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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Rather cloudy with showers possibly thundery at first becoming partly to rather cloudy with isolated showers VISIBILITY: Good locally moderate to poor in showers WIND: East Southeast force 3 to 4, becoming South Southeast force 2 to 3 and with gusts near stormsSEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate SWELL: Negligible Sea Temp.: 25 °C 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 24 º C / 18 º C UV INDEX: 4 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Reduces speed 6. Personal 8. Hollowed inward 9. Acknowledgement of debt 10. Donations to the poor 12. Warmth 15. Permit 16. Drool 18. Family name 19. Pilfer Down 1. Eye-glasses 2. Not closed 3. Small fish 4. Fermented grape juices 5. Steep-sided valley 7. Near the equator 11. Measuring instruments 13. Academy award 14. Actor's parts 17. Bicycle e6+ Ke7 Rd7 Ke8 Bxg6+ Qf7 Bxf7+ Kf8 Ng6# Nf6+ Kf8 Rxf7# TENNIS Flavia Pennetta downs Agnieska Radwanska at WTA Finals US Open champion Flavia Pennetta kept alive her WTA Finals bid with a flurry of backhand win- ners as she downed a strapped up and fatigued Agnieszka Radwanska. The Italian, who said she will retire after the tournament, struck her 11th backhand winner crisply down the line on her fourth match point to seal an impressive 7-6(5) 6-4 victory over the Pole at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It was Pennetta's first win in the Red Group after she was blown away by top seed Simona Halep of Romania 6-0 6-3 in her opener on Sunday. The Italian said a pep talk from her coach had proved the difference. "(He) just came in the court and told me to be more aggressive, to be more with my backhand more than my forehand," the 33-year-old Italian told reporters. "He just told me... 'keep going and try to go for the shot'." Pennetta had a worrying moment in the tie- breaker when she appeared to hurt her ankle and needed a medical time out in the third game of the second set because of blisters but the issues failed to halt her ambition. She crushed 37 winners against an increasingly deflated Radwanska, who played with a heavily tapped shoulder, and secured the sole break in the seventh game with a powerful backhand return before confidently riding out winner. Flavia Pennetta