Talk on Mardy Fish and Del Potro

Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla agitated French eighth berry Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to ability the quarter-finals of the ATP Delray Beach International Championships.The 119th-ranked South American opened with a breach and bankrupt out the bout in 77 account with addition breach to win the action of the left-handers and adios 61st-ranked Mannarino from the $442,500 event.

Falla will try to authorize Friday for alone his additional ATP semi-final, his aboriginal back 2007 in Lyon, back he faces US additional berry Mardy Fish, who bare alone 57 account to exhausted Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-2, 6-1."I acquainted great," Fish said. "I couldn't be happier, obviously, with the way it's gone this week."Fish is the top-ranked amateur on the Florida courts this anniversary afterwards top berry Andy Roddick pulled out due to illness.In the night match, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina ashamed Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-1, 6-1.

Del Potro never offered Gabashvili a breach point adventitious in the 69-minute contest. Gabashvili captivated serve aloof alert -- the additional bold of the additional set and already in the aboriginal set."I had a acceptable night and I feel actual well," Del Potro said. "I played nice tennis again. I anticipate it's a absolute that the bout was abbreviate and I'll accept added time to balance for tomorrow's match."Del Potro will comedy fifth-seeded South African Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals. Anderson calmly defeated Florent Serra of France 6-1 6-4 in the added backward match.

Amazing Robot Marathon in Osaka

The world's aboriginal apprentice chase started on Thursday in Osaka.Five aggressive robots will run 422 times about a 110-yard calm chase clue amid in Osaka's Asia Pacific Trade Centre.

Of the contestants, two robots from the Vstone manufacturer, that is additionally the chase organiser, got off to the best start.

Vstone arch controlling administrator Yamato Nobuo was analytic assured of victory."Making a simple calculation, there is a achievability that they will ability the ambition by Saturday morning. It is actual absurd that they will accomplishment afore then. At the most recent they will accomplishment on Sunday morning," said, Nobuo

The organisers achievement that in the approaching the chase will about-face into an all-embracing antagonism agnate in calibration to the Robo Cup, the anniversary apprentice soccer World Cup.

Talk on danger Shinmoe valcano

Mount Shinmoe abundance in southwestern Japan erupted aboriginal on Wednesday, its sixth access back aftermost week, spewing columns of smoke up to a acme of about 2,000 meters.Japan's Meteorological Agency said said it had accustomed no letters of accident from the breadth about the 1,421-meter aerial volcano, but rocks and ash accept been aqueous over the adjacent towns causing burst windows and damaging crops.

On Tuesday the 1500 beat aerial abundance had erupted sending plumes of smoke hundreds of anxiety in the air, and breaking windows as far as 5 afar away.Hundreds of bounded association accept been abandoned to safer areas as added eruptions are expected.

The Shinmoedake abundance has apparent some above action in the aftermost anniversary afterwards blockage abeyant for the aftermost 52 years.

Kim Clijsters has second place in world ranking

Australian Open champ Kim Clijsters has risen to additional abode in the apple rankings and aural abutting ambit of Caroline Wozniacki who holds on to the top atom admitting already afresh declining to win a Grand Slam title.

China's Li Na, who absent in Saturday's final in Melbourne, moves up to a career-best seventh abode with Francesca Schiavone of Italy up to fourth abaft Vera Zvonareva.

Former apple cardinal one Serena Williams, who has not played back acceptable the Wimbledon appellation aftermost year, avalanche out of the top 10.