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Rafael Nadal to Take on David Ferrer Tonight in London
In tennis,
The last slot in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals is set to be decided tonight in London.
Stan Wawrinka will battle Andy Murray for the chance to take on Roger Federer in the semis.
Wawrinka admits it's been a while since he's been up against Murray.
"Yeah, for sure, it's great to know that the winner (of the match) is going to qualify (for the semi-finals) and that's something good. It's going to be an interesting match. We didn't play (each other) for two years now, he's playing at home, he always plays well indoors or out so it's going to be a difficult match but let's see how I can feel, how I can start and how I can play against Andy."
Both Wawrinka and Murray come into the match with 1-1 records at the final tournament of the ATP season.
Tonight's first match has Rafael Nadal taking on David Ferrer in a mean-nothing affair.
Nadal is already through, and will face Novak Djokovic in the other semi-final tomorrow.
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On the women's side,
China's Liu Chang is set to take on Russia's Evgeniya Rodina in the third round of WTA Challenger event taking place in Taipei.
Liu is the only Chinese player remaining in the women's singles draw in Taiwan.
She's through after powering past Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm last night in straight sets.
Badminton: Mixed doubles squad Xu & Chen ousted from Hong Kong Open
In badminton,
An upset today at the Super Series event in Hong Kong on the Mixed Doubles front.
The Chinese duo of Xu Chen and Ma Jin have been eliminated from the tournament.
The world number-4 team went down to an unseeded pair from South Korea in a 3-set struggle earlier today.
Still on the Mixed Double's front,
The top seeded Chinese team of Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei were given a scare today by a pair from Indonesia.
After narrowly escaping the first set on an extra point, the world number-1's lost their 2nd set and barely held on to get past Indonesia's Praveen Jordan and Debbie Susanto 22-20, 17-21, 21-19.
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In other action from Hong Kong,
In the men's singles event, it was Tian Houwei downing Chinese compatriot Wang Zhengming in straight-sets.
And later tonight, the marquis match-up is a rematch of last week's China Open final.
Chinese world number-1 Chen Long will be looking for revenge as he takes on Malaysian powerhouse Lee Chong Wei.
Golf: Feng, Lin struggle in 1st round of LPGA Championships
In golf,
Round 2 of the LPGA Championships is set to get underway in a couple of hours in Florida.
American Austin Ernst has the first round lead at 6-under, one stroke ahead of South Korea's Lee Mi-Hyang.
However, all eyes at the tournament are on New Zealander Lydia Ko and South Korea's Imbee Park to see who will finish the LPGA season as the top golfer, as the two are neck-and-neck on points, with the New Zealand teen entering the tournament in Florida with a slight edge.
She has the advantage on the course so far as well, sitting in a tie for 9th at minus-3.
Imbee Park is 2 strokes back at minus-1.
Park will need to finish the tournament in the top-8, and beat Ko by at least 2-strokes if she's going to take this year's LPGA title.
Chinese golfers Feng Shanshan and Lin Xiyu struggled somewhat on Thursday, both carding 2-over-74's to sit well back on the leaderboard.
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From the European Tour Championships in Dubai,
The 2nd round of the final event of the year is in full swing.
However, all eyes are on Rory McIlroy and Danny Willet.
Those two are battling it out to see who will win the coveted Race to Dubai trophy as the top golfer on the European Tour this year.
There are 5 other golfers with a mathmatical shot to secure the crown, should McIlroy and Willet blow up through this weekend, including Justin Rose, Branden Grace, Ahn Byeong-hun, Louis Oosthuizen and Shane Lowry.
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And at this week's PGA stop,
American Kevin Kisner sits at minus-7 for a one-stroke lead at the RSM Classic at the famous Sea Island course in Georgia.
Basketball: Golden State within 2 of tying NBA best start record
In basketball,
The defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors are just 2 wins away from equaling the best start ever to an NBA season.
Facing one of their toughest tests to date in keeping their streak alive, Stephen Curry dominated, scoring 40-points and pulling in 11 defensive rebounds in leading Golden State over Pacific Division rivals the LA Clippers 124-117.
At 13-0 to start the season, a win at home against Chicago this weekend and a road victory over Denver on Tuesday morning will match the record set by Yao Ming and his 1993-94 Houston Rockets for the best start in the NBA at 15-0.
There were only 2 other games in the NBA this morning.
LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a 2-game losing skid, thumping Milwaukee 115-100.
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And LeBron's former club, the Miami Heat, were also victorious, holding off the Sacramento Kings 116-109 this morning in Miami.
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Five games taking place tonight in the CBA, including some of the top teams in the league battling one-another.
The Sichuan Blue Whales are taking their perfect 6-0 record into Liaoning tonight to battle the 5-1 Dinosaurs.
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And its 4-2 Shenzhen looking to hand the Flying Tigers their first loss of the season tonight in Xinjiang.
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The other match-ups have Fujian at home to Shandong.
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Zhejiang Chouzhou is in Tianjin.
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And only one team in the league will be winless after tonight, as bottom-dwellers Foshan are in Jiangsu to take on the Dragons, with both clubs coming in with 0-6 records to start off the CBA season.
Hockey: Ovetchkin becomes top Russian goal scorer in NHL
From the National Hockey League this morning,
Russian superstar Alex Ovetchkin has another milestone to add to his career.
The Washinton Capitals winger scored his 484th NHL goal earlier this morning to surpass Sergei Fedorov to become the all-time Russian-born goal scorer in the league.
"Sooner or later I knew I was gonna, it was gonna come, so of course I got a little frustrated when you have good chances."
Ovetchkin's goal, his first in 5-games, wasn't enough though, as his Washington Capitals went down to Dallas this morning 3-2.
In other NHL action this morning,
Pittsburgh got past Colorado 4-3.
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Boston doubled-up on Minnesota 4-2.
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Martin Jones earned his 3rd shutout of the season, as his San Jose Sharks got past Philadelphia 1-0 in overtime.
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Anaheim downed Florida 3-1.
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Arizona upset Montreal 3-2.
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Ottawa blanked Columbus 3-0.
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St. Louis needed the shootout to get past Buffalo 3-2.
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And it was the Tampa Bay Lightning snapping the New York Rangers 9-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory.
aseball: MLB announces MVP awards
Major League Baseball has announced its Most Valuable Player awards for this past season.
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper has been named the National League MVP.
The 23-year old was the unanimous choice among the baseball writers who select the awards every year.
Toronto Blue Jays 3rd baseman Josh Donaldson has taken the American League MVP award.
Donaldson led a power-packed Jays' line-up into the playoffs for the first time in 2-decades.
"I felt like after the break I came back and I felt like I was starting to come along pretty strong there a couple of weeks into it. You know, honestly our team was on a roll so I was able to kind of deflect my own self of thinking, I was just going out there and trying to help my team win and honestly I, that's how I feel like you end up winning awards."
Donaldson has won the AL MVP ahead of LA Angels outfielder Mike Trout, who won the award last year.
Bryce Harper, the 2012 Rookie of the Year, took this year's NL MVP award ahead of Arizona 1st baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
NFL: Jacksonville starts week 11 with victory
In action from the National Football League,
Week 11 is underway.
The Thursday night match-up has seen the Jacksonville Jaguars put themselves in a better position to possibly make the playoffs in the weak AFC south division, getting past the Tennessee Titans 19-13 this morning.
The win puts Jacksonville at 4-6 on the season, which could be good enough for a share of the AFC South lead after this week, depending on what happens with Houston and Indiana, who both have 4-5 records.
The loss puts Tennessee at 2-8 on the year.
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