Jankovic crushes Wozniacki in Indian Wells

Published>Mon, Mar 22 10 12:23 PM

Serbian Jelena Jankovic won her 12th career title with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday.

The sixth seed, in scintillating form from the baseline, wrapped up her fourth successive victory over the Dane when her opponent struck a forehand service return long.

Jankovic, 25, kissed her racket before bringing both hands up to her cheeks in a mixture of celebration and relief before waving to the crowd at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

It has been a great two weeks for me, really amazing, a beaming Jankovic said at courtside. I am just so happy and so thrilled I was able to win this title.

Today I was ready from the start. I went out there knowing my game plan, what I needed to do. I wanted to be really aggressive, but at the same time patient and not really go for too much.

I waited for my opportunities and when I had them, I took them, added the Serb, a former world number one who is unbeaten in her last seven matches against top-10 players. I have done a great job today.

I also want to congratulate Caroline for making it such a great event and also for making it to number two in the world.

The 19-year-old Wozniacki, a U.S. Open finalist last year, is projected to climb to a career-high second when the world rankings are released on Monday.

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Jelena played a good match, the Danish teenager said after totalling 23 unforced errors. She didn't make a lot of mistakes. I tried to change it when I saw it was not going way but I just made a few too many errors at the important points.

I couldn't really get to play the game that I wanted to play, and Jelena took advantage of that.

Jankovic, consistently hitting deep groundstrokes, broke the Dane in the first and third games of the match to race into a 4-0 lead. Although she surprisingly lost serve in the sixth, she immediately broke back before taking the opening set.

The Serb, wearing a lime-green dress, tightened her control when she again broke in the first game of the second after the Dane netted a forehand.

The rest of the set went with serve and Jankovic, playing in her first WTA final of the year, earned match point with a backhand winner down the line before sealing victory when Wozniacki's service return landed long.

Jankovic is projected to rise to eighth when the rankings are issued but she prefers to look further ahead.

I'm looking to playing some good tennis and really doing the right things out there, she said. If I'm doing that, I'll be winning big titles and the ranking will come on its own.

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Deccan Chargers beat Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs

Published>Mon, Mar 22 10 12:07 PM

Cuttack, March 21 -- Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds helped the Deccan Chargers to post a total of 171 for 6 against the Delhi Daredevils as all their bowlers picked up a wicket each. The Deccan Chargers are 77 for 3 after nine overs as H Gibbs (31) departed after a brief firework against the Delhi Daredevils picked three wickets in Cuttack. The Delhi Daredevils spinner Amit Mishra gets Mohnish Mishra bowled out in the fourth ball of their away match against the Deccan Chargers. Both, the Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers make certain changes in their side as Deccan captain Adam Gilchrist opts to bat first upon winning the toss in Cuttack. Deccan Chargers team AC Gilchrist, MD Mishra, HH Gibbs, A Symonds, RG Sharma, Y Venugopal Rao, R Sharma, TL Suman, PP Ojha, WPUJC Vaas, RP Singh. Delhi Daredevils team

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I was living a life of a lie, says Tiger Woods

Published>Mon, Mar 22 10 11:58 AM

New York, March 22 (ANI): Tiger Woods has admitted that he "was living a life of a lie" in his first TV interview after the exposure of his sexcapades.

The golfer said, in dueling interviews on ESPN and the Golf Channel, that confessing his misbehaviour to his wife Elin and family was extremely difficult.

"They've been very tough. Because I hurt them the most. Those are the two people in my life who I'm closest to, and to say the things that I've done, truthfully to them, is ... honestly was ... very painful," the New York Daily News quoted him as saying.

ESPN reporter Tom Rinaldi questioned him on November 26 crash outside his house that consequently led to the exposure of his extra-marital affairs.

Woods replied: "You know it's all in the police report."

He also admitted in the Golf Channel interview that he had lost control over his "disgusting behavior".

He said: "Yeah, I tried to stop, and I couldn't stop. It was just, it was horrific.

"I've had a lot of low points. Just when I thought they couldn't get lower, they got lower."

On being quizzed why he married Elin Nordegren, Woods replied: "Because I loved her. I loved Elin with everything I have.

"And that's something that makes me feel even worse, that I did this to someone I loved that much."

Woods further revealed that his wife's reaction after the revelation was "shock" and "anger."

He said: "She was hurt, she was hurt. Very hurt. And, you know, she had every right to be, and I'm as disappointed as everyone else in my own behavior because I can't believe I actually did that to the people I loved.

"I was living a life of a lie. I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I said, that hurt a lot of people.

"Stripping away denial and rationalization, you start coming to the truth of who you really are, and that can be very ugly.

"But then again, when you face it and you start conquering it and you start living up to it ... the strength that I feel now, I've never felt that type of strength."

However, Woods said the days he spent at a Mississippi sex rehabilitation clinic helped him.

He said: "A lot has transpired in my life. A lot of ugly things have happened.

"I've done some pretty bad things in my life. And uh, [they] all came to a head. But now, after treatment, going for inpatient treatment for 45 days and more outpatient treatment, um, I'm getting back to my old roots."

The sportsman added that he "strayed from his core values" and his practice of Buddhism and meditation.

He insisted his father, Earl, who died in 2006, would "be very disappointed in me."

He said: "That's one of the things I miss, I miss his guidance, wish I could have had his guidance through all this to have him help straighten me up," he said. "I know he would've done it."

Meanwhile, Woods, is set to make a comeback on April 8 at the Masters in Augusta, Ga..

He ended: "It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there. But also hope they clap for birdies, too." (ANI)

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