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The decision stunned many ringsiders, who said they thought de la Hoya had built a substantial lead with hard jabs that appeared to keep Trinidad from getting inside for most of the 12-round battle of 26-year-old, 147-pound 66.6 kg fighters.

US lead Russia 2-0 in Fed Cup final

STANFORD: Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams put US Open disappointments behind them and won their opening singles to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Russia in the Fed Cup tennis championship final.

Venus opened the best-of-five match tie with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Russian No 1 Elena Likhovtseva. Davenport defeated 17-year-old Russian Elena Dementieva 6-4, 6-0.

247-run victory for Australia

COLOMBO:Australia geared themselves up for the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka with a convincing 247-run victory over a Board XI team minutes before tea on the final day of their three-day tour match.

BRIEF SCORES

Australia 226 amp; 296-5 decl M Slater 119, M Waugh 43, S Katich 36 not out bt Board XI 185 amp; 90 Prasanna Jayawardhane 40; D Fleming 3-25, Scott Muller 2-24.

Barada falls to England8217;s Johnson

CAIRO: Egypt8217;s Ahmed Barada, who was soundly beaten in Thursday8217;s World Open singles championship, went down to another demoralising defeat when he was felled by Englishman Paul Johnson in the world team championship 8212; England, the reigning champions, won the tie 2-1. The English left-hander, ranked fourth in the world and competing in his first World Team championships, beat Barada, who had been beaten by Scotland8217;s Peter Nicol in Thursday8217;s singles final, 9-0, 5-9, 9-2, 9-3.