Ferrer overcomes Hewitt scare
Fifth seed David Ferrer survives a huge scare before sneaking into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 win over Australian hustler Lleyton Hewitt.
Archive for May, 2008
Farfus bags Pole in Pau
Augusto Farfus claims his first pole position of the season in the WTCC at Pau.
Sella seals Giro hat-trick
Italy’s Emanuele Sella secures Giro hat-trick with victory in stage 20 to Tirano. Alberto Contador keeps 4sec lead over Riccardo Ricco.
Leicester 16-26 Wasps
Lawrence Dallaglio bows out of rugby with a Guinness Premiership winners trophy after a 26-16 final win for Wasps over Leicester at Twickenham.
Becks given armband for T&T
David Beckham is given back the captain’s armband for England’s friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain.
Italian MotoGP: Free practice 3
1-Dani Pedrosa 1:49.975, 2-Casey Stoner 1:50.364, 3-Loris Capirosi 1:50.527, 4-Alex de Angelis 1:50.616, 5-Colin Edwards 1:50.750, 6-Valentino Rossi 1:50.892.
Kuznetsova crushes Petrova
Russian fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova strolls into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-2 6-1 drubbing of compatriot Nadia Petrova.
Jankovic wraps up Cibulkova win
Third seed Jelena Jankovic completes a 7-5 6-3 victory over Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova in the third round of the French Open.
Stepanek demolishes Robredo
Spanish 12th seed Tommy Robredo is knocked out of the French Open in the third round after being crushed 6-3 6-2 6-1 by Czech Radek Stepanek.
Morigami asked to throw match
Japan’s Akiko Morigami accuses a national team coach of asking her to throw a doubles match at the French Open, Japanese media reports.