But Sharapova's nerve soon returned as she took an early lead in the tie-break which she never relinquished to seal a win over the Czech who beat her in last year's Wimbledon final.

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Taking a break from difficult negotiations over a troubled state budget, the governor presented Sullenberger with a jacket with the state seal, a California state flag that had flown over the state Capitol, a proclamation and a "California Hero" license plate.

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Sinfield made no mistake with his kick to set the seal on a thrilling Super League encounter and break Castleford's hearts.

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After dominating the first set, two stunning winners - a backhand down the line and crosscourt forehand winner - saw the two-time semi-finalist, whose only Grand Slam title came at the 2005 US Open, break to love to seal it and she opened the second with a confident hold.

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One break was also all that was required in the third set to seal a success that was Britain's first since September 2007 when they beat Croatia, in Tim Henman's final match, to book a place in the World Group.

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After the break Defoe missed a penalty, having won it himself, but made amends with a superb volley to seal the win.

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But Safin did not have to stretch himself much to seal the set, Lopez making a string of unforced errors to lose the tie-break 7-1 and fall 2-1 behind in sets.

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The Englishman trailed 3-0 before a break of 137 gave him a foothold, but from 5-4 down he needed breaks of 80 and 75 to seal the victory.

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