Shanghai—Nikolay
Davydenko upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3),
6-3 on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters for
his fourth title of the year. The sixth-seeded
Davydenko broke decisively in the sixth game of
the second set to collect his 18th career title.
His flat groundstrokes and angled winners denied
the Spaniard a sixth title for this year and his
first since the Rome Masters in May.
Berlin—’King’ Arthur Abraham opened
his Super Six campaign with a 12th-round
knock-out of United States fighter Jermain
Taylor here on Saturday. With an unblemished
record of 31 wins and now 25 knock-outs, it was
a punch straight through Taylor’s guard at the
end of the final round which left the American
pole-axed on the canvas.
Hyderabad—On a
pitch that offered bounce and some movement,
Stuart Clark led a disciplined bowling
performance to restrict Somerset to a below-par
111 which NSW knocked off without breaking a
sweat in the League A game in Hyderabad.
Osaka (Japan)—Samantha Stosur captured her
first career WTA title when she defeated
Francesca Schiavone of Italy to win the Japan
Open women’s tennis tournament on Sunday. The
Australian third seed, who dashed Caroline
Wozniacki’s defence of the title in the
semi-finals on Saturday, chalked up a 7-5, 6-1
victory over the fourth seed in just 68 minutes.
London—North Korea’s Olympic champion Hong Un-Jong
disappointed in the women’s individual vault
final at the World Gymnastic Championship on
Saturday as Kayla Williams of the United States
claimed gold. Hong fell on landing in both her
attempts at London’s 02 Arena to cost herself
any chance of a medal.
