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| Nicol in Malaysian Open semi-finals - Bernama Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:15 AM PDT The 30-year-old Nicol defeated Wee Wern 11-4, 11-6, 3-11 and 11-5 in the quarterfinals at the Curve shopping mall. "Wee Wern played very well and she's getting used to the court and she was very comfortable in the third game. At that time I just stepped back a little bit. She's very consistent," Nicol told reporters after her match. Nicol will be meeting France's Camille Serme in tomorrow's semi-finals. "I am happy to be in the semi-finals. Camille is a very powerful player and very determined. I'm looking foward to another good match tomorrow," she said. Earlier, in another women's quarter-final match, world number 12 Camille defeated Sarah-Jane Perry of England, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3 and 11-9 in 50 minutes. The semi-final match would be Camille's third semi-final appearance this year. She made two semi-final appearances at the World Series Finals and the Greenwich Open in January. In a men's quarter-final match, defending champion Tarek Momen of Egypt defeated his compatriot Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6 in just 20 minutes to bookd his berth in the last four. England's Peter Baker had beaten Malaysia's Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan 11-8, 11-0, 7-11 and 11-2 to set up a semifinal clash against Spain's Borja Golan, who defeated Karim Abdel Gawad of Egypt on 8-11, 11-8, 12-10 and 11-5. - Bernama, September 13, 2013. |
| Eto’o back with manager he once never wanted Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:11 AM PDT Mourinho, who signed Eto'o last month from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala having previously worked with the Cameroonian at Inter Milan, suggested the 32-year-old would see some action at Goodison Park. "He will be selected," Mourinho, whose side are unbeaten in their opening three league games, told a news conference today. "When you are selected and you're a striker, normally you play. You start or you finish the game. My attacking players, when I select them, normally they play, because it's an area where I make more changes during the match." A few years ago, having the Portuguese as his boss was inconceivable for Eto'o, who then went on to play in the 2010 Champions League final when Mourinho's Inter beat Bayern Munich. "Before meeting at Inter, we didn't know each other personally, so our relationship was tense. I even said one time that I'd never play for a club where Jose was coach," Eto'o told the British newspaper The Sun in comments published today. "But God knows best. He wanted to show me that I was wrong and today Jose is a friend. Now he's my coach again. "It's a real pleasure to team up with him once more and join a great team. "Jose has a real clear idea. He talks straight and it's really important in this business. He's sincere and straightforward." Mourinho is counting on Eto'o to add experience in front of a young midfield and also provide competition for Fernando Torres and Demba Ba. "I think he is adapted to the style of play we want in our team, which is a bit contradictory to the general style and philosophy in the Premier League," he added. "We are not a physical, direct team. We are a team that want to use the qualities of our attacking players in a different way and Samuel is adapted to it. "Technically he is very good, his movement is very intelligent, he knows exactly the kind of movement he has to do to give continuity to the attacking game, and he has this natural appetite for goals." With the arrival of Eto'o, Mourinho allowed forward Romelu Lukaku to join Everton on a season-long loan but the Belgian will not feature against Chelsea because of league rules on players facing their parent clubs. - Reuters, September 13, 2013. |
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