The Great Britain player had a chance of his first break in the match in game six, but Berankis showed good form from the baseline and the chance was gone when Ward put a forehand return wide.
The American strained his thigh as he attempted to change direction and, despite having the injury strapped, he conceded the match a game later.
Nadal created the first break point of the match in the third game but Daniel pulled out a big serve to see off the threat.
Dawson became a regular on the game shows "Match Game" and "Match Game PM, " and was hired to host his first game show, "Masquerade Party, " his son said.
The easiest thing for me was to give up the Test match side of the game.
The 20-year-old Mathieu started badly against the seventh seed, losing his serve in the opening game of the match.
Clijsters, who will now face eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova or the unseeded Elena Dementieva in Sunday's final, broke first in the third game of the match.
The world number 62 could not have started better as the Croat produced two double faults before being broken in the opening game of the match.
Youzhny shocked the number five seed by breaking his serve in the first game of the match but Soderling clicked into gear and was not overly troubled again.
After breaking the World No.10 in the first game of the match, Sharapova rarely let up, claiming the first set 6-2 after unleashing a series of impressive winners.
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The penultimate match of the five-game series starts in Napier at 2200 GMT on Tuesday.
The second match of the five-game series takes place in Hyderabad on Thursday.
And with the current match constituting the Bears' game in hand over their Midlands rivals, the Division Two title is not a foregone conclusion.
The commanding victory, on Australia Day at the picturesque Adelaide Oval, will heap further problems on Ponting, who takes his beleaguered side to Perth for the final match of the five-game series on Friday.
It is the first match of the 10-game tour which will see the Lions fly to Australia on Sunday for three Test matches against the Wallabies with the first game in Brisbane on June 22.
The game match two teams from Germany - Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
The Professional Game Match Official Board (PGMO) told the BBC that Styles spoke to Bolton on Monday to apologise.
The head of the Professional Game Match Officials, who organize England's referees, said they would be recording all communication between the referee and players in future.
Masters wouldn't say how many potential sponsors the Premier League, which handles commercial duties on behalf of England's refereeing body, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, was currently talking to.
Hackett is yet to comment, but a spokesman for referees' body the Professional Game Match Officials Board, of which Hackett is general manager, said he had nothing to do with the decision to rescind Terry's red card.
Defending champion Petrova closed out her match in style, opening the final game with three of her seven aces in the match.
Robson made a nervous start, double-faulting to hand over a break in the opening game of the match, but she worked her way into the contest and earned a chance to level in game six.
He could also receive a retrospective punishment from the English Football Association for a dangerous tackle on Alex Song earlier in the game which match officials failed to see.
The prince is game for the mercenary match until he falls hard for Mitzi (Fay Wray), a willowy working-class beauty.
As ever, we want to hear about what you are up to, where you are watching the match and how you think the game will go.
Sharapova was pushed to three sets for the third straight match in Stuttgart and missed a chance to serve out the match in the ninth game after taking a 5-3 lead.
But Federer regained his composure in the the third and broke serve in the sixth game before closing out the match on a Coria double-fault.
However, the 25-year-old Paraguayan ran out of steam in the last set and was broken in the fourth game as Kuerten closed the match out 6-3.
"My only intention in speaking publicly, was to highlight what I believe to be a serious and important issue in the game, namely that the fitness levels of referees must match the ever increasing demands of the modern game, which I hope will now be properly addressed through the appropriate formal channels, " added Ferguson in his statement at the weekend.
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