Djokovic took the world No 1 to a first-set tie-break but Nadal won 7-6 (7-2) before claiming the second set 6-2.

The Spaniard continued his overall dominance against the third-ranked Serbian, beating him for the 13th time in their 17 meetings.

Woodward, the British Olympic Association's director of elite performance, is to take a leading role in trying to raise standards among the country's elite shooters after the sport failed to win a single British medal at the Athens and Beijing Olympics.

It has since paid the price by having its pre-2012 funding allocation cut by a massive 76 per cent, leaving it with just £1.25 million to pay for its entire elite programme over the next four years.

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Spanish media this week claimed City were hoping to tempt the 31-year-old forward to England in a massive deal, and although Mark Hughes subsequently played down the reports, Raul revealed in Marca that there had been contact.

The Lord’s deadlock, which has blighted the last six Npower Tests here, has been turned into the St John’s Wood sprint as England finished off a dispirited West Indies side by 10 wickets inside three days. Who said Test cricket was predictable and staid?

At least the West Indies, who been made to follow-on 225 runs behind, forced Andrew Strauss’s team to bat again, even if it was to chase only 32 runs for victory.