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Kuznetsova made it to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon
Chronicle of sporting events
Constant postponements of games due to rain forced Wimbledon organizers to start yesterday's playing day unusually early - at 11.00 local time. This day became a day off for Mikhail Youzhny, who on Monday, in short periods of play between the rains, still managed to defeat the Finn Jarko Nieminen - 7:5, 7:6 (7:5), 6:3 and get a place in the fourth round . Nikolai Davydenko did not have time to follow his example that day, who expected to finish the game with the Frenchman Gael Monfils with a pleasant advantage - 6:3, 7:5, 3:0. The finishing game also did not start on time - the matches went on as planned for literally an hour and a half, after which the rain started again. However, Nikolai rarely misses such an advantage and will probably play in the fourth round with Cypriot Mark Baghdatis.In the women's tournament, Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first of our compatriots to reach the quarterfinals, more than confidently defeating Elena Dementieva's offender, Austrian Tamira Pashek - 6:3, 6:2. Kuznetsova's next opponent had to be decided late yesterday evening in the match between Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams. If, of course, the rain allowed it. Everything is going to the point that bad weather will not allow the tournament to be completed on time as usual. According to forecasts, only on Friday there will be no problems with rain; on the remaining days it will again charge over the courts of Wimbledon with varying force.
Crespo beats Maradona
At the America's Cup, which is taking place these days in Venezuela, the national teams of Argentina and Paraguay, having won their second victory each, secured early access to the quarterfinals. The losers of the USA and Colombia in the head-to-head meeting can still get a ticket to the playoffs: from the three groups, not only the teams that take the first two places, but also the two best teams from those that take third place will advance there.
However, reaching the quarterfinals came at a cost for Argentina. One of its leaders, Hernan Crespo, was injured when he pulled a muscle while taking a penalty. By the way, this executed 11-meter kick allowed Crespo to overtake Maradona in the number of goals scored for the national team. Crespo now has 35 of them. Most likely, Crespo will not play again in this America's Cup. However, Riquelme, who scored a double, replaced the scorer and predetermined the Argentines' victory over Colombia - 4:2.
America's Cup. Group stage. Group "C". USA - Paraguay - 1:3, Argentina - Colombia - 4:2. Team position: Argentina, Paraguay - 6 points each, USA, Colombia - 0. Andrey VDOVIN
Lebedeva set a season record
At the stage of the IAAF Grand Prix series in Athens, Olympic champion Tatyana Lebedeva won the triple jump competition. The result of 15.14 m was the best in the world this season.
Other Russians also performed successfully in Athens. Yuri Borzakovsky with a result of 1 min. 44.38 sec. won the 800 m race. Second to the finish line with a lag of 0.17 seconds. Mohammed al-Azemi came, representing Kuwait. Russian Svetlana Cherkasova won the women's race at the same distance with a score of 1:59.03. Elena Soboleva won the 1500 m race, and Yulia Fomenko-Chizhenko took third place. Maryam-Yusuf Jamal from Bahrain wedged itself between the Russians.
Meanwhile, Ekaterina Savchenko won the high jump competition in the Luxembourg city of Dudelange. For the first time, she overcame the bar set at a height of exactly two meters. Thus, Savchenko became the 57th athlete in the world in the entire history of athletics to reach this milestone. Konstantin IVANOV
Master class for Masterkova
The next 5th stage of the Russian Aquabike Cup took place in St. Petersburg near the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress. The competition held by the Russian Powerboat Federation was a success in all respects. Among the professionals, the following celebrated the victory: Vyacheslav Kolotovkin (Almetyevsk) in the Runabout Stock class, Mikhail Bykov (St. Petersburg) - Runabout Super Stock, Alexey Bykov (St. Petersburg) - Ski Division and David Dzhalagoniya (Sochi) in freestyle.
According to the tradition of the current Russian Cup, the performance of famous athletes who are not professionals in aquabike aroused great interest. The organizers brought the famous CSKA basketball players Sergei Panov and Sergei Bazarevich to the first stage in Sochi; in Ufa, spectators could watch the skills of the Olympic silver medalists, World Cup winners of CSKA athletes Albert Demchenko (luge) and Alexander Zubkov (bobsleigh) in a new sport for themselves. . In St. Petersburg it was the turn of the girls. This time CSKA delegated the Olympic champion in athletics Svetlana Masterkova and the famous figure skater Maria Butyrskaya. “I sat on a jet ski for the first time in my life,” Masterkova said after the competition. “I’m afraid of water, and it’s a big misconception that athletes are capable of any feat. But sports passion played a role. Thanks to water, which brings sports together and leaves a feeling of competition. Many of us, after completing a long career, feel a great need for it.”
Ahead is the sixth and final stage in Moscow, where the record prize fund of 71 thousand dollars will find its owner. In the capital, the aquabike will be mastered by famous athletes and will receive its logical conclusion. As part of the Russian Championship, an Olympic slalom tournament will also be held on July 21-22 - “red” against “blue”: representatives of CSKA from summer sports (“red”) will compete with their teammates who have achieved heights in winter disciplines. Vladimir ILYIN