But the Scot held before immediately breaking the Russian with the second of just three break-points he created in the entire match.
At its previous meeting the Fed's policy-making committee raised short-term rates by half a point, bringing the cumulative rise over the past year to one and three-quarter points.
The world number 16 from Dunblane suddenly found his top form, winning the breaker easily, only to see Tursunov manufacture three break-points in game six of the final set.
As he did in Wednesday's win over world No. 3 Andy Murray, Djokovic was forced to battle hard and he saved three set-points to prevent the match going to a decider.
In their Six Nations opener against Wales the World Cup finalists blew a 13-point lead, and on Sunday - after leading 20-6 at the break - England managed just three second-half points to give Italy a whiff of an upset.
The gear change never happened and although chances were few and far between in the second half it looked like below-par Arsenal would escape the DW Stadium with three points - especially when N'Zogbia was sent off with 12 minutes to play.
The French Open champion was held up briefly when he squandered a 0-40 lead and three match points at 5-3 but raced through his final service game to seal victory in just over two hours.
The Maple Leafs are fifth in the East, seven points ahead of the 10th-place Devils, who are three points behind the eighth-place New York Islanders and the postseason cutoff.
Already the risk of insuring against an Italian default is priced at 186 basis points over three-month Euribor, up from166 basis points last week.
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And there are a couple -- three points I just want to make on that.
In 1972, Nixon won another term by a popular-vote margin of twenty-three points.
Mido's strike gives the 'Pharaohs' their first win and are now second in group 10 - three points behind surprise leaders Madagascar.
At the foot of the table, Queens Park Rangers closed the gap between themselves and second-from-bottom Reading to three points with a 2-1 win away to Southampton.
But on the other side of the religious divide, a substantial 38% of Catholics also favoured remaining within the UK - three percentage points more than the number who backed a united Ireland.
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United travel to the Stadium of Light in second place, having closed the gap on Chelsea to three points - despite only drawing at Bolton - after Carlo Ancelotti's side lost to Manchester City.
Azarenka's withdrawal allowed 19-year-old Lauren Davis into the main draw, and she took her chance -- saving three match points against Madison Keys before beating her fellow American 6-1 5-7 7-6 (9-7) in the second-round match.
Secretary Paulson unveiled his plan as a three-page talking points memorandum more than a week ago, saying it was time to stop dealing with crises as they arose and get to a more general plan that would calm the markets once and for all.
Implied yields on 90-day bill prices slipped by three basis points along the curve and the lower yield environment spread to the long end where benchmark 10-year yields dropped by three basis points to 5.45%.
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Bottom-club Swansea City grabbed three vital points after a well-earned win against play-off hopefuls Lincoln.
South Korea's last-gasp winner left Choi Kang-Hee's side three points ahead of third-placed Iran, with both teams having played five matches.
Swansea are eighth, three points off the play-offs with 44 points in their first season at Championship level for 24 years.
Elsewhere, West Ham United beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 and relegation-threatened Wigan secured a valuable three points with a 1-0 win against Norwich.
And while the Manchester based Red Devils currently lie at the head of the Premier League, their Sussex-based namesakes are doing equally well, lying just three points off top-spot in the Blue Square Bet Premier with four games in hand on leaders AFC Wimbledon.
Earlier, the USA women's team routed their Brazilian counterparts, 99-67 -- led by 21 points from the three-time WNBA All Star Lindsay Whalen.
Second-placed Lazio closed the gap to three points with a 2-0 win at home to Atalanta, while Napoli reclaimed third from Inter Milan with a 3-0 win over Palermo.
The result leaves Burnley three points shy of sixth-placed Nottingham Forest with a game in hand, while Coventry edge eight points clear of the bottom three.
Bosnia-Herzegovina moved three points clear of Greece at the top of Group G after winning 3-1 against the previously undefeated 2004 European champions, with two goals from striker Edin Dzeko.
On September 9th, Hankook Tyre, a tyre maker with an investment-grade rating, issued 45 billion won-worth of three-year bonds at some 40 basis points (hundredths of a percentage point) above the average three-year bond yield in the secondary market.
Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen dropped six points behind Dortmund after being held 1-1 at home by Wolfsburg, while Schalke went three points above Frankfurt with a 2-0 win at Werder Bremen.
Antonita Slaughter hit seven three-pointers for 21 points and Shoni Schimmel had five threes.
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