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Jessica Pegula came back from a set down to beat Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and reach her second straight Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday. American 11th seed Pegula battled to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory to set up a meeting with either world number one Iga Swiatek or Chinese youngster Zheng Qinwen.
The owners of a popular Chinese restaurant have said they are "heartbroken" following another break-in at the restaurant on Friday night. Sweet Mandarin in the Northern Quarter was broken into in the early hours of Friday morning by burglars who stole the restaurant’s till, holding all the night's takings and salaries.
While the United States liberally sells weapons of war over the counter, Ukraine is pleading for all the military hardware it can get. As the world marked 90 days of war, it was the week when the eastern city of Severodonetsk emerged as the new Mariupol. Surrounded on three sides, Ukrainian forces now endure a pounding while Russian forces shell the country's second city of Kharkiv at a distance.
World number one Iga Swiatek faces rising Chinese star Zheng Qinwen for a place in the French Open quarter-finals on Monday, while Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas continue their campaigns in the men's draw.
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Sakari Manninen scored on a power play at 6:42 of 3-on-3 overtime and Finland beat Canada 4-3 on Sunday for its fourth world hockey championship title.
PARIS: Rafael Nadal set up a blockbuster French Open quarter-final against world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday when he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set fourth round epic. Nadal, the 13-time champion at Roland Garros and holder of a record 21 Grand Slam titles, triumphed over the Canadian 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a match which lasted four hours and 21 minutes. It was only the third time in his 17-year, 111-match career in Paris that Nadal had been stretched to five sets. Nadal and Djokovic will meet for the 10th time at Roland Garros and 59th overall in a rivalry stretching back to 2006. “We know each other well, we have a lot of history. The only thing I can say is that I will be focussed, try my best and fight until the end,” said Nadal of renewing his rivalry with the defending champion on Tuesday. Nadal hailed Auger-Aliassime who has been working with his uncle and former coach Toni since April last year. “Felix is a great player, one of the best in the world. He’s very young with a lot of power and great mobility,” said the 35-year-old Spaniard. “He was a very tough opponent for me, he is doing a lot of things well and has improved every year.
Order of play on the main show courts on the ninth day of the French Open on Monday (times in GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):
BEIJING: Teenager Zheng Qinwen has lit up the French Open as the newest star to emerge from China, where the coronavirus pandemic and the Peng Shuai scandal have put top-level tennis on hold for more than two years.