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Despite progressing in straight sets, Murray’s victory was far from straightforward, with Paire’s tendency to attempt the ambitious occasionally bearing fruit and testing the world number one. Defending champion Murray - who became just the third man to reach the quarter-finals in 10 successive years at a grand slam event - will face Sam Querrey or Kevin Anderson in the last eight. Having won his third-round clash in a dramatic fourth set against Fabio Fognini, Murray could have done with getting off to a smooth start....

Spain and Serbia are safely into the Final 8 and are not among the nations fighting it out to be one of the two best runners-up who join the six group winners in the knockout stage, which will be played in Sydney. Nadal overcame his toughest test yet with a battling 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Yoshihito Nishioka, following up singles wins in earlier ties against Nikoloz Basilashvili and Pablo Cuevas....

The world number two once again decided to forego any competitive preparation for the third grand slam of the year after chalking up his 12th French Open title at Roland Garros earlier this month. But Nadal will return to Hurlingham, where he has featured in each of the past two years, to contest exhibition matches next Wednesday and Friday. Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Kevin Anderson, Nick Kyrgios, Marin Cilic and Lucas Pouille are among the other major names who will take part....

Nadal, who is the clear tournament favourite and looks to be in the form of his life on clay this season, raced into a 3-0 lead before Spanish compatriot Almagro felt his left knee with less than half an hour played. Nadal is seeded fourth in Rome, where he is bidding for a record eighth title to go with his recent successes in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid, and will meet either the Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely or American Jack Sock in the next round....

Three-time Shanghai champion Murray was annoyed by a loud noise, which he claims was made by Fognini, when he had a volley at the net for a 15-30 lead at 5-5 in the third set. The Briton went on to break Fognini for a second chance to serve out the match, but at the changeover the pair were involved in a heated discussion. When Murray complained about the noise to chair umpire Fergus Murphy and Fognini attempted to interject, the three-time major champion told his opponent to “shut up”....

The British top seed said he heard a “few little crackles” on Wednesday after taking a nasty tumble in the third set of his 6-3 6-0 6-2 win over Russian teenager Andrey Rublev on Rod Laver Arena. The 29-year-old Wimbledon and Olympic champion added the joint was “a bit sore” but he would only know the true extent of the injury after a night’s sleep. It must have been with some relief then, that he was able to take to Court 17 to the cheers of a couple of hundred fans on a sunny Thursday morning....

Number one NFL draft pick Murray’s contract includes a $23.59million signing bonus and $35.2m guaranteed in addition to a fifth-year team option for the 2023 season. “Everything I dreamed of,” Murray said. “For me, being in Arizona and being a Cardinal, I can honestly say there is no place I’d rather be. “It brings a smile to my face knowing I’ll get the opportunity of a lifetime to quarterback this team....

The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Darrell Caldwell, was fatally stabbed on December 19 while backstage at the Once Upon a Time in LA music festival in Los Angeles, where he was scheduled to perform. Caldwell had been ambushed by a group of between 40 and 60 men soon after a fight broke out, according to a video released by his family. Caldwell was rushed to the hospital but did not survive his injuries, the worst of which was reportedly a stab wound to the neck....

Climate change has caused yields in the main mustard seed producing countries to plummet. The seed is essential for the condiment that graces the top of the fast food favorite consumed in its millions as people celebrate Independence Day. But there may not be enough of the yellow stuff to go around due to mustard seed yields in France slumping by a half last year, while in the world’s second largest producer, Canada, there was a 28 percent drop....

MVP helped revitalize Bobby Lashley’s career as he was coming off the controversial storyline with Lana and Miro - who had already been released by then. He took Lashley under his wing and formed The Hurt Business, where The All Mighty first had a respectable run with the United States title. Eight days later, he won his first WWE Championship by beating The Miz. He won it for the second time by beating Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble, but his reign was cut short due to a legitimate injury that he suffered, making WWE put the title on Lesnar while having him taken away mid-Elimination Chamber match....

RELATED: Best Anime Female Characters With Brown Hair His name is Shoto Todoroki, and in both the anime and manga he’s performed some of the strongest and most dazzling moves in the series. With My Hero Academia coming out with a brand new season, it’s important to look at all of Todoroki’s moves and see which ones rank as his best of the bunch. There’s a reason he reigns as one of the show’s most popular characters....

Mourinho: I’m a nobody at Man Utd The 20-year-old has previously complained about refereeing in the Bundesliga, urging them to “act earlier and harder” to discourage opponents from fouling Dortmund players. Dembele admits he gets “irritated and furious” when he is fouled, but says he is trying to control himself in a more measured way. “I think it’s getting better, I get a bit less upset than I did at the beginning” he told Kicker....

Mobile operators and internet service providers have been told to restrict access to certain websites and virtual private networks that can avoid internet filtering, the Associated Press reported. The military, also known as the Tatmadaw, is also limiting access to only fiber data connections that are available to a small portion of the population. Instead, the Tatmadaw said it is developing an “intranet” for inside the country that allows access to only approved applications....

The UCLA linebacker wasn’t medically cleared to fully participate at next week’s NFL Scouting Combine. Jack told ESPN he will do the bench press and go through the medical checks and team interviews, but will not be able to do any of the on-field drills. MORE: Latest NFL Mock Draft | Best draft picks in history of every team The 20-year-old left college after three seasons despite the injury, but should be able to do all of the drills at the UCLA pro day on March 15....

That was in doubt after last week’s disastrous Mythic Quest episode that was both a bit of a bummer and the least funny episode of perhaps the entire series. The third season of the show has been really up and down so far with several very good ones and several very mediocre ones. Luckily, this episode was very, very good and it is hopefully a hint that viewers are going to get more of that in the season finale next week....

The pair claimed two wickets each for a cost of 52 in eight overs and were well supported by pick-of-the-bowlers Hardus Viljoen (2/21), Ferisco Adams (2/27) and Isuru Udana (2/34) as the visitors successfully defended their 166 for seven by restricting the home side to 135. There were also useful performances with the bat by James Vince (37 off 22 balls), captain Faf du Plessis (27 off 21 balls) and Adams (23 not out off 12 balls) to set up the Boland-based franchise for a key win....

Although the bill was filed in February 2021 and received little support from state legislators, it received renewed attention on social media after viral tweets incorrectly stated it was introduced recently, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic reversal of its decision in Roe v. Wade last month. “Republicans in North Carolina just introduced a bill that’d make abortion punishable with death,” Santiago Mayer, the founder and executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a nonprofit focused on getting young people into politics, wrote in a tweet on Monday that has so far been shared more than 20,000 times....

State lawmakers have lambasted Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks and demanded his dismissal, citing his overall job performance and his actions regarding the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, the state’s only women’s prison. Ten guards face criminal charges brought by the state attorney general for alleged violent attacks on inmates this past January. Hicks defended his record of service and said he added body cameras at Edna Mahan and hired more women, among other changes....

The Spaniard squandered his first 13 break-point chances before settling to claim a 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-1 6-4 victory over Mayer in the third round at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. Nadal, who faces Alexandr Dolgopolov in the last 16, said letting so many chances slip against the Argentinian made him nervous. “You are under stress when you see that you have opportunities almost in every game, and you are not able to convert it,” the 15-time grand slam champion told a news conference....

The Spaniard, whose last Roland Garros success came in 2014, needed less than two hours to extinguish the threat of the home hope, despite a brief second-set wobble. Nadal had described Paire as a “dangerous opponent”, but the fourth seed brought out all his weaponry to ensure safe passage to a second-round meeting with Robin Haase. World number 45 Paire did not play badly, but Nadal – who won three clay-court tournaments in a row before bowing out to Dominic Thiem in Rome – was in inspired form once again....