" Simona Halep celebrates her victory over Victoria Azarenka
in their women's singles quarterfinal match at the US Open on Wednesday in New
York City. Photo: CFP
Second seed Simona
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Comaneci, fought off a determined challenge from former world No.1 Victoria
Azarenka to reach the semifinals of the US Open on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old Halep, of Romania, chasing her first Grand Slam singles
title, came out strong against the Belarussian after an 85-minute, third-set
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""It was a tough match. I'm really -happy that I could win, I don't know
where it comes, the power to win this match,"" said the diminutive, but
hard-hitting Halep.
Halep was run ragged in the second set by Azarenka who sent her scurrying
from corner to corner as she fought back to level the quarterfinal at one set
apiece.
A light rain forced them off the court in the fourth game of the third set
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""I was a bit tired after the second set and that break helped me. Thanks
God, for raining,"" Halep said in an on-court interview.
""I found the power to give everything to win this one because I really
wanted to play first time the semifinals here.""
After an opening set dominated by Halep, two-time Australian Open winner
Azarenka, who has slipped to 20th in the world rankings after battling injuries
the last two seasons, battled back.
Emotions ran high with both players shrieking in frustration after mistakes
and roaring in self-encouragement after an important point.
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level the third set at 2-2, before breaking in the seventh game for the margin
she needed to reach the semifinal.
Halep was cheered on by a noisy contingent of flag-waving Romanians and a
special guest in the player's box, five-time Olympic gold medal winning gymnast
Comaneci.
""It was great to have a great champion in my box. It was a good day for all
of us,"" Halep said.
Pennetta, 33, ousted twice Wimbledon winner Petra
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sets to advance.
" Norway's Kjetil Jansrud races down the Hahnenkamm course during the men's
downhill training run of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria on
Tuesday. Photo: CFP
The World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel, Austria remains the ultimate test for
an alpine skier, requiring nerves of steel, courage and raw physical aggression
but also the mental ability to safely manage risk on the infamous course.
The "Streif" piste down the Hahnenkamm (rooster's comb) mountain in the
beautiful Tirol valley also has a deeper significance as racers tweak their form
before next month's World Ski Championships in Colorado.
Tens of thousands of spectators pack into the glitzy
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fast alpine skiing, with the finish area situated directly in the center of the
town.
They come to see their skiing heroes negotiate the most prestigious speed
event in one of the circuit's most iconic locations: Racers touch 100 kilometers
per hour within 8.5 seconds of leaving the start and there have been some
extremely gruesome crashes, notably Swiss racer Daniel Albrecht in 2009 and
Austrian Hans Grugger in 2011.
Saturday's 75th running of the downhill, which made its debut in 1931, is
over a piste more than 3.3 kilometers long, with racers reaching
motorway-coasting speeds of 140 -kilo-meters per hour while being forced into
negotiating 80-meter jumps.
The roll of honor on the hill -includes multiple winners Didier Cuche and
Franz
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Canadian "Crazy Canucks" trio of Todd Brooker, Steve Podborski and Ken Read in
the 1980s, and French legend Jean-Claude Killy back in 1967.
Austrian Fritz Strobl won in 1997 and still holds the record time for the
full course of 1 minute 51.58 seconds.
Tough test
Not since Lasse Kjus (in additional races in 2004 and 1999) and Atle Skaardal
in 1990 has a Norwegian won and the scene could be set for Kjetil Jansrud to
step up to the plate in the absence through injury of successful teammate Aksel
Lund Svindal.
Jansrud clocked the fastest time in the first training run, at other venues
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story as skiers do not dare to hold back.
"I pushed myself right from the start because you never know how many
training sessions you are going to get," said the Norwegian who stormed to
Olympic super-G gold in the Sochi Games last year and Beaver Creek downhill
victory in December.
Hannes Reichelt, last year's winner from Austria, was the only athlete able
to keep up with Jansrud's pace, even though he was not left -completely
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Reichelt claimed last weekend's downhill at Switzerland's Wengen on the
Lauberhorn piste, the longest downhill on the World Cup calendar, to see off
Swiss duo and previous Wengen winners Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka.
Jansrud, the leader of the overall World Cup standings, took fifth.
One racer not to have competed in Wengen was former Olympic and world
champion Bode Miller, the 37-year-old American saying he was yet to fully
recover from back surgery in November.
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"The track in kitz is looking pretty mean this year. I haven't seen it like
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