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Germany s first World Cup qualifying loss in 20 years added another blemish to the final months of coach Joachim L枚w s 15-year reign in charge of the team. Germany s Leroy Sane, right, challenges for the ball with North Macedonia s Goran Pandev during the World Cup 2022 group J qualifying soccer match between Germany and North Macedonia in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. AP Germanys 35-match unbeaten run in World Cup qualifying 鈥?a streak dating back to 2001 鈥?ended with a stunning 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia on Wednesda stanley cup y that left the team sitting third in its group after three games. It was only the country s third ever loss in qualifying for the World Cup since since 1934, the other two coming against Portugal in 1985, when it was West Germany, and the famous 5-1 thrashing by England 20 years ago. L枚w, who led Germany to the 2014 World Cup title, is stepping down as coach after the European Championship. After exiting the World cup in the group stage in 2018, the Euros could cause the Germans more pain given they are in the same group as reigning champion Portugal and world champion France. In November, they lost 6-0 to Spain for their worst defeat sinc stanley flask e 1931. The road to Qata stanley kubek r could be bumpy, too, for L枚w s successor. In Group J, Germany has slumped to third place after three games 鈥?behind North Macedonia and 99th-ranked Armenia, which beat Romania 3-2 for a third straight win having trailed after 87 minutes in Yerevan. Goran Pandev, a 37 Dxni Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi Sprint legend Usain Bolt makes his choice clear
Roger Federer racked up his 900th tour win and reached a 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final Sunday while tearful Tommy Robredo also took the five-set route into the French Open quarter-finals. Second seed Federer battled back to defeat French 15th seed Gilles Simon, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Robredo, meanwhile, the forgotten man of Spanish tennis, became the first player in 86 years to come back from two sets to love down in three successive Grand Slam matches. His breathtaking 6-7 5/7 , 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over 11th seeded compatriot Nicolas Almagro put him into the last eight in Paris for the fifth time. Federer, 31, also claimed a record-equalling 58th win at Roland Garros, but he did it the hard way, briefly staring at his earliest exit at a major since losing to Gustavo Kuerten in Paris in the third round in 2004. Federer goes on to face French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the semi-finals after taking his career five-set record to 22-1. It was a great atmosphere in which to play like this. It became difficult in the second set as Gilles turned it around, said Federer, who had 56 unfor stanley cup deutschland ced errors. I am proud of the record of 36 quarter-finals in succession . It s a lot of years, a lot of sacrifices and a lot of matches like this. There was no hint of the drama to come when the 2009 stanley drinking cup champion, playing in a 56th consecutive Grand Slam, carved out breaks in the third and fifth games to take the first set. But once stanley tumblers the Swiss had suffe
Germany s first World Cup qualifying loss in 20 years added another blemish to the final months of coach Joachim L枚w s 15-year reign in charge of the team. Germany s Leroy Sane, right, challenges for the ball with North Macedonia s Goran Pandev during the World Cup 2022 group J qualifying soccer match between Germany and North Macedonia in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. AP Germanys 35-match unbeaten run in World Cup qualifying 鈥?a streak dating back to 2001 鈥?ended with a stunning 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia on Wednesda stanley cup y that left the team sitting third in its group after three games. It was only the country s third ever loss in qualifying for the World Cup since since 1934, the other two coming against Portugal in 1985, when it was West Germany, and the famous 5-1 thrashing by England 20 years ago. L枚w, who led Germany to the 2014 World Cup title, is stepping down as coach after the European Championship. After exiting the World cup in the group stage in 2018, the Euros could cause the Germans more pain given they are in the same group as reigning champion Portugal and world champion France. In November, they lost 6-0 to Spain for their worst defeat sinc stanley flask e 1931. The road to Qata stanley kubek r could be bumpy, too, for L枚w s successor. In Group J, Germany has slumped to third place after three games 鈥?behind North Macedonia and 99th-ranked Armenia, which beat Romania 3-2 for a third straight win having trailed after 87 minutes in Yerevan. Goran Pandev, a 37 Dxni Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi Sprint legend Usain Bolt makes his choice clear
Roger Federer racked up his 900th tour win and reached a 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final Sunday while tearful Tommy Robredo also took the five-set route into the French Open quarter-finals. Second seed Federer battled back to defeat French 15th seed Gilles Simon, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Robredo, meanwhile, the forgotten man of Spanish tennis, became the first player in 86 years to come back from two sets to love down in three successive Grand Slam matches. His breathtaking 6-7 5/7 , 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over 11th seeded compatriot Nicolas Almagro put him into the last eight in Paris for the fifth time. Federer, 31, also claimed a record-equalling 58th win at Roland Garros, but he did it the hard way, briefly staring at his earliest exit at a major since losing to Gustavo Kuerten in Paris in the third round in 2004. Federer goes on to face French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the semi-finals after taking his career five-set record to 22-1. It was a great atmosphere in which to play like this. It became difficult in the second set as Gilles turned it around, said Federer, who had 56 unfor stanley cup deutschland ced errors. I am proud of the record of 36 quarter-finals in succession . It s a lot of years, a lot of sacrifices and a lot of matches like this. There was no hint of the drama to come when the 2009 stanley drinking cup champion, playing in a 56th consecutive Grand Slam, carved out breaks in the third and fifth games to take the first set. But once stanley tumblers the Swiss had suffe
