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Top seed Caroline Wozniacki survived an early scare to join Julia Goerges in the WTA Auckland Classic final after an exhausting Saturday involving the quarter and semi-finals. Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark hits a return against Sachia Vickery of the US during their women s singles semi-final at the WTA Auckland Classic tennis tournament in Auckland on Saturday. AFP While second-seed Goerges progressed comfortably, win stanley cup ning both her matches in straight sets, Wozniacki found herself a set down in her quarter-final against 19-year-old American Sofia Kenin. READ | Tata Open tennis: Marin Cilic too hot to stanley mugs handle for Pierre-Hugues Herbert But she regrouped to beat Kenin 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 then overcame another patchy start to beat Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4 in the semis. Im exhausted, the 27-year-old Wozniacki said after spending a total of nearly five hours on court. Its a tough start to the season coming out here and playing three sets this morning and then two tough sets now. Im not 17 any more, I can feel that for sure. The incessant rain that washed out play on the previous two days abated to occasional showers that left enough time to allow the two rounds to be completed. The third seed, Barbora Strycova from the Czech Republic, and the fourth seed, Polands Agnieszka Radwanska, were both beaten in the quarter but their victors, Taiwans Hsieh Su-wei and Vic stanley cup kery progressed no further. READ | Kyle Edmund subdues Chung Hyeon to set up Grigor Dimitrov quarters in Bris Stmr Players say available for Indonesia tie, end tennis rebellion
Slovakia deepened Russias woes with classy first-half goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik in a tense 2-1 victory in Euro 2016 Group B on Wednesday. Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev foreground centre , reacts after Slovakia s Marek Hamsik scored his side s second goal during the Euro 2016 Group B football match between Russia and Slovakia at the Pierre Mauroy stadium i stanley cup n Villeneuve dAscq, near Lille, France. AP Photo Just 24 hours after Uefa told Russia it would be expelled from the tournament if their fans caused more crowd trouble, the Slovaks outplayed them for large parts of a match contested under a closed roof because of forecasts of heavy rain. Slovakia, after losing their opening clash 2-1 to Wales, took the lead in the 32nd minute when midfielder Hamsik hit a superb long ball to Weiss who cut inside the left-hand side of the box and cu stanley cup rled his shot inside the far post. Just before halftime Hamsik picked up a short corner on the left and struck his own superb curling shot across the goal and inside the right hand post. R stanley flasche ussia made the last 10 minutes intense with a header from Denis Glushakov but the Slovaks survived, leaving Russia with a point from a draw with England at the weekend when their fans were involved in violent clashes with opposition supporters. Russia s Fedor Smolov looks on as fans light a flare. Reuters Photo Russia coach Leonid Slutsky named an unchanged starting line-up for Wednesdays Euro 2016 Group B meeting with Slovakia. |
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