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Moya survives the scare
The 430,000 ATP-Gold Flake Open tennis tournament nearly lost its king as World No. 2 Carlos Moya of Spain pulled himself away from a precipice and scrambled past junior Wimbledon champion Vladimir Voltchkov of Belarus, in three sets, in Chennai on Wednesday. But then, top seeded Moya had just enough in the reserve tank to pull off a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, win, and advance to the second round.

Final duel
Glenn McGrath won the final round of his intriguing duel with West Indies captain Brian Lara to set Australia on course for victory in the final Test in St John8217;s. Lara, whose spectacular batting exploits earned West Indies an unexpected 2-1 lead in the four-match series, fell leg before to the combative McGrath for just seven as his side chased a daunting victory target of 388.

Easy for Kerala
Women8217;s matches in the third National Volleyball Super League have been far from impressive right form Day One and today was no exception as hosts Kerala handed a straight sets defeat to West Bengal, 25-12, 25-18, 25-16.

Sasikiran tops
International Master Krishnan Sasikiran, who mauled LIC8217;s Anup Deshmukh, stayed at the top, while former National champion IM Abhijit Kunte went down to Neelotpal Das in the 14th round of the BPCL 36th National A8217; Chess meet at Nagpur.