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(China Daily) Updated: 2017-06-07 07:22

Gazza haunts Andy

·Asked for his most vivid memory of watching Scotland play England ahead of this weekend's World Cup soccer qualifier, Andy Murray's response was not a happy one. "One of the matches that I remember - well, it was more the goal that I remember, was Gascoigne's goal. I remember that pretty clearly. That was obviously an unbelievable bit of skill," said Murray, referring to Paul Gascoigne's brilliant individual effort in a 2-0 England victory at Euro 1996.

Mistaken identity

·The Roland Garros Twitter account briefly mixed up Elina Svitolina with Russia's Elena Vesnina after the Ukrainian fifth seed clawed her way into the quarterfinals. "Dealing with a back injury, @EVesnina001 fought to win against Petra Martic, 4/6 6/3 7/5," read the initial post before it was later amended. 14th seed Vesnina lost in the third round.

New York muddle

·Kei Nishikori confessed to recalling little of his victory over Andy Murray at last year's US Open ahead of their Paris quarterfinal. "I'm very bad with memories," Nishikori said of the Flushing Meadows match. "I don't even know if I win or lost. I won?"

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