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| Sharapova picks out Clijsters as French Open favourite Posted: 20 May 2011 08:11 AM PDT
Belgian Clijsters (picture) was a major doubt for the tournament after injuring her ankle while stumbling at her cousin's wedding two months ago but has recovered in the nick of time. "It's always difficult to not play for a few weeks and come back at a grand slam being your first tournament," the 24-year-old Sharapova, who could possibly have to beat Clijsters in the quarter-finals if she is to win the only slam to elude her, told reporters at Roland Garros after today's draw. "But, you know, she has a tremendous amount of experience behind her. I don't think this is the first time that she's come back after having a long lay-off. "She's been able to do really well when she's taken time off, so you can never count her out. It might take her a few matches to get into form. That's normal when you haven't played for a while. But she's a great champion, she's won the last couple of grand slams, is number two in the world. "She's certainly the one to beat here." Sharapova has never prospered on the Parisian clay, her best run coming in 2007 when she reached the semi-final, losing heavily to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, but the signs are that her power game is beginning to adapt to the unique surface. "I was really happy with the way last week turned out," world number seven Sharapova, who beat Samantha Stosur in Rome last week, said. "I played great tennis. I had some great matches and wins over good players, especially on clay.So it's definitely a confidence booster. Just hoping to take this form and bring it over to Roland Garros." – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Schweinsteiger out of Germany matches Posted: 20 May 2011 06:53 AM PDT
Schweinsteiger (picture) was injured in a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt but still played in subsequent matches against Schalke 04, St Pauli and VfB Stuttgart. The DFB said on its website (www. dfb.de) that Schweinsteiger had dropped out of the squad after consulting the Bayern and Germany team doctors. It added that Schweinsteiger had played the final games "despite pain and because of the special sporting situation of the Munich team." Bayern were struggling to qualify for the Champions League, eventually finishing third to guarantee a place in the final qualifying round of Europe's top club competition. Germany host Uruguay in a friendly on May 29 before visiting Austria on June 3 and Azerbaijan four days later for Euro 2012 qualifiers. They top Group A with 15 points from five games. Bayern fiercely criticised the Netherlands at the start of the season for fielding their winger Arjen Robben at last year's World Cup finals when he had a thigh injury. Robben missed the first four months of the German season after Bayern said he aggravated the injury in South Africa. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
PARIS, May 20 – Maria Sharapova's victory in Rome last week has marked her out as a serious title contender at the French Open but the Russian former world number one says Kim Clijsters is the player to beat.
BERLIN, May 20 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, who played the season's last three Bundesliga matches with a broken toe, has been ruled out of Germany's Euro 2012 qualifiers next month, the German Football Federation (DFB) said today.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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