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Vera Zvonareva became the winner of the International category tennis tournament with a prize fund of 220 thousand dollars in Pattaya (Thailand). The competition matches took place on outdoor hard courts.
On the approach to the final, Zvonareva beat Slovenian Andrea Klepac (6:4, 6:3), our former compatriot Yaroslava Shvedova, now competing under the flag of Kazakhstan (6:4, 6:4), and Chinese Peng Shuai (6:2, 6: 3) and the Israeli woman Shahar Pe'er (6:1, 6:4). In the decisive match, Vera prevailed over Indian representative Sania Mirza - 7:5, 6:1, and during the match the Russian made eight aces, and her opponent made none. Our tennis player recorded a very high first serve percentage - 72.
The 2009 Australian Open semi-finalist won the eighth title of her career. Last season, Zvonareva distinguished herself at competitions in Guangzhou (China) and Prague (Czech Republic), and her first victory came back in 2003 on the courts of Croatian Bol.
Tikhonov Jr.'s first double in the NHL
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. Philadelphia -- Islanders -- 5:1, Carolina -- Columbus -- 1:5, Tampa Bay -- Washington -- 1:5 -- Semin "B" ( 1+2), Ovechkin “B” (1+0), “Nashville” – “Boston” – 3:2 (bullet), “Phoenix” – “Calgary” – 5:7 – Tikhonov “ F" (2+1), "Los Angeles" -- "Edmonton" -- 2:3 (bullet), "Toronto" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 6:2 -- Kulemin "T" (0+ 1), Malkin “P” (0+1), “Minnesota” – “Ottawa” – 3:5, “Chicago” – “Dallas” – 6:2.
Playing in the NHL for his debut season, the grandson of the famous coach of the national teams of the USSR, Russia and CSKA Viktor Tikhonov made his first double in the overseas league. Prior to this, Viktor Tikhonov Jr. had scored only three goals in 39 games, and in a meeting with Calgary, he turned on the red light twice behind the opponent’s goal within 184 seconds of the third period. One of these goals resulted from the implementation of a numerical majority.
Washington defenseman Mike Green set a new NHL record by scoring in his eighth straight game. Boston defensive player Mike O'Connell managed to hit the opponents' goal for seven games in a row in the 1983-84 season. “I almost cried with happiness when I achieved this achievement,” admitted Green. “I didn’t expect that I would be able to score again, and I’m incredibly happy because it finally happened.”
Green's teammate Alexander Ovechkin scored his 38th goal in the championship and continues to lead the list of best snipers, four goals ahead of Jacques Parise (New Jersey) and Jeff Carter (Philadelphia).