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Returning from recent abdominal and hamstring injuries, Alcaraz earned a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory in two hours against Laslo Djere. He was at his best early and late as he moved through the gears, treating the expectant crowd to the full range of magic that helped him claim the 2022 year-end No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

The result of the game, which was postponed from the weekend due to Real Madrid's World Club Cup games, was never really in doubt from the moment Marco Asensio scored an excellent individual goal in the eighth minute on Wednesday night. The striker, in the side for the suspended Vinicius Jr, beat two defenders and placed the ball in the corner of the net, reports news agency Xinhua.

This rare ploy from Australia means left-arm spinner Ashton Agar and Matthew Kuhnemann are in the mix to play in New Delhi from Friday, alongside the off-spin duo of Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy. "I think there's a conversation. We'll work that out by the end of today, I hope. He's one of the world's premier bowlers in these types of conditions. We'll see. As I said, the wicket looks like it might turn a little bit."

Wednesday's win was the third successive win for Duplantis in the indoor season after 6.10m in Uppsala on February 2 and 6.06m in Berlin last Friday. Duplantis cleared 6.01m on his second attempt but he opted not to try to beat his own world record of 6.21m. The world record holder had seemed less than happy from his first effort, at 5.64m, where he sailed over.

Pujara had made his Test debut co-incidentally in the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy match against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in October 2010, making 72 in a successful chase of 207 and was promoted ahead of Rahul Dravid, now the head coach of the Indian team. In that game, he was trapped lbw for four by Mitchell Johnson in the first innings.

The wicketkeeper-batter Hope and batting all-rounder Powell will take over from Nicholas Pooran, who stepped down from the positions last November following the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. Both men had served as vice-captains under Pooran, and their first assignments will be the upcoming tour of South Africa in March where the West Indies face the Proteas.

Swiatek was set to face Bencic in Thursday's quarterfinals, but the Abu Dhabi champion withdrew from the tournament after notching a physical, hard-fought victory over Victoria Azarenka. The Pole will now face either No.4 seed Coco Gauff or Veronika Kudermetova in the semifinals on Friday. Last season, Swiatek kicked off her 37-match win streak in Doha, where she captured.

After winning the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs, India now need to win two more matches against Australia to clinch a spot in the WTC final, to be played between June 7-11 at The Oval in London, for the second successive time. Australia are currently at top of the WTC standings, with India in second place. There is a lot more to achieve. I am definitely satisfied.

The Asia Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September. However, BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), last year had made it clear that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the Continental championship and demanded that the event be moved to a neutral venue. Pakistan, on the other hand, have even threatened.

Roger Schmidt's Benfica took a major step towards the Champions League quarterfinals following a 2-0 victory as they will take a two-goal advantage back to Lisbon. Club Brugge started well, looking nothing like the team that has struggled in recent weeks. However, Benfica took control before the break and dominated after taking the lead, with the visitors looking at the stronger.