Japan leveled at 2-2 in Moscow as home No. 1 Maria Kirilenko was unable to play due to illness, as Ayumi Morita triumphed 6-4 6-1 against stand-in Elena Vesnina, but Ekatarina Makarova bounced back from her Saturday defeat to beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-1 6-1.
Stuttgart bounced back from the opening-day defeat by Wools to beat Freiburg 4-2 as summer signing Pavel Pogrebnyak netted the opening goal in the 53rd minute.
Australia, who recovered from their 2-0 Test series defeat in India to beat New Zealand by the same margin, play three Tests, followed by two Twenty20 matches and then five one-day internationals against the Proteas.
Tony McGahan's Munster side could clinch the Magners League title next weekend if they defeat the Scarlets and Edinburgh beat the Ospreys.
South Africa's previous worst one-day defeat was when the West Indies beat them by 107 runs in Kingston in 1992.
The defeat leaves Northern Ireland needing to beat the Czech Republic in Prague next month and hope that Slovenia fail to beat San Marino four days later.
The victory against France has sparked renewed optimism in the England camp and they could yet secure second place if they beat Scotland and Grand Slam-chasing Ireland defeat Wales in Cardiff.
Ferrer, who had been seeking to become the first Spaniard to win the Miami title, was denied his second Masters-level crown after a demoralizing defeat that means he has yet to beat a top-five player in any of his 37 career finals.
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Ancelotti was delighted with the way his side responded to last week's defeat by Tottenham, and then watching United beat Spurs on Saturday to leapfrog them at the top of the table.
The Springboks suffered a shock defeat to Scotland last weekend, while England recently beat Australia, but Croft said they cannot afford to be complacent.
With its manufacturing efficiency and strong brand name, he says, Dell can defeat the cheap-PC guys just as it beat Packard Bell earlier in the decade.
Barca, who beat Real in the semifinals last year before going on to defeat Manchester United in the final, face a heavyweight clash against Italy's seven-time winners AC Milan on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old Czech set up a chance of revenge for her semi-final defeat in Moscow last week against Nadia Petrova, who beat Samantha Stosur 6-1 6-3.
Menem beat him with 23% of the votes, but withdrew from sure defeat before the second round.
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Another huge Ninian Park crowd saw Petersen defeat George Cook and an estimated 70, 000 watched him beat Jack Doyle in White City.
The defeat means Bristol slip to third in the group and must beat leaders Cardiff next Sunday to maintain any hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
It was a crushing defeat for the Democrats, who decided that the way to beat Jindal was to try to link him with President Bush and the war in Iraq.
In the remaining first-round matches, seventh seed Elena Bovina of Russia beat Jana Nejedly of Canada while eighth seed Meilen Tu fought back to defeat Brie Rippner 2-6 7-6 6-1.
Earlier, defending champion Neil Robertson crashed out after a 4-2 defeat in his final group match against Stephen Lee, Joe Perry beat Joe Swail 4-2 to finish runner-up in their group.
Nadal beat Britain's Murray in last year's semifinals before going on to defeat Serbian Djokovic to claim the title.
There were mixed fortunes for the home hopes as Welshman Ryan Day beat Mark King 5-2 but Dominic Dale slipped to a 5-2 defeat to Alan McManus.
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The defeat leaves Real in fifth place, 13 points behind leaders Barcelona, who beat Levante 2-1 on Tuesday.
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In other friendlies, Tunisia beat Namibia 2-0 while Ivory Coast went down to a surprise 2-1 defeat to Angola .
Rudy Gay scored a season-high 32 points, DeMar DeRozan had 18 and the Raptors beat New York 100-98, handing the slumping Knicks their season-worst fourth straight defeat.
Federer had only just flown back to Europe following his five-set defeat by Juan Martin Del Potro in Monday's US Open final, but beat Simone Bolelli on Friday and then secured the decisive third point with a 6-3 6-0 6-4 win over Potito Starace on Sunday.
Earlier, France beat Georgia 64-7 in their final pool game, but were left to rue their shock defeat to Argentina in the opening match of the tournament.
England beat Georgia 24-0 but lost 19-14 to Argentina and crashed to a 38-0 defeat to New Zealand.
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Defeat away to England was the only blot on that campaign, which was decided when the unfancied Welsh beat the English by a single point at their temporary Wembley home.
Djokovic beat Isner in their only previous encounter in March, but took more than four hours and six match points to defeat the 6ft 9in American in Davis Cup action.
England's nascent confidence of a fortnight ago, when they resoundingly beat Australia 35-18, was shattered by a muscular and powerful South African side eager to consign their shock defeat by Scotland last week to history.
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