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After Li swiped a forehand long to end the one hour 32 minute contest, Azarenka performed an exuberant victory celebration and is clearly inspired by the atmosphere generated by around 11,000 fans inside the cavernous Sinam Erdem Arena.
"I'm always pumped up. I play a bit hard and I was glad I could finish strong," she said.
"The crowd is amazing. That's what we've been really missing in the last couple of years, a good crowd, good support," added Azarenka who failed to survive the group stages in the last two seasons when the event was held in the more tranquil surrounds of Doha.
Despite already qualifying the Belarussian said she would not be holding back in her final round-robin match on Friday against Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, the replacement for Maria Sharapova who pulled out with an ankle injury.
"I always play 100 percent," said Azarenka who had extra reason to smile after announcing she had received her Monte Carlo resident's permit earlier in the day.

Azarenka arrived in the cosmopolitan

ISTANBUL - A weary Caroline Wozniacki was sent packing from the WTA Championships after losing 6-4 6-2 to powerful Czech Petra Kvitova in her final round-robin match on Thursday.
The day after the Dane secured the year-end world number one ranking, she looked mentally and physically drained as Wimbledon champion Kvitova marched into the semi-finals with a match to spare in the Red Group.
Wozniacki, who has racked up 80 matches on the tour this year, needed to have her blood pressure checked after the first set and said after that she had nothing left in the tank.
Kvitova was joined in the last four of the season-ending event by Belarussian Victoria Azarenka who trounced China's Li Na 6-2 6-2 to guarantee a top-two place in the White Group, also with a match remaining.
Russian Vera Zvonareva blew her chance to secure a semi-final berth when she was ambushed by Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, squandering three match points in a 1-6 6-2 7-5 defeat that had the 11,000 crowd on the edge of their seats.
Needing a victory to go through from the Red Group, Zvonareva led 5-3 in the decider before Radwanska staged a thrilling fightback in the most entertaining set of the tournament.
Zvonareva must now hope Kvitova beats Radwanska in straight sets on Friday. Any other result would see the Pole progress.
After two long three-setters in two days, a win against close friend Radwanska and a defeat by Zvonareva, Wozniacki proved no match for world number three Kvitova.
Having lost the first set the Dane quickly went 4-0 behind in the second and at one point almost missed the ball altogether on a first serve -- the ball spinning embarrassingly off her racket and bouncing mid-court.
Some late resistance proved in vain.
"Petra played well," said Wozniacki who will end a second consecutive year as number one despite failing to win a maiden grand slam.
"I wish I could have been 110 percent but my body just didn't want to do the things I wanted today. I've been feeling a bit tired and to get a little bit sick now, that's not the best if you want to beat the top players," she told reporters.
Wozniacki said the left-handed Kvitova, the first Czech to qualify for the year-ender since Jana Novotna in 1998, would be tough to stop on the bright green and purple indoor court that has proved much to her liking.
"She's playing very strong tennis, she's hitting it deep and hard," the Dane added.
The other semi-finalist from the White Group will be decided on Friday with the winner of the match between French Open champion Li and US Open champion Samantha Stosur of Australia joining Azarenka in the last four.
"It's just like a normal tournament now," said the 29-year-old Li. "The winner can go on in the draw and the loser has to go back. It's tough. Both of us will be fighting a lot."
World number four Azarenka arrived in the cosmopolitan Turkish city on the back of winning the title in Luxembourg last week and has been the most impressive of the eight players on display, although Kvitova is not far behind.

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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who started the day five shots behind Kaymer, fell further back despite shooting a three-under par 69, but his 16-under-par 272 total was two shots better than Retief Goosen of South Africa and another Ulsterman, Graeme McDowell, who were tied third at 274.
Goosen shot the day's best round of 64, while US Open champion McDowell closed with a 67.
McDowell's finish ensured he will now move ahead of American Phil Mickelson as the new world No 4. Both players were tied for fourth place this week.
Kaymer said the key to his final round was not to get complacent because of the lead and his determination not to make any bogey.
Kaymer said he was honored to have replaced Woods as No 2 in the world rankings.
"It's quite nice to overtake somebody who is probably the best player in the world, perhaps the best player that ever lived.
"To be in front of him for a little bit - we'll see how long it takes him to overtake me again - it makes me very proud to be better in the world rankings than the best player in the world."

Had the violation been addressed during the round

Harrington was disqualified from last week's Abu Dhabi Championship on the European Tour when he signed for an incorrect score after a television viewer noticed the triple major winner had accidentally moved his ball on the green.
Villegas was disqualified from this month's Tournament of Champions in Hawaii after a TV viewer had spotted him illegally flicking away a loose divot of grass while his ball was trickling back toward him down a slope after a chip shot.
In both incidents, the players were disqualified because their rules violations were reported after they had signed their cards. Had the violation been addressed during the round, a two-shot penalty would have resulted.
Earlier this week, the Royal & Ancient (R&A), the governing body for the world, except for the United States and Mexico, said it was taking a fresh look at its golfing rulebook following the disqualifications of Harrington and Villegas.
"We need to assess whether, at times, these penalties are still appropriate," the R&A's rules of golf director Grant Moir told Reuters.
"It isn't always necessary for a change in policy that the rulebook itself has to be changed," he explained.
"There is a decisions book which provides an interpretation of the rules and that is also a means of altering policy."

Argentine forward Carlos Tevez "is finished"

MUNICH, Germany - Argentine forward Carlos Tevez "is finished" as a Manchester City player after he refused to come on as a substitute during the 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday, manager Roberto Mancini said.
The 27-year-old, who joined City from rivals Manchester United two years ago, ignored Mancini's instruction to warm up early in the second half.
The matter will now have to be referred to City's owner, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, but his largely unprecedented behaviour left Mancini fuming and vowing never to pick him again.
Mancini, looking visibly shocked, told a news conference: "I am really disappointed because it is Carlos.
"This can't happen in a top club - to refuse to go in to help his teammates. What I said to Carlos is between me, him and the team.
"But if we want to improve as a team Carlos can't play with us. With me, he is finished."
There was some confusion at the time as to why Mancini brought on defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong instead of Tevez after 56 minutes with City trailing 2-0.
Mancini explained that he told the Argentine to get warmed up to come on with around 35 minutes to play, telling him that he believed he could help change their losing 2-0 position.
Mancini said: "He refused to warm up and again refused to go on the pitch. If a player has a lot of money to play for Manchester City ... he can't play, never."
TV pictures showed Tevez shrugging and shaking his head when one of City's coaching staff spoke to him on the bench.
Uneasy truce
Tevez has had an uneasy truce with City since angling for a move away from the club over the last year, citing family reasons.
He has only played one full match this season, in last week's win over Birmingham City in the League Cup.
He made a nine-minute appearance as a substitute in City's opening Champions League match two weeks ago against Napoli, and has also made two substitute appearances in the Premier League and started one game.
Tevez has never been far from controversy since moving to England and West Ham United with fellow Argentine Javier Mascherano in 2006, transfers that caused huge problems because their rights were owned by a third party, Media Sports Investments.
The issue, which dragged on for months, eventually saw West Ham being fined 5.5 million pounds ($9.0 million) by the Premier League and after one season at the Hammers Tevez joined Manchester United in 2007.
Although he was part of the United team that won the 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow, he fell out with the club during the following season and joined United's rivals and neighbours City at the start of the 2009-10 season.
The deal, reported to have cost City around 32 million pounds, was also worth a reported 225,000 pounds in weekly wages to Tevez.
However, he soon let it be known he was unhappy in Manchester because he was missing his daughters in Argentina and came close to leaving the club in the close season despite May's FA Cup triumph. A proposed move back to Brazil and Corinthians broke down, though.
Tevez, when asked by Sky Sports News if he was finished at City for refusing to play, gave an inconsequential reply.
Speaking through an interpreter he said: "I have been a professional all the time I have been here and last season I was top scorer.
"Last season its true I wanted to leave because of family reasons, but I keep trying to do my best."
Manchester City assistant coach David Platt said: "I don't think anyone can condone a player refusing to get warmed up, no matter what has gone on on the bench, no matter what arguments there might have been. But I think we have got to look at it internally and deal with it.
"Right now it is very difficult for everybody. We need to calm down from the situation, at the same time as recognising that people want to talk about it."

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said Tianjin's team manager Gao Songsen

Argentine forward Luciano Olguin, who plays for Chinese Super League's Tianjin Teda, had to miss the rest of the season due to a serious injury on his head and neck.
"Luciano received a successful surgery and is in stable condition now," said Tianjin's team manager Gao Songsen, who accompanied Luciano in the hospital, Sunday night.
"Doctor said he should remain in hospital for a week. After that we will transfer him to hospital in Tianjin," he said.
"The surgery was successful," said Luciano's physician. "But he has to stay in the ICU for two or three days more."
The 29-year old ace striker for Teda collided with Guangzhou Evergrande's defender head on head in the 65th minute of the Friday's match. The crash was so fierce that more than 45,000 fans in the stadium even smothered themselves at that moment.
"I could even hear the terrible cracking sound at that moment," a photographer near the spot said.
Luciano was diagnosed as fracture in his skull and cervical vertebrae, an injury could lead to disability as paralysis.
The first aids fastened his neck and sent him to a local hospital immediately. The surgery lasted nearly four hours.
Luciano joined Tianjin in July, 2010. Since then he scored 14 goals in 31 matches. He had previously played professional football for Racing Club and San Martin de San Juan in Argentina and Royal Antwerp FC in Belgium.
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