Hull's next game is at home to Sunderland on Saturday and Dowie admitted that is now a "must-win" encounter.
Federer's win sets up an intriguing encounter against Davydenko, who has beaten the world number one in their previous two encounters.
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This was also the country's first win over France in a meaningful encounter and exacted some revenge for eliminations at Euro 2000 and the 2006 World Cup, when Zinedine Zidane twice inspired Les Bleus to victory.
And Bale, who has been in terrific form this season, insists Saturday's encounter is another must-win match.
Distributing more condoms would not, on its own, stop the spread of AIDS. Lots of measures are needed: improving education, encouraging monogamy, delaying the age of first sexual encounter, helping young women to win a greater say over their sex lives and widening access to antiretroviral drugs that lessen sufferers' infectiousness.
Another try would have given Bath a bonus-point win, which would have set up a last-four encounter against Harlequins.
The 2-0 win over Northwich Victoria on Saturday set up a play-off encounter with Burton Albion, who finished fifth.
England lead the series 1-0 after an emphatic innings victory in the teams' second encounter in Adelaide and would retain the Ashes with a win in Perth.
Both sides finished with 14 men in a highly competitive encounter as Queen's University took a 0-13 to 0-9 win.
Strauss's men impressed in their 354-run win in the first contest at Trent Bridge last week, so the squad is unchanged for the second encounter.
He set up a third round encounter with Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis after a comfortable 6-2 6-2 6-4 win against Portugal's Joao Sousa.
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