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First pole for Red Bull

Author: Craig Williams
Date: 18/04/2009

Sebastian Vettel held his nerve as he helped Red Bull secure their first ever pole position for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, upsetting predictions from online betting experts.

Red Bull had fears about the reliability of Vettel's car so the German sat out most of the final two stages of qualifying.

However, in his one lap of final qualifying he stormed to the head of the field with a rapid one minute 36.184 seconds.

Fernando Alonso also impressed in his Renault, setting the second fastest time, while Mark Webber completed a fine day for Red Bull by claiming third.

Jenson Button, winner of the first two races of the season in Australia and Malaysia, will have to start from fifth on the grid in Shanghai, just behind team-mate Rubens Barrichello, while Toyota's Jarno Trulli will start from sixth.

In rugby league, Bradford Bulls were booed from the pitch after slumping to an embarrassing 58-22 home defeat to Warrington Wolves.

It was the only the struggling visitors' third victory of the campaign but the result now leaves the abject Bulls only one place off the foot of the Super League table.

Chris Hicks scored 30 points for Warrington, claiming three of his side's ten tries as well as kicking nine goals.

Meanwhile, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats continued their excellent start to the season by securing an impressive 21-14 win at Hull that moves them up to third in the table with seven victories from ten matches.

Danny Brough was Wakefield's hero against one of his former clubs, creating two tries and landing a crucial drop goal midway through the second half.

In rugby union, Sebastien Chabal scored a second-half try as Sale beat Harlequins 28-6 to keep alive their Guinness Premiership play-off hopes.

In tennis, Andy Murray reached his first semi-final on clay by winning two matches on Friday at the Monte Carlo Masters.

The Scot sealed a 7-6 6-4 win over Italy's Fabio Fognini before beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

He now faces world number one Rafael Nadal who beat Nicolas Lapentti and Ivan Ljubicic to reach the last four.

Nadal completed an easy 6-3 6-0 win against Ecuadorian Lapentti and had another comfortable success, 6-3 6-3, over the Croatian Ljubicic.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Fernando Verdasco 6-2 4-6 6-3 and will play Stanislas Wawrinka in the semi-finals.

Wawrinka had a straightforward 6-2 6-4 win over Germany's Andreas Beck.

Top seed Elena Dementieva reached the semi-finals of the Family Circle Cup after her last-eight opponent, Dominika Cibulkova, was forced to retire in the second set due to a leg injury.

The Russian was leading 6-4 1-0 when a thigh problem ended the Slovakian's tournament.

Dementieva will meet Caroline Wozniacki in the last four after the Dane easily beat Virginie Razzano of France 6-2 6-0.

Germany's Sabine Lisicki advanced to the semi-finals by beating Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-4 6-0 and will now play France's Marion Bartoli in the semi-finals after she had no trouble brushing aside Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-4 6-1.

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