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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy with the possibility of isolated showers at first VISIBILITY: Good locally moderate in showers WIND: Northwest force 2 to 3 becoming force 3 and veering North Northeast overnight SEA: Slight SWELL: Negligible A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. SUNNY 26 º C / 19 º C UV INDEX: 6 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Sudden pains 3. Long stories 6. Rescue 7. Cloth 9. Register 10. Otherwise 11. Tree 13. Showing unusual talent 15. Edible fruit 18. Become dark 19. Loch 20. Transmits 21. Telephone Down 1. Soft subdued colour 2. Not ever 3. Astronaut 4. Pierces with horns 5. Draw by suction 8. Railway track supports 12. Erase 14. Member of the nobility 16. Musical instrument 17. Increases Ng6 Ke8 (Kd8) Ke6 Kd8 a8=Q++ .... Kd8 a8=Q+ Kd7 Qc8++ TENNIS Venus Williams wins 700th match of career at Wuhan Open FORMER world number one Ve- nus Williams claimed the 700th win of her career on Tuesday, beating Germany's Julia Goerg- es 6-4 6-3 in the second round of the Wuhan Open in China. The 35-year-old American be- came the ninth woman to chalk up 700 victories since tennis turned professional in 1968 but still has a long way to go to catch all-time leader Martina Navratilova (1,442). "I'm glad nobody told me be- fore, I would have been a little bit nervous," Williams said. "It was a good match, she's a qual- ity player." Two other former world number ones did not fare so well. Denmark's Caroline Wozni- acki was beaten 1-6 6-4 7-6 (6) by Anna Karolina Schmiedlova after blowing a 6-1 4-1 lead in a marathon match that lasted almost three hours. "I'm very, very happy and very, very tired right now," said Slo- vak Schmiedlova. Belarussian Victoria Azaren- ka was another early casualty, retiring from her match with Britain's Johanna Konta because of a leg injury while trailing 6-4 1-0. Venus Williams of the U.S. plays against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska during their women's singles match at the Wuhan Open tennis tourna- ment, Hubei province, China, Sharapova's return from injury cut short by wrist trouble MARIA Sharapova's return from injury after an almost three-month break was cut short on Monday after the world number three suffered a wrist injury at the Wuhan Open in China. The Russian, who missed the entire US hardcourt season with a leg injury, was into a deciding set against Czech player Barbora Strycova when she called for the trainer. Despite playing on for another couple of games she quit while leading 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 2-1. "I got pain in my left forearm. It just got worse and worse as I continued," said Sharapova. "I just don't think it's smart to continue trying to run around the court and trying to hit forehands from the backhand side and compensate other things. "I haven't played a match in many months. I guess this is the consequence of that. I just have to work on getting it better." The former world number one had not played a match since losing to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals in July. Maria Sharapova