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| | Williams crashes out, Djokovic & Murray enter quarters |  US tennis queen Serena
Williams crashed to one of the
worst defeats of her glittering
grand slam career Monday, as
Novak Djokovic and Andy
Murray moved safely into the
Australian Open quarter-finals.
Williams, winner of 13 major
titles including five in
Melbourne, fell to the lowliest of
opponents on the sun-baked
centre court in Russia´s
Ekaterina Makarova, the world
number 56 coming off a fivemonth
losing streak.
But 30-year-old Williams,
who injured her right ankle this
month, was far from her best in
the error-strewn, 6-2, 6-3 defeat
and she admitted afterwards
that she wouldn´t have played if
the tournament was not a grand
slam.
"My lefty serve. |
| | Australia ready to complete
clean sweep, says Clarke |  AUSTRALIA captain
Michael Clarke is ready for
the biggest test of the summer
to complete a 4-0 clean
sweep in subcontinent-like
conditions for the fourth
and final Test against India
starting on Tuesday.
Offspinner Nathan Lyon
has been included at the
expense of left-arm swing
bowler Mitch Starc in the
only change to the
Australian side that won in
Perth by an innings and 23
runs inside three days.
Australia clinically and
ruthlessly outplayed India
in the first three Test but
Clarke believes things will
be different at the Adelaide
Oval.
"We have to be at our best
to beat them," Clarke said
Monday. "I say it is as close
to Indian conditions your
going to ... |
| | Ronaldo nets double as
´player revolt´ hit Real |
 CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored
two penalties as Real Madrid
restored its five-point La Liga
advantage with a 4-1 victory
over Athletic Bilbao on
Sunday just as the club reeled
from allegations of a player
revolt.
Ronaldo took his season´s
league tally to 23, hours after
Lionel Messi had hit a hattrick
in Barcelona´s 4-1 triumph
at Malaga.
That put the Argentine star
on 22 for the season as the
champions temporarily cut
the gap on its bitter rivals at
the top to just two points.
On the day that Marca
sports daily had claimed
coach Jose Mourinho had
accused some Real stars of
betraying him in the aftermath
of the midweek King´s
Cup defeat to Barca ... |
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