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United Cup: De Minaur stuns Nadal as Australia take 1-0 lead against Spain
Nadal, who had earlier lost to Cameron Norrie in Spain's first preliminary round match here, went down to Australia's Alex de Minaur in three games as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in their Group D encounter. De Minaur came up with a stunning performance here on Monday as he upset Nadal 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 as the 23-year-old rallied from a set-and-a-break down to earn the biggest win of his career by ATP Ranking after two hours and 44 minutes.
Adelaide International: Djokovic receives grand welcome on his return to Australia
The Serb and his Canadian partner Vasek Pospisil suffered a 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 loss at the hands of Tomislav Brkic and Gonzalo Escobar, on his return to Australia for the first time since he won the 2021 Australian Open. The 21-time Grand Slam champion received huge support from the crowd.
You can easily afford a driver: Kapil Dev offers piece of advice to young cricketers after Pant's car accident
Pant met with a near-fatal car crash on Friday morning. He was on his way to his hometown Roorkee from New Delhi and was driving his Mercedes car. The 25-year-old Pant suffered serious injuries on forehead, a ligament tear on the knee, also hurt his right wrist, ankle, toe and suffered abrasion injuries on his back when his car collided with a road divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.
IND v SL T20Is: Hardik Pandya, Rahul Dravid face tough calls in opener against Sri Lanka
With New Zealand set to reach the country in the middle of the month -- for three T20Is and as many ODIs -- and Australia following suit in February, India will end up playing 6 T20Is, 9 ODIs and four Test matches (all against Australia as part of Border-Gavaskar Trophy) by March end.
Adelaide International 1: Popyrin stages huge upset over Felix
The World No. 120, who has also earned victories against Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas, will next face American Marcos Giron. Popyrin struck 11 aces and rallied from 1-4 in the second set, holding his nerve in the second-set tie-break to advance after one hour and 53 minutes in his first ATP Head2Head meeting against Auger-Aliassime.
Shaheen Shah Afridi resumes his rehabilitation under Pakistan team's medical staff in Karachi
Shaheen has been out of action since the Men's T20 World Cup final against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in November 2022, where he had picked a knee injury while taking the catch of Harry Brook at a crucial time in the match. It meant that Pakistan missed out on their strike bowler for the rest of the match, who bowled only 2.1 overs in the finale.
Happens to be at the wrong time of the year: Josh Hazlewood on his run with injuries
Hazlewood suffered a side strain during the first Test against West Indies in Perth and hasn't been in action since then. He then ruled himself out from playing the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Melbourne, and is now on the verge of a comeback in the longer format at Sydney. "It's frustrating, definitely. I don't feel like I've been injured much...it just happens to be at the wrong time of the year, after the first Test. The Test matches are so close together now.
Rishabh Pant shifted to private suite from ICU due to high risk of infection, says DDCA Director Shyam Sharma
On Friday morning, Pant, 25, suffered multiple injuries when his car collided with a road divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. The horrific car accident happened between Manglaur and Narsan in the Haridwar district in the state of Uttarakhand. Pant is currently admitted to Max Hospital in Dehradun after being initially taken to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre. He was on his way to his hometown Roorkee from New Delhi and was driving his Mercedes car. "He's fine right now and has been shifted to a private suite from the ICU.
United Cup: Trevisan wins 3-hour thriller to give Italy lead against Norway
The 29-year-old Italian needed more than three hours to dispatch the Norwegian, winning 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to post her first win of the season, reports unitedcup.com.
Lorenzo Musetti will look to extend Italy's lead in the second singles match of the day when he faces Viktor Durasovic. Having defeated Brazil 3-2 in its opening tie, Italy needs a victory over Norway to advance to the Brisbane City Finals. If Norway can engineer an upset over the fifth seeds, Brazil will finish at the top of Group E and advance to Wednesday's City Finals.
Couldn't have asked for a better start, says Marco Jansen on first year in international cricket
The left-arm fast-bowling all-rounder has been a great addition to South Africa's bowling attack in Tests, picking up 36 wickets in eight matches at an average of 19.02 in 2022. With the bat, he has shown glimpses of being reliable, especially when he registered a fifty against Australia in the second Test at MCG. His stellar performances in 2022 meant Jansen has earned a nomination for ICC's emerging player of the year award. "It didn't start great, my first over in Test cricket went for 14 (12).
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