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January 9, 2022 Shirish

Tennis

Rafael Nadal won Melbourne ATP 250 event on Sunday after beating qualifier Maxime Cressy 7-6,6-3 in the final.It was 89th career ATP title for the Spaniard and 19th consecutive year he has won at least one ATP title.Meanwhile in Adelaide,Indian pair of Rohan Boppanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won ATP 250 event beating top seeds Dodig and Melo in straight sets.

Cricket

England hold on to force a thrilling draw in the fourth Ashes test against Australia in Sydney on Sunday.Tourists made 270/9 at stumps on the final day to avoid whitewash in the series.

Badminton

P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth return to action for the first time in 2022 when India Open gets underway in New Delhi from Tuesday.World bronze medallist Lakshya Sen will also aim for his maiden BWF title.

Football

AC Milan beat Venezia 3-0 to move to top of Italian Serie A.

By Shailesh Padhye