Rochus was leading 6-0 4-1 against Irakli Labadze when the Georgian retired with a shoulder injury.

BBC: Rusedski storms through

Georgia's ambassador, Irakli Alasania, said Churkin's meaning was clear enough.

CNN: U.S.: Russia trying to topple Georgian government

Kote was the first poet I have met who is stopped on the street by swooning teenaged girls and asked for autographs - he was also our key to an embryonic underground music scene where names like Irakli Charkviani and Lado Burdelli are the ones to watch.

BBC: To be in Tbilisi