Still, Rose is the only British player to advance to the 30-man Tour Championship, with Luke Donald and Ian Poulter eliminated, Donald by the smallest of margins.
"I'm dead excited as it's my first time there, " said the man who has been a UK Championship (1999) and LG Cup (2003) quarter-finalist.
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The third man who entered the Chinese race in the championship reckoning, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, is out of the running after finishing sixth.
Punk at January's Royal Rumble to win the championship and Cena won the 30-man Rumble to become the No. 1 contender.
Kasprowicz has been named in a 12-man squad for Glamorgan's opening Frizzell County Championship Division Two game with Derbyshire, which starts on Friday at Sophia Gardens.
Yang Yong-eun became the first Asian man to win a U.S. major championship after he overhauled Tiger Woods to take the PGA Championship in 2009, but the men's game hasn't seen the same Korean surge as in women's golf.
Michael Mancienne, who was returning from suspension having been sent off in the championship opener against Finland, lost his man and Boateng's neat through ball found Castro who coolly slotted home through the legs of Scott Loach from 12 yards.
When the action resumed, Isle of Man driver Mark Higgins consolidated his position in the world championship points.
The Foxes are languishing in 17th place in the Championship but chairman Milan Mandaric believes the new man will bring about a revival.
It was the first time the brothers have competed in the same final of a major championship, Kevin as underdog and Jonathan as the man to beat after running the fastest time in the earlier rounds and breaking the Belgian record in the process.
Bidding to become the first man in tennis history to win eight titles at the same major championship, Nadal won 6-4 6-1 6-3 against 13th seed Kei Nishikori, the first Japanese man in the fourth round since Fumiteru Nakano in 1938.
Derry led through Championship debutant Christopher McKaigue but Thomas Freeman was Monaghan's star man and his fifth point clinched the narrow victory.
The Dunhill Links Championship features 168 professionals and the same number of amateurs playing in two man teams.
The man who has swapped the battle to keep Southampton in the promotion hunt in England's Championship for the international stage has done his bit already by impressing with his own enthusiasm.
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Kampamba scored the second goal in Zambia's 2-1 win over Lesotho in the quarter-final of the annual southern African championship in June and was the only foreign-based player named in a 20-man squad by Brouwer earlier this week.
The former Dagenham man is set to play at least an hour against Sunderland and will then be assessed ahead of Posh's Championship opener at Derby.
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