25-year-old and 162-ranked Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic scored one of his best career wins as he knocked out 119-ranked and the second seed of the tournament Go Soeda of Japan, to set up a title clash with former world No. 20 Dmitry Tursunov in the Men’s Singles final of the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011.
Even though the incessant rains caused delays lasting more than three hours, third seed Italian Paolo Lorenzi and fifth seed Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic manage to survive scares to advance to round two at the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011, while Singaporean born American Michael Yani, who was granted a wild card, provided a silver lining to a rather gloomy day when he beat New Zealander Artem Sitak to advance to round two.
Two Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists, both coming off the back of glory in this week’s Australia Road National Championships, have been confirmed as starters for the Professional Night Criterium in this year’s OCBC Cycle Singapore.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has forced Power Balance to withdraw marketing claims they felt were not credible from a scientific point of view.
Malaysia wrapped up the ASEAN Football Championship (AFF Suzuki Cup) when they won 4-2 on aggregate despite going down 1-2 in Jakarta to Indonesia.
A day after the controversial first leg final where Malaysia beat Indonesia 3-0, Malaysian head coach K. Rajagobal has added fuel to the fire by suggesting that the lasers pointed at the Indonesian players could have come from Indonesian fans themselves.
Malaysia beat favourites Indonesia 3-0 with a three-goal blitz in 12 minutes in the final of the ASEAN Football Championship (AFF Suzuki Cup). However, the game was shrouded in controversy as laser pointers aimed at the Indonesia players forced the referee to stop the game for five minutes in the second half.
Wales, who lost 41-48 to Scotland at the round-robin stage, came back strong in the 2010 NTUC Fairprice Foundations Nations Cup final, to sweep aside Scotland 53-30.