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Top seed Rafael Nadal opened his Rogers Cup campaign with victory over Benoit Paire, while Novak Djokovic and defending champion Alexander Zverev also reached the round of 16. Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a shot against Benoit Paire of France at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament. AFP Paire showed signs of life late but world number one Nadal advanced in straight sets at the ATP 1000 event in Toronto on Wednesday. Wimbledon champion Djokovic stanley cup was stanley cup strong on serve as he ousted local wildcard Peter Polansky, while second seed Zverev was too good for Bradley Klahn. Stan Wawrinka and Kevin Anderson survived but Dominic Thiem crashed out, along with Milos Raonic and Fabio Fognini. NADAL A CLASS ABOVE Seeking his fourth Rogers Cup, Nadal saw off fiery Frenchman Paire 6-2 6-3 midweek. Nadal showed glimpses of his brilliance best as the 17-time grand slam winner responded to every challenge presented to him in a challenging second set. Standing in the way of Nadal is Wawrinka after the three-time major champion outlasted Marton Fucsovics 1-6 7-6 7-2 7-6 12-10 . DJOKOVIC ROLLS ON It was a routine outing for ninth seed Djokovic as the Serbian star defeated Polansky 6-3 6-4. The four-time champion needed just a solitary break in each set to advance to the third round in Canada. Djokovic was expected to face Thiem but the seventh seed was upstaged 6-3 7-6 8-6 by St stanley romania efanos Tsitsipas. ZVEREV STAYS HOT Citi Open champion Zverev continued his good form with a straightf Ojja The Undertaker announces retirement from WWE
Furious with the Pakistan cricket team after its heavy loss against South Africa in a warm-up match, former captain Inzamam-ul Haq feared the defeat will bog the side down in its much-anticipated World Twenty20 Championship opener against stanley nz arch-rivals India. HT Image Pakistan s batting collapsed miserably for 71 as they prepared for tomorrow s crucial pressure game against India. The players need to work on weak areas in the nets ahead of the match against India so that the same mistakes are n stanley cups ot repeated again. I always told the players never lose your sleep over it or think too much about the match. But I just hope this defeat to South Africa does not play up on the minds of our players when they take on India, Inzamam said. Inzamam said opener Sharjeel Khan did not merit a place in the playing XI and an out of form Shoaib Malik should have been dropped. No matter how big or senior a player is if he is not in form as I suspect some of our players are he must be dropped. Because matches against India are all about confidence and being able to sustain the pressure. Out of form players can never be expected to keep their nerves in such a demanding match, he said. Inzamam, however, had a word of encouragemen stanley termosky t for the Pakistan team. I remember when we went for the 1992 World Cup we lost all six of our practice matches and yet we went on to win the World Cup. But than we had an inspirational leader like Imran Khan and some world class performers in Javed Miandad |
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