It was ideal preparation for the PGA Championship, with Woods aiming to break his duck in the final major of the season after missing the cut at the British Open earlier this month and near-misses at the Masters and U.S. Open.

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The hosts managed to break their duck through an Andre Pretorious penalty, but it was brief respite and the Lions soon went back on the attack.

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Despite opening their campaign with a dramatic victory in Tunisia, Selolwane said it took some time for him to believe that the Zebras would break their Nations Cup duck.

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But with a number of Australia's star players, including Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist, having retired in the past couple of years, the Proteas feel they have an excellent opportunity to break their duck.

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Williams' place in the side is taken by Robin Sowden-Taylor after the Wales veteran ironically revealed his double mission to break his cup final duck.

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Instead, with the home side in such a commanding position from the first leg, the spotlight of match threatened to fall on whether Torres could break his goalscoring duck.

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But the 31-year-old, who has lost all eight ATP title finals, was unable to break his duck on this occasion.

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Stoke have never won at the Stadium of Light and without the suspended Rory Delap, their chief weapon, they battled hard but offered little to suggest they would break their duck.

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