Davenport joins Hingis in Semis

NEW YORK, Nov 21: Martina Hingis wanted revenge, Lindsay Davenport a little less drama. They both got their wish last night as the top two p...

NEW YORK, Nov 21: Martina Hingis wanted revenge, Lindsay Davenport a little less drama. They both got their wish last night as the top two players in the world advanced to the semifinals of the season-ending Chase Championships.Second seed Hingis cooled off red-hot sixth seed Mary Pierce 7-6, 6-4, avenging a loss to the big-hitting baseliner at the same stage of last year’s tournament.

Earlier, Davenport, who was two points from losing her first-round match on Wednesday, cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 romp over eighth-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Nathalie Tauziat of France in just 54 minutes.Australian Open champion Hingis faces 15th-ranked Romanian Irina Spirlea, who is 0-5 against the Swiss teenager in career meetings.

While Hingis is seeded higher than the seventh-ranked Pierce, the outcome was something of an upset based on recent form. Pierce rode a 10-match winning streak into the quarter-finals, winning titles in her last two tournaments in Moscow and Luxembourg.

Sampras enters finalstretch

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HANOVER: Pete Sampras’s obsession with finishing world number one for a record sixth successive year has added extra spice to this week’s ATP Tour World Championship.

American Sampras, who retained his Wimbledon title this year but has not been quite as impregnable as in previous seasons, is under threat from Marcelo Rios in the Hanover tournament for the top eight players on the tour which starts on Tuesday. Chilean world number two Rios, who occupied the top spot for two brief periods earlier in the year, is a mere 33 points behind the American in the latest ATP Tour rankings.

rime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering during the inauguration of the PM MITRA Park and foundation stone laying ceremony of development works, in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. (@NarendraModi via PTI Photo)

Pakistan brought down to its knees: Modi in his 75th birthday speech

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PM Modi turns 75 today, speaking in Dhar district of MP on the occasion, he praised Indian soldiers saying they brought Pakistan to its knees in a blink of an eye as India was not scared of anyone’s nuclear threats and instead “enters the enemy’s home and strikes”. Earlier, he laid foundation stone foundation stone of the country’s first PM MITRA Park.

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