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Federer and Simon through, but Djokovic and Anderson will have to wait
In tennis action from Wimbledon,
Roger Federer and Gilles Simon booked their places in the last eight at Wimbledon on Monday, but Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson will have to wait until later on today to conclude their match.
It was six years ago in Australia when Gilles Simon reached the last eight of a grand slam tournament for the first time.
Simon says his performance is beyond what he expected.
"Really good. This is not what I expected. The last match was going the other way and I had a good feeling, I mean from the start. I felt he was struggling also to put his game in place, and I was really good on keeping him in this grey area. I felt he didn't know what to do anymore on the court and for me, it was really clear. So, I was just so happy that it lasted all the match."
Now the 30 year-old Frenchman will be playing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals after the number 12 seed beat the 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in the fourth round on Monday, known as 'Manic Monday'.
Simon's opponent for a place in the semis will be Roger Federer.
The seven-time Wimbledon champion cruised past 20th-seeded Roberta Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, putting him in the last eight at Wimbledon for the 13th time.
Federer, who lost in last year's final to Novak Djokovic, needs one more Wimbledon title to break the record he holds with Pete Sampras and nineteenth-century player Willie Renshaw.
In stark contrast, defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic had to dig deep in his match with South Africa's Kevin Anderson.
Anderson, seeded 14 this year, took a two-set lead after taking two tiebreaks by the same score, 8 points to 6.
Djokovic staged a recovery though, speeding through the third set 6-1 before breaking the Anderson serve in the third game of the fourth and closing out to level the match at two sets all.
By this point the match was suspended because of the fading light.
Djokovic and Anderson will come back on Tuesday to conclude their match.
In other action,
Andy Murray beat Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4,
Vasek Pospisil took out Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3,
Richard Gasquet downed Nick Kyrgios in four sets.
And Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic both made it through.
Some results of the women's side,
Chinese player Zheng Jie's Wimbledon journey came to an end as she and her Finnish partner Henri Kontinen were knocked out of action in mixed doubles.
The pair was defeated 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.
Serena Williams beat her sister Venus 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals to take on Victoria Azarenka.
Maria Sharapova and Timea Bacsinszky both made it through.
But Caroline Wozniacki was stopped in the fourth round by Garbine Muguruza.
Major crash on third stage of Tour de France, won by Rodriguez, Froome takes yellow jersey
In cycling,
A big crash marred stage three of the Tour de France on Monday, which was won by 36-year-old Spaniard Joacquim Rodriguez.
Chris Froome was second, as the 2013 champion took the race leaders yellow jersey.
The 99-mile stage was interrupted by a big crash with just under 37 miles to go when William Bonnet came off his bike.
The FDJ rider abandoned the race, as did three other cyclists as a result.
Minnesota Twins beat Baltimore Orioles 4-2
In baseball,
Brian Dozier's two-run homer with one out in the 10th lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
After the 4-2 defeat by Minnesota, Baltimore's star Chinese pitcher, Chen Wei Yin of Taiwan, says he was not very confident in the first few innings.
"In the first couple of innings I think I was over thinking it, so I couldn't like quite concentrate on my pitching. So I was kind of lacking in confidence out there. That's why I think what happened in the first few innings."
The Orioles struck first when Manny Machado drove Phil Hughes' second pitch of the game into the seats in right-center for his fourth leadoff home run of the season and 18th overall.
Torii Hunter answered with a 411-foot blast off Chen in the bottom of the first to tie the score.
With two men aboard, Chen induced Trevor Plouffe to hit into a 6-4-3 inning-ending double play in the third.
Chen threw out Danny Santana on a bunt back to the mound on his way to a scoreless frame in the fifth inning.
In other action,
St. Louis Cardinals thrashed Chicago 6-0 for their third straight win,
Cincinnati Reds beat Washington Nationals 3-2,
And the New York Mets blanked San Francisco Giants 3-0,
Ghana Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan to sign with Shanghai SIPG
Some off-pitch football news from here in China,
Ghana Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan is expected to finalize a deal this week with Chinese top-flight soccer side Shanghai SIPG.
Gyan is reportedly set to agree to terms and pen the deal on Wednesday.
It's said the transfer will give Gyan weekly earnings of 250,000 U.S. dollars.
The reports indicated that the Shanghai-based club wants to strengthen its team, especially as city rivals the Greenland have acquired former Chelsea forward Demba Ba and former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill.
Gyan has bagged 95 goals in 83 league matches in his four seasons for Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates.
Hungary's parliament supports Budapest's Olympic bid
Hungary's parliament has voted to support Budapest's forthcoming bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The vote was 151 in favor, 33 opposed and 4 abstentions.
It included "yes" votes by the government, the far right, and independents, and "no" by the socialists and greens.
Parliament resolved that it would support the move of the Budapest Municipal Assembly, the Hungarian Olympic Committee and the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, which is to bid to host the 2024 games.
At the same time, parliament called on the Budapest municipal government, the HOC, and the cabinet to include as many venues outside Budapest as possible to put a strong focus on environmental concerns.
Hungary is a founding member of the International Olympics Committee, and has never hosted an Olympics.
So far, Boston, Hamburg, Paris, and Rome have indicated that they intend to bid for the 2024 Games.
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