In other matches, Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal dropped a set before beating Ernests Gulbis 7-5 3-6 6-3.
The 48-year-old Hopkins broke the record he set by beating Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title on May 21, 2011.
Hopkins became the oldest boxer to win a major title, extending the record he set by beating Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title on May 21, 2011.
Three-time defending Dubai champion Djokovic saved a set point in the second-set tiebreaker before beating Tipsarevic 6-1 7-6, while Murray saw off the fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5.
Last week, industry leader Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ORA) set the stage by beating analyst expectations for both earnings and revenue per share in the third quarter, and announcing a deal to buy a project in Honduras.
Tom Hooper's adaptation of the popular stage hit enjoyed the biggest ever UK opening for a movie musical, beating a record set by Mamma Mia!
Conway's margin of victory set a race record, beating the 12.2-second cushion 1999 winner Dario Franchitti had over Paul Tracy, and making team owner Dale Coyne seem as if he's the smartest guy in the Motor City.
The Malaysian leader may also be echoing a cry of fear and pain from all Asia, whose world-beating growth looks set to slow in the face of increasing financial woes and global competition -- both triggered in large part by liberalization.
Scotland had its wettest year on record with 73.2in (1859.5mm) of rain, beating a previous record set in 1990.
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That is the steepest decline since records began, beating the old record set back in 1952, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Gray, committed to play college football at Texas, is approaching all sorts of national high school records for a running back, and he appeared to have scored his 60th rushing touchdown of the season, beating his own record set last year.
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In light of the ailing health of the British economy and the fact that the largest wave of spending cuts since 1945 are just reporting for duty, Governor King sounds in no mood to be adding to the weight of struggling households and corporations by restricting monetary policy for the sake of beating back price increase set in motion by the government.
The round set a new official course record, beating Bradley Dredge's 64 in the 2006 Dunhill Links Championship.
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According to comScore, the social network pulled in more than 141 million unique visitors in the U.S. during the month, beating its previous record (set in May) by better than 11 million.
The most significant feature of Nevins's garden at Middlefield is the hornbeam room, entered as one moves up a flight of stone-and-grass steps toward a bench set on axis with what is the beating heart of any country house in summer, the well-used and much-loved screened porch.
Almost 70% of P7 pupils have no obvious sign of tooth decay, beating a 60% target previously set by ministers.
"I played the important points very well in the second set, and that was the key to beating him, " said Del Potro, who has been suffering from an injured toe.
Tomas Berdych set up a third-round match with Verdasco after beating Richard Gasquet of France in straight sets.
Iomega's just-announced 250MB Zip drive is set to take over as the capacity leader -- beating its largest competitor by 50MB.
Canadian rising star and 2011 Rookie of the Year Milos Raonic set up a match with 13th seed Juan Monaco by beating American Jesse Levine 6-4 7-5 6-2.
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In Italy, Roma set up an Italian Cup final with city rivals Lazio after beating Inter Milan 5-3 on aggregate in their semifinal.
Reports of Anwar's arrest had been flying all week. (He even committed suicide in a spoof item on Sept. 19.) So when an eyewitness account of the raid on his home landed at 9.39 p.m. (beating major newswires to the punch), it set off a flurry of activity as newgroup buffs scambled for confirmation.
In Germany, Stuttgart set up a German Cup final with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after beating Freiburg 2-1 while Paris Sanit-Germain were knocked out of the French Cup by Evian .
The Blackhawks set an NHL record for the best start to a season, beating the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday to give them at least one point in their first 17 games.
Elsewhere, sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze set up an enticing third round meeting with fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko by beating Alisa Kleybanova 6-3 6-4.
The most shocking act of brutality occurred in Lens when German hooligans set upon a French policeman prior to the Germany- Yugoslavia match, beating him into a coma.
Serena had made hard work of beating another Russian, Vera Dushevina, in a three-set opener on Monday, but appeared in command against world number 18 Petrova as she won the first set.
Also on Thursday, American Rebecca Soni won the 200-meter breast stroke in 2:19.59, beating her own world record of 2:20.00, set Wednesday in the semifinals.
The press also reveals how a world record has been set for the longest interval between the birth of twins - 87 days, beating the previous record by three days.
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