 | Stosur eases into Qatar final WORLD number 5 and 2011 US
champion Samantha Stosur of
Australia became the first finalist
of the Qatar Total Open after
world number 7 Marion Bartoli
pulled out on Saturday of the
match due to an injury in her
right leg. At the Khalifa
International Tennis ...
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| | England crushes Pakistan by 9 wickets |
 KEVIN Pietersen hit his
eighth one-day hundred
while Alastair Cook missed a
third consecutive century as
England crushed Pakistan by
nine wickets in the third daynight
match on Satuurday.
The 31-year-old Pietersen
notched an unbeaten 98-ball
111 while opening partner
Cook hit 80 to help their
team overhaul a modest 223-
run target set by Pakistan
with 12.4 overs to spare at
Dubai Stadium.
The victory gave England
an unassailable 3-0 win in
the series, with the fourth
and final match to come here
on Tuesday. Pietersen,
whose last hundred came
against India at Cuttack in
November 2008, hit his 10th
boundary to bring up the
win.
Pietersen ... | | | Azarenka set for victorious,
emotional return to Dubai |  VICTORIA Azarenka admits
that her bid to win two Middle
East tournaments in as many
weeks is an emotional one as
the young Belarussian returns
to Dubai where she nearly quit
the game a year ago.
This time last year the 22-
year-old from Minsk thought
she would quit the women´s
tour after early defeats in Doha
and Dubai.
But after achieving one the
most astonishing turnarounds
in the modern game
she returns to the region as a
stunning new world number
one.
Azarenka is top seed both at
this week´s Qatar Classic,
where last year she lost in the
first round to Daniel
Hantuchova, and at next
week´s Dubai Open, where she
lost second round to ... | | | Nasser al Kuwari gets QNRRCH
pole position in Losail |  NASSER Saadon al Kuwari
topped the qualifying race
ahead of the third round of
the Qatar National Road
Racing Championship at
the Losail International
Circuit.
As many as 10 cars raced
for the pole position on
Friday and it was Nasser,
whose Mitsubishi nearly
touched 145-km mark in
the opening lap while qualifying
in the first place with
2:13.865.
Tim Stevens in Porsche
was second being nearly
five seconds off the pace.
Jassim al Maadeed
topped the production
class, clocking 2:20.740.
Along with the QNRRCH,
the Qatar Motor and
Motorcycle Federation also
organised the Maserati
Trofeo JBK RAK free practice.
It is the first time that
such an event is ... | |
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