He beat Barry Hawkins 4-3 but faced certain elmination had Hawkins, 46-10 in front with the match level at 3-3, won the frame.
Rooney had gone into the match level with Drogba on 26 league goals in the race for the Golden Boot, but could not add to his tally.
Ronan O'Gara converted with the last kick of the match to level the scores.
While France, Germany and the United Kingdom recorded two-digit growth, Italy and Spain failed to match this level.
Maloney is beginning to match the level of performance he was showing last season before an Achilles injury ruined his campaign.
The Premiership match was level at 10-10 after 30 minutes with Varndell's brace cancelling out Michael Claassens' try and five points from Ryan Davis.
Ivanisevic's usually lethal serve began to splutter, his first-serve percentage slipping to 50% - and the match was level with exactly an hour gone.
And would they in any way even begin to match the level of security from which Scotland benefits as part of the United Kingdom today?
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He is not expected to match that level or Mr Perry's total during the current quarter, but should lead the pack in terms of cash on hand.
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The Pole's reward for a 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-2 success is a match with Argentine qualifier Paula Ormaechea, who claimed the first WTA Tour level match win of her career by beating 50th-ranked Romanian Simona Halep 6-1 3-6 7-5.
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England made a raft of changes, bringing on 2003 champion Lawrence Dallaglio for possibly his last match at international level, but could not find a way through the Springboks' defense.
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The Frenchman took advantage of a sluggish start by Novak to steal the first set but the Czech grabbed an early break in the second to get the match back on level terms.
But with the 28-year-old Spaniard breaking to lead 5-3 in the second set, Federer looked stunned and as his uncharacteristic errors showed no sign of stopping, the match was soon level at one set all.
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Bogdanovic recovered from losing the first set to level the match and was a break down in the final set.
"Senderos has had only a little match practice at club level, but he has always justified my confidence, " he said.
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Coyle claimed Baggies striker Peter Odemwingie should have been flagged offside before he crossed for James Morrison to level the match.
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But Federer upped his game in the second set and made a decisive break in game six to level the match at 1-1.
But fellow former world No. 1 Henin dug deep to level the match and then take a 3-0 lead in the deciding set.
The second set saw Lopez break Nadal's serve in the fifth game but the muscular Mallorcan immediately broke back to level the match at 3-3.
The Dutchman took the opening set but missed two darts which would have given him a 2-0 lead and Hamilton capitalised to level the match.
However, the third seed responded brilliantly with three breaks of serve to level the match and then stormed through the third set to prevail 4-6 6-3 6-1.
The match went up a level in a dramatic third set that saw Federer stretched as much as we have seen in the last three years at Flushing Meadows.
Roddick, who been troubled by a shoulder injury this season, looked on his way to a straight-sets win but Mahut fought back to level the match in a tie-break.
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