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Tennis
EINDHOVEN: Holders Spain crashed out of the Davis Cup on Saturday.
Spain's upset was confirmed by defeat in the doubles for Alex Corretja and Juan Balcells which gave the Netherlands an unassailable 3-0 lead in their world group first-round tie in Eindhoven.
Soccer
BERLIN: Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 on Saturday to keep their two-point lead at the top of the German first division thanks to an early strike from Brazilian striker Giovane Elber.
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia: Two goals from Talal Al Meshal and a strike by substitute Sami Al Jaber gave Saudi Arabia a comfortable 3-0 win over Bangladesh in the World Cup Asian zone, group 10 qualifying tournament on Saturday.
Table tennis
LONDON: Jan-Ove Waldner, one of the greatest table tennis players of all time, went down to a shock defeat in the last 16 of the English Open on Saturday.
At the age of 35, Waldner, who created a sensation last year when he helped Sweden regain the world team title from China, looked slow and harassed as he was beaten in straight games.
Waldner's conqueror was the transplanted Japanese player, Seiji Iseki, better known to some as the former world doubles champion from China Wei Qinggang, who, despite his 38 years, outwitted Waldner 21-16, 21-16, 21-19.
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