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| Federer and Murray in action as heat rises in Melbourne Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:09 AM PST  Roger Federer is likely to commence play in the relative cool of the evening on Thursday in the opening match of the late session at Rod Laver Arena. – Reuters pic The temperature is expected to hit 39 degrees Celsius in Melbourne but the Swiss maestro is likely to commence play in the relative cool of the evening in the opening match of the late session at Rod Laver Arena. Extreme heat is a feature of the year's first grand slam, and the organisers were forced to suspend matches in the 2009 tournament during a period of scorching weather. Federer, however, could play in air-conditioned comfort under a closed roof against the 40th-ranked Davydenko, should conditions breach the tournament's tolerance threshold. Andy Murray, six years younger than Federer, will have to sweat it out in the heat as the second match of the day session when he takes on Joao Sousa, a 100th-ranked Portuguese he has never played before. "I don't know too much about him, but I've seen him play a couple of matches during the clay court season last year in Barcelona," 25-year-old Murray told reporters. In the women's draw, defending champion Victoria Azarenka and favourite Serena Williams will also play under a scorching sun as the opening two acts at Rod Laver Arena. Azarenka will play Greece's Eleni Daniilidou before Williams faces Spaniard Garbine Muguruza. Australia's Bernard Tomic, bearing his country's hopes after ninth seed Sam Stosur was knocked out of the women's tournament, has been given centre court billing for his match against Germany's Daniel Brands in the last match of the day session at Rod Laver Arena. The much-vaunted 20-year-old will aim to set up a potential third-round match against Federer. – Reuters |
| Benfica top scorer Cardozo signs new deal Posted: 16 Jan 2013 06:59 AM PST LISBON, Jan 16 – Benfica have extended the contract of leading scorer Oscar Cardozo until 2016, the Portuguese league leaders said. Paraguayan Cardozo, 29, has a buyout clause of €60 million (RM241.80 million), the Lisbon club said on their website (http://www.slbenfica.pt). Cardozo has netted a league leading 13 goals this season and is Benfica's top foreign scorer of all time – approaching the 150 goal mark since arriving in 2007 from Argentine club Newell's Old Boys. Holding midfielder Nemanja Matic, one of the top performers in Benfica's 2-2 draw against Porto in Sunday's 'Classico', and Brazilian centre back Jardel, penned new contracts on Monday. They have buyout clauses of €45 million and €20 million, respectively. – Reuters |
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