Andy Murray was made to work for a 6-2 4-6 6-3 win over French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. The British No 1 dropped the second set in his first competitive singles match on clay this year, but quickly regained command to close out victory.After easing through the opening set, Murray was broken three times in the second by Herbert, who had defeated clay specialist Guido Pella in the previous round. Herbert, ranked at 95 in the world, stubbornly held onto his own serve to level the match, but Murray produced a determined response in the decider. The Scot broke the Frenchman to forge a 4-1 lead and sent down an ace to save break point on his own serve before he secured his place in the third round.Murray, who will face either Benoit Paire or Joao Sousa, said: I expected it to be a tough match from the beginning. The first set he didnt serve well, I think he served 35 per cent first serve and thats a big part of his game. The world No 2 is working towards the French Open He likes to serve and volley behind the first serve, or big first serve and try to come in behind the second shot. He wasnt able to do that in the first set, because he didnt serve well. Then in the second he did that a bit better, also I was making too many mistakes as well, got broken a few times in that set.I actually served well in the third set, that was important. Coming up with some big serves when I needed them and played some good tennis at times, but also was a bit and down. On this surface, youve got to be a bit more consistent. Watch the Monte Carlo Masters on Sky Sports all this week.By purchasing a Sky Sports Day Pass for £6.99 or Sky Sports Week Pass for £10.99, you can enjoy access to all seven Sky Sports channels and watch on a TV with a NOW TV Box or on a range of devices. Also See: Bedene sets up Nadal clash Monte Carlo: Big questions . Playing in his 19th career final, the second-seeded Tsonga was favourite to win the Open 13 for the third time and to secure an 11th career title, but he struggled with Gulbis attacking approach. . With the results, North America claimed 2.5 of the three available points, opening up a 17.5-12.5 lead in the overall standings. A total of 60 points are available, meaning the first team to 30.5 points will win the Continental Cup.
http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com ... e-71q.html. With one week left in the regular season, Cornish - voted The Toughest Player To Bring Down - is a leading candidate for the CFLs Most Outstanding Player award. He has rushed for 1,799 yards and could break Willie Burdens club record for rushing yards in a single season with a 98-yard performance against the B. . -- Brendan Leipsic had two goals and an assist and Nicolas Petan extended his point streak to 11 games as the Portland Winterhawks slipped past the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. . - Jerome Verrier scored the winner 8:24 into overtime and Louis-Phillip Guindon stopped 46 shots as the Drummondville Voltigeurs edged the host Val-dOr Foreurs 4-3 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action.West Indies will face England in Sundays ICC World Twenty20 final after Lendl Simmons condemned hosts India to a seven-wicket defeat in Mumbai. Simmons smashed 82no off 51 balls to steer West Indies to their target of 193 with two balls in hand but only after he was reprieved on 18 and 50 after being dismissed by front-foot no-balls.The errors - compounded when Ravindra Jadeja caught Simmons on 68 only to step on the mid-wicket boundary rope - eclipsed Virat Kohlis second majestic fifty in as many games. James Anderson, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Atherton react to West Indies win Kohli followed up his unbeaten 82 against Australia with a sumptuous 89 not out off 47 balls as India ran up 192-2, then claimed the key scalp of Johnson Charles (52 off 36 balls) with his first delivery when brought on to bowl.The wicket ended a thrilling third-wicket stand of 97 between Charles and Simmons, who subsequently found a powerful foil in Andre Russell (43no off 20), who struck Kohli into the stands to win the match and silence the crowd at the Wankhede Stadium. Lendl Simmons unbeaten 82 off 51 balls helped West Indies beat India Now England and West Indies - the victors when the sides met early in the tournament - each have the chance of becoming the first nation to win the World Twenty20 title twice, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.India made a solid start after being put in - Rohit Sharma dominating a first-wicket stand of 62 in 7.2 overs with Ajinkya Rahane, launching Russell for successive sixes in the final over of the powerplay before missing one from Samuel Badree that skidded on. Virat Kohlis sumptuous strokeplay was not enough Kohli should have been run out on one after attempting to steal a bye to the wicketkeeper after missing out on a free hit but Denesh Ramdins shy at the stumps missed by a fraction and Dwayne Bravo, having collected the ball, also under-armed wide.dddddddddddd Kumar Sangakkara said MS Dhoni must have felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day Rahane, recalled in place of out-of-nick Shikhar Dhawan, matched Kohli for touch and placement as the pair piled up a second-wicket stand of 66 in 8.1 overs with excellent running.With overs running out the opener looked to pull Russell for six but failed to clear Bravo at mid-wicket, clearing the way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni (15no) and Kohli to up the rate with a formidable, unbroken stand of 64 off just 27 balls.Kohlis hitting was as clinical as it was mesmerising - Indias talisman striking just one six yet manufacturing a strike-rate of 190.The target was within the range of the West Indies, who chased down 183 to beat England on the same ground in their opening match thanks to Chris Gayles unbeaten hundred.But the left-handed opener was undone by Jasprit Bumrahs first ball, an inswinging yorker, and Marlon Samuels chipped a simple catch to cover to leave India in the ascendancy. West Indies should have been three down with 50 on the board when Simmons edged to short third man only for replays to show Ravichandran Ashwin had overstepped.Simmons, playing his first game of the tournament in place of Andre Fletcher (hamstring), initially played second fiddle as Charles cut loose to launch Ashwin and Hardik Pandya for sixes to lift West Indies to 84-2 at the halfway stage.The burly opener pummelled Pandya to the mid-wicket rope to reach his fifty off 30 balls, setting the platform for victory but not before Simmons was the beneficiary of another front-foot error - this time by Pandya - shortly after completing a 35-ball half-century. The free-hit went the distance as Indias hopes faltered, then vanished.Watch the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final between England and West Indies live on Sky Sports 2 this Sunday from 1.30pm. Before then see if West Indies Women can overcome Australia Women in the Womens World Twenty20 Final, live on Sky Sports 2 on Sunday from 10am. ' ' '
