Tennis
Boris Becker has failed to recover from bronchitis and will miss Germany's Davis Cup quarter-final encounter with France in Limoges this weekend.
Claire Taylor, the former national junior champion from Oxfordshire, beat the third seed, Sam Smith from Essex, 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the LTA women's Reebok Tour event at Hull yesterday.
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