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WGM’s weekend wrap

Written by Ben Blaschke

There was plenty happening over the weekend in the world of sport, but we’re going to start in Malaysia where we successfully tipped Lewis Hamilton to win the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion dominated from start to finish to secure just his second win since joining Mercedes last year and his first ever at this particular Grand Prix.

Australian GP winner Nico Rosberg finished second to maintain his lead at the top of the championship and secure the first Mercedes 1-2 since 1955, while four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel finished third to let his rivals know that Red Bull is far from a spent force. That would be of little consolation to his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo however with the Australian punished by officials for the second race in a row due to a mistake by his team. Ricciardo was in fourth when he pitted for fuel and tyres with 15 laps to go, but his left front wheel wasn’t secured properly and he was given a stop-go penalty after his pit crew had to roll the car back into position to secure the wheel. He has also been handed a 10-spot grid penalty for the next weekend’s Bahrain GP.

England’s Barry Hawkins was a shock winner of the Players’ Championship Grand Final snooker event in Britain yesterday, downing compatriot Gerard Greene 4-0 in the final. While all of the big names fell by the wayside surprisingly early – including China’s world number three Ding Junhui – Hawkins stormed through the field to claim the second ranking title of his career.

The semi-finalists at this year’s T20 Cricket World Cup are close to being decided with South Africa the first side through in Group 1 and India the first through in Group 2. Sri Lanka and New Zealand meet tomorrow to decide the third semi-finalist while the West Indies and Pakistan do the same on Tuesday. India made it three wins from three to send Australia packing last night with a dominant 73 run win that sees them firm as tournament favorites.

And Novak Djokovic continued his recent dominance of Rafael Nadal with a 6-3, 6-3 win in the final of the Miami Masters. It was Djokovic’s fourth win at the event and denied Nadal his first, but having also won in Indian Wells a fortnight ago the big question now is whether he can stop the Spaniard when the clay court season officially gets underway in the coming weeks. Nadal is undisputed as the king of clay but Djokovic has openly declared that winning the French Open is a primary goal in 2014.