When Netherlands striker Robin van Persie put away a spectacular diving header against world champions Spain on a balmy afternoon at last year's World Cup it set them on the way to a 5-1 win and the promise of glory.
Top seeds Wesley Moodie and Rik de Voest of South Africa beat second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in New Delhi on Friday.
The Indo-Pakistani duo lost to the top seeded Australian-South African pair of Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie 7-6(10), 6-3 at the $150,000 Malaysian Open ATP Challenger tournament in Kuala Lumpur .
Roger Federer opens his title defence while Tim Henman starts another year of hope at Wimbledon on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Lazio earned a 2-2 draw with Group C rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Javier Saviola and Wesley Sneijder set up champions Real Madrid for a laboured 3-1 victory over 10-man Almeria in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
Real Madrid thrashed Villareal 5-0 while arch-rivals Barcelona beat Athletico Madrid 3-1 on Sunday.
Real Madrid earned a 2-1 comeback victory over city rivals Atletico.
India continues to be the sole leader despite a shock defeat against Philippines in the seventh round of the World Youth Chess Olympiad.
They were knocked out by top seeds Wesley Moodie and Fabrice Santoro at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.
Brazil made a strong statement with a 2-1 victory over Spain in their opening Group D clash on October 7, and they would now look to build on the winning momentum.
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by South Africa's Wesley Moodie in the first round singles qualifier at Wimbledon.
Veterans Arjen Robben (21) and Wesley Sneijder (34) laid the groundwork for a Dutch victory in coach Dick Advocaat's first game in charge.
Suparn Verma may have issues with The Expendables 3 but the joy of watching these heroes together on screen is a movie event marked in his calendar until they keep making them.
West Indies registered a controversial two-run victory against Zimbabwe to enter the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Chittagong, on Tuesday.
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten earned his first hard court victory for 18 months when he booked a place in the round-robin section of the Las Vegas Open on Monday.
Vishy Anand face world champion Magnus Carlsen for the first time in India since his 2013 World Championship defeat in Chennai, during the Tata Steel Rapid and Blitz tournament to be held in Kolkata from November 22 to 26.
Arnaud Clement stunned third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-4, to record his first win over the Australian in eight attempts
Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 via penalties to enter the final of the World Cup on Wednesday. The teams were goalless at the end of 120 minutes, and extra-time in the second semi-final.
The Indo-Croatian pair lost to John Stephens and Wesley Moodie in the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi is looking forward to a successful year along with the Wesley Moodie
Roger Federer beat defending champion Wesley Moodie 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
Mahesh Bhupathi won his first doubles title in 2006 when he claimed the China Open on Sunday with Mario Ancic.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
James Blake ended the run of Wesley Whitehouse, beating the South African qualifier 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
World number 512, Wesley Whitehouse beat Marat Safin 6-1, 6-4 at the RCA Championsships.
Andy Roddick entered the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Julien Benneteau
Both were knocked out of the men's doubles in the second round at the Rome Masters.
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a second straight draw by holding Fabiano Caruana of the United States easily in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess tour.
The Indo-Czech Republic pair shocked second seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belaruss in the men's doubles at the Australian Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Wesley Moodie rallied from the brink to beat Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in the men's doubles second round at the Australian Open.
The seventh seeds overcame the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3
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