the crowning glory on Spain’s wonderful year of sporting success. The soccer World Cup, the Tour de France and now an almost unparallelled year of triumph in another sport practised all over the globe.

Nadal tops Djokovic for US Open title, career Slam

NEW YORK: Chasing his first U.S. Open championship, Rafael Nadal was so dominant, so determined, so defiant, his face curling into a sneer with every wallop of the ball.

With two marvelous weeks at Flushing Meadows capped by victory in a thrilling final Monday night, Nadal fashioned an emphatic answer to all those questions about whether he could grab the only major trophy missing from his collection.

Now owner of a career Grand Slam at age 24, champion at three consecutive major tournaments and nine overall, the No. 1-ranked Nadal is suddenly chasing something else: recognition as the greatest tennis player in history.

Approaching perfection for stretches — the guy played more than 40 points in a row without making an unforced error — Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a match filled with fantastic shotmaking by both men and interrupted by a

Nadal and Federer lead world’s top four into semis

World number one Rafa Nadal survived a scare and Roger Federer ended a run of recent losses to Tomas Berdych to lead the world’s top four players into the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters on Friday.
Defending champion Andy Murray and world number two Novak Djokovic also posted quarter-final wins to complete the all-star quartet but it was the possibility of a Nadal-Federer final that had tennis fans buzzing at the end of riveting day of action on the Canadian hardcourts.
Playing in his first event since winning Wimbledon last month, Nadal has at times appeared to still be in holiday mode, and the Spaniard was again slow out of the blocks against Philipp Kohlschreiber rallying for a nervy 3-6 6-3 6-4 win.
While Nadal could not have expected such a punishing workout from the 37th ranked German, who has just one win over a top 10 ranked opponent this season, Federer stepped onto centre court knowing the giant challenge that awaited him and responded with an inspired 6-3 5-7 7-6 victory over Berdych.
The towering 1.96 meters Czech has had Federer’s measure this season beating the Swiss twice, including an upset win in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
Berdych had looked poised to continue his winning sequence over Federer when he stormed to a 5-2 lead in the third but a relentless Federer refused to fold, finally getting the break he needed with Berdych serving for the match at 5-3.
With a breathless centre court crowd on its feet, there was more drama to come during a pulsating tiebreak that saw Federer jump ahead 4-0 then grimly hang to clinch the victory 7-5 when Berdych sent a return into the net.
Murray, who must at least reach Sunday’s final to keep his number four ranking, produced his best effort of the week, easing to a 6-2 6-2 victory over red-hot David Nalbandian, ending the Argentine’s 11-match winning streak.
Djokovic, the Canadian champion in 2007, also had smooth passage into the last four beating France’s Jeremy Chardy 6-2 6-3.

Iran successfully contains oil leak

TEHRAN: Authorities in Iran’s say they have managed to fully contain a leak in a key pipeline in the southern province of Khuzestan and clean the resulted slick in a neighboring river.

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Documents on Hitlers jail time auctioned

BERLIN: Some 500 documents from the prison that held Adolf Hitler in 1924 documenting the future dictator’s time behind bars are being auctioned in Germany.

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Berdych downs Djokovic to reach Wimbledon final

LONDON: Tomas Berdych clinched a place in the Wimbledon final for the first time as the Czech 12th seed defeated Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), 6-3 on Friday.

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Power demand, supply balanced: PEPCO

LAHORE: Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) here Saturday claimed that electricty demand and supply in the country have been balanced during last 24 hours.

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Pakistan committed to efface terrorism: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan is always committed to coordinate with other countries of the region for the common cause of annihilating menace of terrorism.

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Djokovic advances to French Open 4th round

PARIS: Third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia has advanced to the fourth round of the French Open by beating Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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