The Old Turkic word yugun 'bridle' (Clauson 1972: 913) has undergone vowel lowering everywhere, too: (19) Uyg yugen (UTIL 6: 678),
Uzb yugan (OTIL 2: 462), Kaz zugen (Bektaev 2001: 211), Krg jugon (Judaxin 1965: 272), Alt uygen (Baskakov and Toscakova 1947: 171), Xak cugen (Baskakov and Inkizekova-Grekul 1953: 324), Tuv cugen (Tenisev 1968: 549).
In Men's Doubles Main Round (Quarterfinals): Darko Jandric (Srb), Shonigmatjon Shoeyziyev (
Uzb) beat Mohammad Abid (Pak), Mohammad Wagas Malik (Can) 6-3, 4-6, 10-3; Alexander Pavliouchenkov (Rus), Vladimir Polyakov (Rus) beat Dmitry Myagkov (Rus), Saida'lo Saidkarimov (
Uzb) 6-1, 7-5; Anton Chekhov (Rus), Kai Wehnelt (Ger) beat Sora Fukuda (Jpn), Ray Ho (Tpe) 7-6, 2-6, 10-6; Eui Kim (Kor), Rio Noguchi (Jpn) beat Heera Ashiq, Mudassar Murtaza (Pak) 6-4, 6-2.
Men's singles (2nd round): D Istomin (
UZB) bt D M Quan (VIE) 6-0, 6-2; Wu Di (CHN) bt H Godamanna (SRI) 6-2, 6-2; Zhang Ze (CHN) bt Al Thagib (KSA) 6-0, 6-0; C Mamiit (PHI) bt M Sayer (HKG) 7-5, 7-5; Y Tsung-hua (TPE) bt N H Thien (VIE) 6-3, 6-3; Go Saeda (JPN) bt A Khan (PAK) 6-2, 6-4 ; K Wachiramanowong (THA) bt D Duldaev (KGZ) 6-2, 6-2; K Rastogi (IND) bt M Mamedkuliyev (TKM) 6-0, 6-0; J Suk-Young (KOR) bt B Munkhbaatar (MGL) 6-1, 6-1; S Devvarman (IND) bt J Al Mutawa (QAT) 6-0, 6-0; Ito Tatsuma (JPN) bt T Dineshkanthan (SRI) 6-2, 6-2; V Uzakov (
UZB) bt G Kotliarevskii (KGZ) 3-6, 6-0, 6-0; Chen Ti (TPE) bt M Zayed (QAT) 6-0, 6-0; Cho Soong-Jae (KOR) bt A Mukhammad (TJK) 6-4, 6-2; D Udomchoke (THA) bt Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) 6-3, 6-2; C Huey (PHI) bt K Adhikari (NEP) 6-0, 6-1.
Sporting - Uzbekistan v South Korea (2pm, live on Eurosport 2): 0.6-0.8 SK/Uzbek (h),2.3-2.5 goals, 9.75-10.25 corners, 40-44 bookings, 115-125 TGMS, 23-26 multi-corners, 38-41 first goal, 61-64 first
Uzb goal, 46-49 first SK goal; Bahrain v Japan (5.30pm, live on Eurosport): 0.2-0.4 Jap/Bah (h), 2.1-2.3 goals, 10-10.5 corners, 46-50 bookings, 105-115 TGMS, 26-29 multi-corners, 40-43 first goal, 59-62 first Bahrain goal, 52-55 first Japan goal.
Men's K-1 500m Heat 2: 1 Ian Wynne (Gbr) 1:37.341, 2 Akos Vereckei (Hun) 1:37.589, 3 Petar Merkov (Bgr) 1:38.725, 4 Andrea Facchin (Ita) 1:40.025, 5 Carlos Perez (Spa) 1:40.149, 6 Anton Ryahov (
Uzb) 1:42.253, 7 Haitao Liu (Chn) 1:43.337.
Muzamil Murtaza (PAK) bt Mohammad Abid (PAK) 6-2, 7-6 (7); Saida'lo Saidkarimov (
UZB) bt Mudassar Murtaza (PAK) 6-3, 6-1; Niklus Johanssen (SWE) bt Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) 6-2, 6-3; Alexis Canter (GBR) bt Darko Jandric (SRB) 6-1, 6-4.
6-3 6-2; Hamidreza Nadaf (IRI) beat Dmitry Myagkov (RUS) 6-2 6-2; Rio Noguchi (JPN) beat Saida'lo Saidkarimov (
UZB) 6-2 6-3.
In other matches of the day, top seed Korean Cheong-Eui Kim thrashed Ahmad Asjad Qureshi 6-0, 6-0; Ray Ho (TPE) beat Filip Fichtel (GER) 6-3, 6-1, Alexis Canter(GBR) routed Muzammil Murtaza 6-4, 6-0; Darko Jandric (SRB) beat Hayat Saqib 6-1, 6-0, Niklas Johansson (SWE) beat Abdaal Haider 6-4, 7-5; Lorenzo Bocchi (ITA) beat Chandril Sood (IND) 6-1, 6-2; Hamidreza Nadaf (IRI) beat Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (
UZB) 6-3 1-6 6-3, Yousaf Khalil beat Mudassar Murtaza 6-4, 6-3.
Qualifying Round-2: Jackson Varney (Aus) beat Worovin Kumthonkittikul (Thai): 6-1, 6-4; Barkat Khan (Pak) beat Abdaal Haider (Pak): 6-3, 6-4; Amal Sultanbekov (
Uzb) beat Fariduni Bakhodur (Tjk): 6-3, 6-3; Michal Wozniak (Pol) beat NG Hao Yuan (Sgp): 6-3, 6-2; Cheong Hwi Kim (Kor) beat Abdullah Adnan (Pak) : 6-1, 6-1; Shonigmatjon Shoeyziyev (
Uzb) beat Hamidreza Nadaf (Iri): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Ahmed Choudhary (Pak) beat Igor Banecivec (Srb): 6-2, 6-3; Malik Abdul Rehman (Pak) beat Mohammad Abdulla (Qat): 6-3, 6-3.
Heptathlon: Zhou Jingjin (Chn) 5000; Viktoria Ryazantseva (Kaz) 4629 Aleksandra Yukevskaya (
Uzb) 4437
All-time head to head: Croatia two wins, Mexico one win Managers: Croatia: Nico Kovac Mexico: Miguel Herrera Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (
Uzb) Weather forecast: Thunder, showers 25C, humidity 90%, 12mph wind TV: ITV4 8.30-10.15pm GROUP A Probable teams Croatia: Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Lovren, Pranjic, Olic, Rakitic, Modric, Kovacic, Perisic, Mandzukic Mexico: Ochoa, Layun, Rodriguez, Marquez, Moreno, Aguilar, Herrera, Guardado, Vazquez, Dos Santos, Peralta Pernambuco Arena, Recife, 9pm