Ronaldo raised doubts over his future at Old Trafford when he told a Spanish TV station last week: "let's see after the Champions League final what happens".

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Coming into the tournament without injured talisman Michael Ballack, doubts over the future of coach Joachim Loew and the second-youngest squad in the competition, many might have expected Germany to struggle in South Africa.

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Ancic, who made the last four at Wimbledon in 2004, missed the last seven months of last year and he began work in a law firm as doubts over his future in tennis grew.

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