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Li Na set for showdown with Serena Williams in Sony Open Final
First up in Tennis,
China's Li Na has made it to the final of the Sony Open in Miami after sweeping aside Domininka Cibulkova with a 7-5 2-6 6-3 victory.
Li won a rematch of her Australian open final maintaining her perfect record against the Slovakian.
This result now sets up a showdown between the best two players in the world right now as she is due to face an on form Serena Williams in the Final.
Though the American may have an edge in terms of raw power, Li said you need more than that in the difficult conditions in Florida.
"I think today the tennis match is now only about technique, you know. It's so windy and so cold I think most important is the, I think now I was pretty strong in the mentality. I was telling myself, ok, fight every point until the end of the match."
Serena Williams recorded her 15th consecutive win over Maria Sharipova to make it to her ninth Sony Open Final.
The American won five games from 4-1 down to take the first set and pulled away from three a piece in the second to end the match 6-4 6-3.
England and South Africa victorious in Twenty20 Cricket
In Cricket,
Alex Hales cracked a career-best 116 not out to help England run down Sri Lanka by six wickets with four balls to spare in another gripping World Twenty20 match.
Hales' 64-ball knock, the first century by an England player in T20s, also assisted England's highest successful chase in a T20 as they powered to 190-4 in response to Sri Lanka's daunting 189-4.
At the press conference afterwards it was still sinking in for Hales that he has scored his first Twenty20 century.
"Yeah, it is an amazing feeling. It still sort of hasn't sunk in what has happened. I have come close (to scoring a century) a couple of times before and I am pleased I managed to get over the line today. It was a very good wicket and happy I cashed in."
England's first win of the tournament kept them in the semi-final running.
Sri Lanka's first loss in three matches left it leading Group 1 on run differential over South Africa, who beat the Netherlands by just six runs earlier in the day.
The Netherlands had been chasing a score of just 145 so the defeat was a huge shock for them. The team's captain Peter Borren says they still haven't given up hope however:
"We just really want to get a win or an upset in this tournament. We had a really good opportunity today, we've got two more opportunities and I really hope we can take one of those. I believe this team can play and I'm very glad that we stepped it up because we were bagged back home."
Elsewhere in Twenty20 Australia have won the toss and are set to bat in their match against the West Indes.
Nico Rosberg fastest in Malaysia GP second practice
In Formula One,
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg beat Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to set the fastest time in the second practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Defending Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull was third fastest, although only 0.061 seconds separated the trio.
Fresh from victory at the season opening Grand Prix in Australia, Rosberg said he's feeling very happy with the way the team has prepared:
"Well it's been a fantastic start to the season definitely yes, and I think the whole team has just done a great job, with these new regulations with the car and engine and power train that they've built and yeah it's been great to win the first race for sure."
This formula one season has seen some of the biggest regulation changes for a generation, with smaller engines which are restricted to lower revs.
A side effect of this has been a huge reduction in the engine noise that petrol heads have become accustomed to over the years. Nico Rosberg's Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton says he agrees with fans who feel this has ruined the spectacle somewhat:
"Yeah, naturally, without that raw… without that tone that they used to have that's what, when I first went to a Grand Prix race in 1996 that's what really grabbed me."
Ahead of the race on Sunday Formula one drivers will be paying tribute to passengers on the missing flight MH370.
Drivers are expected to be carrying messages on their cars and helmets and there will be a minutes silence before proceedings begin.
Live Chinese football scores
Over in football or soccer,
Here in China… Top of the League Beijing Guaon are to face their toughest challenge of the season so far in their fourth game.
They've just kicked off against second in the league Shanghai East Asia FC who currently sit just 2 points behind them.
Also tonight, third placed Guizhou Renhe will kick off against Shanghai Shenxin at 8pm Beijing time .
Shandong Luneng Vs Liaoning Hongyun.
Jiangsu Sainty vs Guangzhou Evergrande.
They are all goalless so far.
