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United Cup: Pegula shocks Swiatek to give USA 1-0 lead over Poland
Pegula broke Swiatek five times and dropped her serve only once in storming to her first win over the three-time grand slam champion since 2019. Swiatek lost the first seven points of the match - five with forehand errors. A slew of terrific winners enabled her to break Pegula back from 40/0, but it was the American who maintained her initial momentum. Pegula teed off repeatedly on Swiatek's serves, firing clean return winners en route to breaking for 4-1. The 28-year-old out-rallied Swiatek in the highest-octane baseline exchanges ultimately tallying 21 winners to the Pole's 18.
IND v SL: Dravid seeks patience and understanding for young players, says they will have off-days
Arshdeep bowled five no-balls in the second T20I against Sri Lanka at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday night, becoming only the second bowler after Hamish Rutherford to bowl so many no-balls in a T20 international match involving ICC full member countries. He also ended up conceding 37 runs in two overs as Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis took full advantage of the three free-hits to smack him all around the ground, taking 17 runs in his first over.
Tata Open Maharashtra: Indian duo Balaji-Jeevan shock No. 2 seed to storm into doubles semis, Cilic pulls out due to injury
The pair consists of Jackson Withrow, World No. 49 and Nathaniel Lammons, ranked 46 in the world, gave their all to take the match into the final tie-breaker but the Indians did enough to get the result in their favour at the end of the second set. Balaji and Jeeven ended 2022 with six successive semi-finals appearances at the Challenger events.
ASB Classic: Gauff, Fernandez advance to quarters; Raducanu, Venus Williams crash out
After lengthy rain delays eventually forced the entirety of this match indoors and it was World No.7 Gauff who prevailed in 1 hour and 23 minutes to reach her first Auckland quarterfinal in her second appearance at the tournament. Gauff built a 4-1 lead in the opening set, but the 2022 Roland Garros finalist failed to serve out the set at 5-3, allowing Kenin back on serve.
2nd T20I: Pandya blames poor efforts in powerplay of both innings for India's 16-run loss to Sri Lanka
After Pandya won the toss and chose to bowl first, the Indians conceded 55 runs without any success in the power-play as Kushal Mendis made merry. They pulled things back in the middle overs before Sri Lanka hammered 77 runs in the last five overs to race to 206/6 in 20 overs with Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka blazing to a sensational 20-ball half century.
Adelaide International 1: Jabeur advances to quarters with win over Cirstea
Jabeur, who got a bye in her opening match, will face Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals. "Very happy, great start for me. Obviously, I wanted to win the first set much easier, but I will have to learn from it and keep more energy," said top seed Jabeur. The Tunisian showed both flashes of brilliance and understandable rust in her first match of the season.
ISL 2022-23: Bartholomew Ogbeche hat-trick leads Hyderabad FC to 3-1 win over FC Goa
Both teams got off to a slow start in this fixture. Neither had created any big chances in the first 15 minutes, but Hyderabad FC have never needed to be in control of the game to score goals, and they showed that once again. Halicharan Narzary picked out Ogbeche from the left flank, and the Nigerian striker placed his header to perfection to give Hyderabad FC the lead in the 20th minute.
2nd T20I: Axar, Suryakumar fifties in vain as India lose to Sri Lanka by 16 runs
With the bat dominating the ball on a true pitch on which bowlers were rewarded for putting in extra effort, Shanaka hammered 56 off 22 deliveries after Mendis had blazed away to 52 off 31 as Sri Lankans capitalising on wayward and ineffective Indian bowling to post 206/6 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first by Hardik Pandya who won the toss.
Men's National Boxing: Shiva Thapa cruises into final following victory against Manish Kaushik
Having clashed against each other on several occasions in the past, Assam's Thapa and Services Sports Control Board's (SSCB) Kaushik have produced some blockbuster contests with this encounter being no different. Both pugilists started out aggressively from the get go with neither shying away from showcasing their strength and establishing their dominance over the other.
2nd T20I: Mendis, Shanaka blast half-centuries as Sri Lanka race to 206/6 against India
After Mendis had given the visitors a good start by racing to his fifty off 27 deliveries on being asked to bat first, Shanaka went better as he blazed to a half-century off 20 balls -- both of them feasting on some ineffective medium-pace bowling. Shanaka was totally dominant in the death overs and with Charith Asalanka hammering a 19-ball 37, Sri Lanka blasted 77 runs for loss of two wickets in the last five overs, thus reaching the second-highest score on this ground.
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