SPORT IN BRIEF
TENNIS Scotland’s Jocelyn Rae scored her eighth Fed Cup win in 11 matches as she helped Great Britain to a 3-0 victory over Latvia at the Europe/Africa Zone play-offs in Tallinn yesterday, writesLorin McDougall.
Rae and Laura Robson beat Diana Marcinkevica and 16-yearold Daniela Vismane 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 in the doubles after Heather Watson and world No.10 Jo Konta had won their singles matches. SQUASH Scottish No.1 Alan Clyne continued his sizzling 2017 form as he cruised through to the quarter-finals of the British National Championships in Manchester yesterday, writesLorin McDougall.
The Inverness player also reached last week’s Swedish Open semis, and he took less than half an hour yesterday to dispose of teenage qualifier Patrick Rooney 11-9 11-4 11-2.
Clyne now faces a rematch with Adrian Waller, whom he narrowly defeated a fortnight ago in a 73-minute semi-final in Edinburgh. HOCKEY Scotland beat Russia 2-1 in the quarter-final of the women’s World League round two in Valencia yesterday, writesCraigMadden.
Robyn Collins was a stand-out, the Surbiton defender snuffing out Russia striker Bogdana Sadovaia who had scored in every game so far, while at the other end she had in hand in both goals – scoring one and setting up Amy Brodie.
Seconds after Brodie’s strike, the Russians pulled one back through Nicky Cochrane, but the Scottish defence stood firm and ran down the clock.
Shepherd said: “I was delighted with the team performance, all the players were focused.” TODAY Football English Championship, Sheff Wed v Birmingham – Sky Sports 1, 1900; Serie A, Napoli v Genoa – BT Sport 2, 1930; Ligue 1, Bordeaux v Paris St Germain – eir Sport 1, 1930; LaLiga, Espanyol v Real Sociedad – Sky Sports 5, 1940. Cricket Test, India v Bangladesh – Sky Sports 2, 0350. One-day international, South Africa v Sri Lanka – Sky Sports 5, 1125. Rugby Union Premiership, Bath v Northampton – BT Sport 1, 1900; PRO12, Glasgow v Scarlets – Sky Sports 3, 1920; Ulster v Edinburgh – BBC Two Northern Ireland, 1930. RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Castleford v Leigh - Sky Sports 2 1930. GOLF: European Tour, the Maybank Championship Malaysia - Sky Sports 4 0300; PGA Tour, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - Sky Sports 4 0800. SNOOKER: World Grand Prix - ITV4 1245 and 1845.