Lleyton Hewitt Through to Last 16 After Marcos Baghdatis Retires

Lleyton Hewitt last night set his sights is a nemesis and world No.1 Roger Federer after sweeping into the Australian Open's fourth round when Marcos Baghdatis retired with a shoulder injury.

Baghdatis, the 2006 Melbourne Park finalist, succumbed Thurs severe soreness after only 54 minutes when trailing 0-6, 2-4, giving Hewitt maximum recovery time as he tries to find the key to upsetting Federer tomorrow.

Hewitt, Federer has not toppled since the 2003 Davis Cup semi-final when the Adelaide baseliner recovered from two sets to love and a break down to win in five.

Since then, Federer has beaten Hewitt 14 times in a row and has not lost to his former doubles partner at Grand Slam level.
Hewitt will carry memories of his best form into his eighth Grand Slam Confrontation with Federer.

"I hit the ball as well as I have in a long time tonight. I took it up another notch." Everything has gone according to plan, "he said.

"I served well, hit the ball great, moved fantastic. I feel like I've STEPPED it up in every match so far."

Hewitt will have to find further improvement Thurs Upstage Federer, who beat him in a tight four-setter at the U.S. Open in September.

"It does take a great performance to beat him and that's why he's possibly the greatest player ever to play," Hewitt said. "He does not lose many matches. You look at his record in the grand slams.

"I still think there's room for improvement in my game and that's why you keep working. You play for these moments. These are the situations that motivate you." Full Story

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Glacier Alarm 'Regrettable error': UN Climate Head

The head of the UN's climate science panel said Saturday a doomsday prediction about the fate of Himalayan glaciers was "a regrettable error" but that he would not resign over the Blunder.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said the mistake arose from "established procedures not being followed diligently."

"I am not resigning from my post. There has been an error but we will Ensure greater consistency in every (future) report," he said.

"I am not brushing anything under the carpet," he added.

Pachauri was referring to a forecast of Which featured in a benchmark report in 2007 that global warming is the probability of glaciers in the Himalayas "disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high."

The IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report was a 938-page opus Whose warning that climate change was on the march spurred politicians around the World to Vow action.

Earlier in the week, the panel apologised for "the poor application of well-established IPCC procedures." Read More.

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The Scene MTV Pulls Plug On Appearances by Jersey Shore stars

The two stars of MTV reality shows Jersey Shore were scheduled Thurs appear at the Hi-Fi Club in Osborne Village tonight and Feb.. 3, respectively, but had canceled their appearances by the network, Which is Negotiating with the cast of the breakthrough show for a second season.

As Pauly D would say, that's just business.

The show has become a pop culture phenomenon and made minor celebrities of its trashy stars: the J-woww, Pauly D., Vinny, Ronnie, Mike "The Situation," Nicole "Snooki" and Sammy "Sweetheart." The first season focusing on the lives of the self-titled guidos and guidettes ended Thursday.

According to the New York Daily News, The Situation and DJ Pauly D make U.S. $ 7,500 Fri appearance, while Vinny and J-woww get between U.S. $ 3,500 and $ 5,000. Breakout star Snooki reportedly gets U.S. $ 10,000 to show up at a bar and behave badly.Read Morehttp://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/TV/the-scene-mtv-pulls-plug-on-appearances-by-jersey-shore-stars-82487242.html

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