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Federer completes the set

Author: Rose Young
Date: 08/06/2009

Roger Federer confirmed his position as the greatest player in the modern era with victory at the French Open, seeing off Robin Soderling in straight sets at Roland Garros.

The Swiss clinched a 14th Grand Slam title in Paris, moving level with Pete Sampras, while Federer also completed the full set of Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and French Open successes.

He had previously been beaten in the last three finals at Roland Garros by Rafael Nadal, but made light work of Soderling - who had ended Nadal's reign as four-times champions earlier on in the tournament.

England made certain of their place in the Super Eights at the ICC World Twenty20 with a convincing 48-run victory over Pakistan at The Oval.

Having suffered a humiliating defeat by the Netherlands in their opening fixture, England needed a win to remain in the competition.

Paul Collingwood's side racked up 185-5 from their 20 overs, with Kevin Pietersen leading the way with a quickfire 58, before Pakistan were restricted to 137-7 in their innings.

Stuart Broad was the pick of the England attack, taking 3-17 from three overs.

Meanwhile, Scotland's campaign ended in disappointment as they were thrashed by 130 runs by South Africa at The Oval.

The Proteas made a massive 211-5 from their 20 overs, before Scotland were skittled out for a mere 81.

Jenson Button moved 26 points clear at the top of the drivers' championship after winning the Turkish Grand Prix, his sixth victory in seven races so far this season.

It was a straightforward victory for the Brawn GP driver once Sebastian Vettel, who started the race in pole position, had allowed the Englishman to pass him on the first lap.

The Red Bull driver never recovered from his early error, and his three-stop strategy allowed team-mate Mark Webber to eventually finish second.

Felipe Massa, who had won this race for the last three years, had to settle for sixth with his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen three places further back.

Bradford Bulls enjoyed one of their rare good days of the season when they beat Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 36-22 at Odsal.

Steve McNamara's side have been one of the most inconsistent Super League teams so far this term, beating high-flying Leeds Rhinos and St Helens while losing to the bottom two - Salford City Reds and Celtic Crusaders.

However, Paul Deacon proved to be the Bulls' match-winner on this occasion, converting all five of his team's tries while Wakefield's Danny Brough only managed one successful kick from his five attempts.

Chris Nero and Steve Menzies both scored two tries for Bradford with Julien Rinaldi added the fifth while Sean Gleeson grabbed an impressive first-half hat-trick for the visitors.

Steve Snitch and Scott Grix also crossed for the Wildcats but it was all to no avail as they slumped to their eighth defeat of the season.

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