Tag: Quarters

NEW DELHI - India will look to wrap up a convincing victory over rock-bottom Netherlands in the World Cup on Wednesday and virtually make sure of their quarter-final berth. India are the only team who have yet to taste defeat in their group and that record is unlikely to be broken against the under-performing Dutch who have still to register a win. The host nation are on top of Group B with five points. England have as many points but have played a game more and have a worse run rate

NEW DELHI - India go into their World Cup match against the Netherlands Wednesday sitting on top of Group B and look certain to qualify for the quarter-finals but with lingering doubts over their bowling attack. The host nation have won two of their three matches for a total of five points, the same number as England and one ahead of West Indies and South Africa. But while India's powerful batting line-up has been firing, there are fears that the bowling does not have the strength

Kuala Lumpur - Fourth-seeded Jarmila Groth of Australia beat Misaki Doi Thursday to book a berth in the Malaysian Open quarterfinals but third-seeded Alisa Kleybanova was knocked out by 150th-ranked Michaella Krajicek. Krajicek of the Netherlands overcame an early setback to upset her Russian opponent 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Groth, who also reached the Brisbane International quarterfinals two months ago, took nearly 90 minutes to overcome the Japanese teenager 7-6 (6), 6-3.

KUALA LUMPUR - Former world number four Jelena Dokic was forced to recover from a set down to beat Kurumi Nara in WTA's BMW Malaysian Open. Dokic overcame six service breaks in a 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 win over Nara to reach the quarterfinals.
Seeded players Ayumi Morita and Bojana Jovanovski also claimed wins and advanced to the quarterfinals. Morita, seeded sixth, won the first seven games of her match before finishing off a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Zhang Shuai. Morita lost only two

DOHA - The cull of seeded players continued in Doha with Francesca Schiavone and Shahar Peer crashing out of the WTA Qatar Open in one-sided matches here on Wednesday. Italian Schiavone, the third seed, became the biggest casualty yet at the tournament when she was ousted by China's Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-3 in the second round, while the eighth-seeded Peer, who had beaten two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kusnetsova on Tuesday, was thrashed by Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 6-1, 6-0.