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| Bautista joins Gresini after Simoncelli’s death Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:48 AM PST
Bautista (picture), 26, joins from Suzuki, who he started racing for in the 2010 season, as replacement for Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyama who is moving to the World Superbike championship. The Spaniard finished 13th in the 2011 championship, with his best finish being fifth at the British Grand Prix in June. "I am very sad to be leaving Suzuki after the two great years that I have had here," Bautista said on his team's website. "It has been a great team to work in and I have learnt a lot of things from everyone in the team. "It was a fantastic experience working with an English/Japanese team and we have become like a big family, except we have never had any arguments and no-one falls out with each other. "I want to thank everybody personally for the last two years, sometimes it has been difficult, but nobody ever gave up and I felt like I always had their full support and commitment." Honda Gresini rider Simoncelli, 24, died after a crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang and while they are still recovering from the tragedy team chief Fausto Gresini said he was pleased to have Bautista on board for next season. "I am particularly satisfied that Alvaro Bautista will ride a Honda RC213V in the colours of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini next year," Gresini told the team website http://www.gresiniracing.com. "He is a very fast rider and I also hold him in high regard for his personality and pleasant nature. "I am sure that he will integrate swiftly into our group and that we will enjoy some pleasant experiences together in the future." — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Djokovic hits bonus jackpot in Paris Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:33 AM PST  Djokovic would have pocketed US$2 million if he had not skipped the Shanghai Masters due to injury. — Reuters pic An ATP rule designed to entice top players to take part in top events states that as world number one, Djokovic is entitled to a US$2 million bonus if the plays in all eight Masters tournaments. The bonus drops to US$1.6 million if he misses one — and to nothing if he misses two. Having skipped the Shanghai Masters through injury, the Serbian suffered a recurrence of a shoulder problem in his semi-final defeat in Basel against Japan's Kei Nishikori last week. At Bercy, Djokovic, who has won three grand slams and five Masters title this year, struggled at times against world number 39 Dodig, but served strongly throughout and took his chances when it mattered to book his place in the third round. A break in the 10th game was enough for him to take the lead and another in the sixth game of the second helped him wrap it up. Earlier, second seed Andy Murray started his campaign in ruthless fashion with the Briton easing past France's Jeremy Chardy 6-2 6-4 to reach the third round. World number three Murray, who withdrew from the Basel tournament because of injury, had little difficulty with Chardy after racing into a 4-0 lead in the opening set. He then broke in the fifth game of the second set to secure a 17th consecutive win and set up a meeting with 13th seed Andy Roddick in the next round. Murray completed a stunning hat-trick of titles in as many weeks on the Asian swing of the ATP tour after winning the Shanghai Masters on October 16. He also won in Bangkok and Tokyo. Serbian Janko Tipsarevic kept his slim hopes of making it to the ATP World Tour finals alive when the 11th seed thrashed American Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-1 6-0 to reach the third round. Tipsarevic, who needs to win the title if he is to grab one of the three remaining spots for the November 20-27 event at the O2 in London, will next face Czech Tomas Berdych. The fifth-seeded Berdych will qualify if he reaches the quarter-finals at Bercy or if American Mardy Fish, seeded seven, loses to German Florian Mayer later today. Fourth seed David Ferrer, who has already qualified for the World Tour finals, was barely bothered in a 6-4 6-4 win over French qualifier Nicolas Mahut. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
LONDON, Nov 9 — Spaniard Alvaro Bautista will ride for Honda Gresini in 2012 with the MotoGP team still mourning the death of Italian Marco Simoncelli in a crash last month, they 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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