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Blazing forehand winners down the line, off backhands that paint the baseline at the other end, drop shots disguised to perfection, clutch serves 鈥?Mirra Andreeva showcased her full repertoire in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. That too against s stanley mugs ixth seed Ons Jabeur. Looking at the 16-year-old run circles around her far-more-accomplished opponent, one couldnt help but marvel at her clarity of thought at such a young age. Russia s Mirra Andreeva R hugs Tunisia s Ons Jabeur after their women s singles match AFP At the highest level of a sport, the margins are usually slim and momentum shifts are always around the corner. But in her 6-0, 6-2 win against a three-time Major finalist, that took merely 54 minutes, Andreeva stanley kubek displayed the sort of ruthlessness one would expect to see when a multiple-time Grand Slam champion takes on a youngster like herself. As impressive as her shotmaking was the composure in her decision-making, with the Russian hardly ever looking rushed throughout the match. stanley tazas Her movement was explosive, which forced Jabeur to make an extra shot consistently, but the maturity with which she picked her angles was what really stood out. Jabeur, who had suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Wimbledon final last year, has had an underwhelming run over the past six months. She won the WTA 250 event in Ningbo but didnt go past the quarter-final stage in the other seven tournaments she played during this period. Competing in her first Vhnl Australian Open: First Grand Slam, No. 1 at stake for Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki
Irans dream of competing in the London 2012 Olympic womens soccer tournament have been crushed by an unexpected ruling that their Islamic dress broke FIFA rules, a football federation official in Tehran said on Monday. stanley cupe HT Image Iran is complaining to the wor stanley cup ld soccer body after its women were banned from playing, moments before an Olympic qualifier against Jordan last week, due to their full-body strip that includes a head scarf. The head of womens affairs at Iran s football federation said Iran had made changes to its womens kit after a FIFA ban last year and believed it had been given the approval of the world federation and of its president, Sepp Blatter. We made the required corrections and played a match afterwards, Farideh Shojaei said. We played the next round and were not prevented from d stanley thermobecher oing so, and they didnt find anything wrong. That meant that there are no obstacles in our path, and that we could participate in the Olympics. In order to comply with the Islamic dress code which is mandatory in the Islamic Republic, Irans women footballers play in full tracksuits and headcoverings that conceal their hair. FIFA made no immediate comment on the controversy. Squashed Brunei and Saudi Arabia have banned women from competing in any sporting activity. FIFA has banned the use of the hijab in football. Roqaya al-Gassra, an athlete from Bahrain, competed in the 400 metres in Beijing totally covered, thus openly demonstrating a political and relig
Blazing forehand winners down the line, off backhands that paint the baseline at the other end, drop shots disguised to perfection, clutch serves 鈥?Mirra Andreeva showcased her full repertoire in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. That too against s stanley mugs ixth seed Ons Jabeur. Looking at the 16-year-old run circles around her far-more-accomplished opponent, one couldnt help but marvel at her clarity of thought at such a young age. Russia s Mirra Andreeva R hugs Tunisia s Ons Jabeur after their women s singles match AFP At the highest level of a sport, the margins are usually slim and momentum shifts are always around the corner. But in her 6-0, 6-2 win against a three-time Major finalist, that took merely 54 minutes, Andreeva stanley kubek displayed the sort of ruthlessness one would expect to see when a multiple-time Grand Slam champion takes on a youngster like herself. As impressive as her shotmaking was the composure in her decision-making, with the Russian hardly ever looking rushed throughout the match. stanley tazas Her movement was explosive, which forced Jabeur to make an extra shot consistently, but the maturity with which she picked her angles was what really stood out. Jabeur, who had suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Wimbledon final last year, has had an underwhelming run over the past six months. She won the WTA 250 event in Ningbo but didnt go past the quarter-final stage in the other seven tournaments she played during this period. Competing in her first Vhnl Australian Open: First Grand Slam, No. 1 at stake for Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki
Irans dream of competing in the London 2012 Olympic womens soccer tournament have been crushed by an unexpected ruling that their Islamic dress broke FIFA rules, a football federation official in Tehran said on Monday. stanley cupe HT Image Iran is complaining to the wor stanley cup ld soccer body after its women were banned from playing, moments before an Olympic qualifier against Jordan last week, due to their full-body strip that includes a head scarf. The head of womens affairs at Iran s football federation said Iran had made changes to its womens kit after a FIFA ban last year and believed it had been given the approval of the world federation and of its president, Sepp Blatter. We made the required corrections and played a match afterwards, Farideh Shojaei said. We played the next round and were not prevented from d stanley thermobecher oing so, and they didnt find anything wrong. That meant that there are no obstacles in our path, and that we could participate in the Olympics. In order to comply with the Islamic dress code which is mandatory in the Islamic Republic, Irans women footballers play in full tracksuits and headcoverings that conceal their hair. FIFA made no immediate comment on the controversy. Squashed Brunei and Saudi Arabia have banned women from competing in any sporting activity. FIFA has banned the use of the hijab in football. Roqaya al-Gassra, an athlete from Bahrain, competed in the 400 metres in Beijing totally covered, thus openly demonstrating a political and relig