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Gulf Daily News Wednesday, 12th November 2014
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Anand wins Game 3
SOCHI, Russia: India’s Viswanathan Anand pulled off a sensational victory over world chess champion Magnus Carlsen yesterday
in the third game of the ongoing world title match.
With this victory, Anand bounced back from his disappointing
defeat two days ago to restore parity in the 12-game match.
From the beginning, Anand took the fight to Carlsen and seized
the initiative very early in the game.
This was Anand’s first victory over Carlsen in the classical format of chess in about four years. The last time he beat the world
champion was in a tournament in London in December 2010.
FEDERER AND
MURRAY WIN
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Andy
Murray
stayed
afloat at the ATP
World Tour Finals with a
6-3 7-5 defeat of big-serving
Canadian Milos Raonic last
night.
After losing to Japan’s Kei
Nishikori in his opening Group
B match at the season’s finale
on Sunday, Murray knew only
a win against Raonic would
keep his hopes alive and he
duly delivered with a solid display at a jam-packed 02 Arena.
Murray needed one break of
serve to clinch the opening set
and struck again at 5-5 in the
second as Raonic faltered.
He clinched victory in one
hour 31 minutes and on his second match point and will now
go into his final Group B match
against six-times champion
Roger Federer tomorrow with a
place in the semi-finals at stake.
Federer is top of the group
with a 100 per cent record after
beating Nishikori earlier.
Earlier yesterday, Federer
produced another masterly display to beat Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-2 and move a step
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ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
n Federer reacts
during his match
against Nishikori
Singles
GROUP B
Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Kei
Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-3, 6-2;
Andy Murray (GBR x5) bt Milos
Raonic (CAN x7) 6-3, 7-5.
Playing today:
T Berdych v M Cilic
(starting at 5pm, Bahrain time)
N Djokovic v S Wawrinka
(starting at 11pm, Bahrain time)
STANDINGS
P W L F A Pts
Group A
S Wawrinka
N Djokovic
T Berdych
M Cilic
Group B
R Federer
K Nishikori
A Murray
M Raonic
closer to the semi-finals.
The six-times former champion was at his imperious best
to subdue the 24-year-old U.S.
Open runner-up.
Although this year’s tournament is still to witness a threeset match, the entertainment
served up by world number two
Federer and Asian trailblazer
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Nishikori kept the capacity O2
crowd enthralled for one hour
and nine minutes.
The 33-year-old Federer, who
can still knock Novak Djokovic
off the top of the rankings before the end of the year, fought
off two break points in the third
game, one with an ace, and
n Murray plays a
return to Raonic
broke himself a game later with
a flowing forehand pass.
That was enough for the Swiss
maestro to secure the opener and
the quality of his play pressured
Nishikori into several errors on
the backhand side at the same
stage of the second set as he
forged further into the distance.
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