2009 Portuguese legislative election
The Portuguese legislative election of 2009 was held on 27 September, to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates, won the largest number of seats, but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
The Socialist Party of Prime Minister José Sócrates came in first despite losing 9% of the vote and 24 seats.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
In these elections there were approximately 9.5 million Portuguese at home and abroad called to determine the 230 seats in the Assembleia da República and 18th constitutional government in Portugal after 1976. The Socialists won the election with a clear lead over the conservative Social Democrats, with big gains for the People's Party and for the Left Bloc.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
The election took place during the regular end of the previous four-year legislative period. From 2005 to 2009 ruled by the Socialist Party (PS), led by José Sócrates, with an absolute majority. The opinion polls at the beginning of the official election campaign on 12 September 2009, showed a too close to call race between the Socialists and the conservative Social Democrats, but just days before the election the Socialists increased their lead over the Social Democrats. A total of 13 parties and two coalitions competed in this election.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
Focus of the campaign was the impact of global economic, the financial crisis and the construction of new infrastructure projects, including the high-speed rail link Lisbon-Madrid and Lisbon-Porto-Vigo, and the new Lisbon airport.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
Neither of the two major parties won an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic, so, the future prime minister had to form a coalition, or at least rely on other parties to govern. In that case, José Sócrates was in a better position than Manuela Ferreira Leite, since the Portuguese left won by 54.23% of the vote and 128 seats, against 39.54% and 102 deputies to the right.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
On 12 October, José Sócrates was invited by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva to form government. The new cabinet was announced on 22 October and sworn in on 26 October.


2009 Portuguese legislative election
Voter turnout was one of the lowest in Portuguese election history, as 59.7% of the electorate cast a ballot.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Background
In the February 2005 early elections, the Socialists, under the leadership of José Sócrates, won 45% of the votes and 121 MPs, the 1st time the Socialists won a majority and the 1st time a single party won a majority since Cavaco Silva's PSD victory in 1991. The PSD suffered a heavy defeat, achieving their worst results since 1983, and faced with this failure, the then PSD leader and outgoing Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes, resigned from the leadership and called an election for party chair.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Background
In the party's congress in April 2005, Luís Marques Mendes became party leader winning 56% of the delegates, against the 44% of his rival, Luís Filipe Menezes. During the first months in his government, Sócrates raised taxes to cut the deficit and initiated a policy of strict budgetary rigor. At the same time, he faced a very harsh summer with Wildfires across the country.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Background
That same October, the Socialists suffered a heavy defeat in the 2005 local elections, winning just 108 cities, a drop of 4, against the PSD's 158 mayoral holds. The PS was also unable to retake control of Lisbon and Porto. In January 2006, a new President was elected. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, PM between 1985 and 1995, became the first center-right candidate to win a presidential election, although only just. The PS candidate, former PM and President Mário Soares polled a disappointing third place with just 14% of the votes. In 2007, a referendum for the legalization of abortion was held. After the failure of the 1998 referendum, the Yes side prevailed winning 59% of the votes against the No's 41%, making abortion legal in Portugal.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Background
While the deficit reduction had been successful, and with the economy growing above 2% of GDP, the government faced heavy opposition for its policies, particularly from teachers unions. In March 2008, more than 100,000 teachers protested in Lisbon against Sócrates and his Education minister, Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues. At the same time, the Social Democrats (PSD) were in internal crisis. The then PSD leader, Luís Filipe Menezes, elected in September 2007, resigned after just 6 months in the job. In the following leadership elections, held in May 2008, Manuela Ferreira Leite became the first woman to lead a major party in Portugal, winning 38% of the votes, against the 31% of Pedro Passos Coelho and the 30% of Pedro Santana Lopes.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Background
Entering 2009, Portugal was strongly hit by the effects of the financial crisis that was shaking the global economy, and, therefore, the country entered in a recession. As a result, the government adopted stimulus measures that worsened the public finances and increased the deficit and the debt. In the European elections of June 7, 2009, the PSD stunned pundits by winning a European election for the first time since 1989, with 31.7% of the votes. The Socialists suffered a huge defeat, winning just 26% of the votes, a drop of 18%.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 116 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude. The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties.


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
For these elections, and compared with the 2005 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:


2009 Portuguese legislative election, Parties
The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 10th legislature (2005-2009) and that also partook in the election:


2009 Portuguese legislative election, National summary of votes and seats, Maps
First, second and third most voted political force by district.


2009 Portuguese local elections
The Portuguese local elections of 2009 took place on 11 October. The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected president, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.


2009 Portuguese local elections
The elections resulted almost in a tie between the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party, in which the Social Democrats lost almost 20 municipalities and also lost a considerable number of councilors. The Socialists, despite losing in number of municipal chambers, were the party that most councilors elected, a situation that has not happened since 1993 when in these elections the PSD elected more councilors than the PS but the PS elected more mayors than the PSD. The Socialists won also a decisive victory in Lisbon where the incumbent mayor, António Costa, defeated the former mayor and Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes by a considerable margin.


2009 Portuguese local elections
The Social Democratic Party lost some municipalities to the Socialists, but they did hold on municipalities like Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Sintra and Coimbra. The People's Party won only one municipality, Ponte de Lima, continuing its decline in comparison, for example, with the 36 mayors achieved in 1976.


2009 Portuguese local elections
On the left, the Democratic Unitarian Coalition, led by the Communist Party, obtained their worst result in history, winning less than 10% of the vote and losing 4 municipalities including Beja and Évora. The Left Bloc kept the presidency of its single municipality, Salvaterra de Magos.


2009 Portuguese local elections
The election was again marked by several victories of independent candidates, most of them former Socialist, Social Democratic candidates who were expelled or given no confidence by their respective parties and, even so, became mayors. The best known were Valentim Loureiro in Gondomar and Isaltino Morais in Oeiras. Fátima Felgueiras, independent candidate in Felgueiras, suffered a surprised defeat by the Social Democratic candidate after winning the election in 2005 with more than 47% of the vote.


2009 Portuguese local elections
Turnout in these election was the lowest in local election, as only 59% of the electorate cast a ballot, although the number of ballots cast in the election was the highest ever in local elections.


2009 Portuguese local elections, Parties
1 The PSD and the CDS–PP will also form coalitions in several municipalities with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).


2009 Portuguese local elections, Results, Municipal Councils, City control
The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 2001 Census.


2009 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2009 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 October 2009 at the Autódromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo with Casey Stoner finishing second.


2009 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.


2009 Potton municipal election
The 2009 Potton municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec.


2009 Poznań Porsche Open
The 2009 Poznań Porsche Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour and Tretorn SERIE+. It took place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 18 to 26 July 2009, including the qualifying competition in the first two days.


2009 Poznań Porsche Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Poznań Porsche Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2009 Poznań Porsche Open, Champions, Doubles
Sergio Roitman /  Alexandre Sidorenko def. Michael Kohlmann /  Rogier Wassen, 6–4, 6–4


2009 Poznań Porsche Open – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions; however, they chose to participate in ATP World Tour 500 series tournament in Hamburg instead.


2009 Poznań Porsche Open – Doubles
Sergio Roitman and Alexandre Sidorenko won the title, defeating Michael Kohlmann and Rogier Wassen in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2009 Poznań Porsche Open – Singles
Nicolas Devilder was the defending champion, but he did not participate that year.


2009 Poznań Porsche Open – Singles
Peter Luczak won the title, defeating Yuri Schukin in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6).


2009 Preakness Stakes
The 2009 Preakness Stakes was the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. The value of the race was $1,100,000 in stakes. The race was sponsored by BlackBerry and hence officially was called BlackBerry Preakness Stakes. The race took place on May 16, 2009. Post time was 6:19 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television networks. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 77,850, this is recorded as third highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2009.


2009 Preakness Stakes
Rachel Alexandra won by a length, holding off the rapidly closing 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to become the first filly since 1924 to win the Preakness Stakes, and to extend horse racing's longest losing streak to 31 years since Affirmed became the last Triple Crown winner in 1978.


2009 Preakness Stakes, The full chart
The draw for The Preakness Stakes was done on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 near the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course. Rachel Alexandra was made the morning line 8-5 favorite, the first filly accorded that status since 1988. Twelve colts and a filly made up the field.


2009 Preakness Stakes, Infield
The 2009 Preakness Stakes included entertainment in the infield. The performers in the infield included ZZ Top, Buckcherry, and Charm City Devils. In addition, there was a professional volleyball tournament in the infield. This year also marked the first year in which fans were not allowed to bring their own beverages into the infield, a move which has drawn some mixed reactions. Infield ticket sales were down 17% this year, which some are attributing to the ban, but others attribute to the recession.


2009 Premier League Asia Trophy
The 2009 Premier League Asia Trophy (Chinese: 巴克莱亚洲杯2009) was the fourth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and the local Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan competed for the title on 29 July and 31 July in the Workers Stadium, Beijing. Tottenham Hotspur won the trophy.


2009 Premier League Asia Trophy, Competition format
The competition uses a knock-out format. On July 29, West Ham United played against Tottenham Hotspur, while Hull City meeting Beijing Guoan. Final, 3rd and 4th playoff were played two days later.


2009 Premier League Asia Trophy, Ticket sales issues
Ticket prices started as low as RMB80 (GBP 7) and rose to RMB380 (GBP 34). Prices were the same for both days.


2009 Premier League Asia Trophy, Ticket sales issues
However, by 15 July 2009, only 20,000 of the 120,000 tickets available for the 29 July and 31 July knockout tournament had been sold, with most fans buying the cheap seats. Reports that Beijing Guoan would field a second-string side as they rest their best players for a China Super League match against Chongqing Lifan on 2 August, while the latter refused to change the schedule also hampered sales.


2009 Premier League Darts
The 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.


2009 Premier League Darts
The tournament kicked off at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which hosted the biggest ever crowd for a PDC event of almost 8,000 in 2008.


2009 Premier League Darts
New venues in Edinburgh and Exeter joined some of the UK's biggest arenas, including Belfast's Odyssey Arena, Manchester's MEN Arena, Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, the Sheffield Arena and Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena.


2009 Premier League Darts
The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena – coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend. Phil Taylor was defending his Whyte & Mackay Premier League title once again, however he failed to retain it after losing to Mervyn King 10–6 in the semi-finals. James Wade beat King 13–8 in the final, to claim the £125,000 first prize and the first Premier League not to be claimed by Taylor.


2009 Premier League Darts, Qualification
The top six players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship were confirmed on 5 January. Jelle Klaasen and Wayne Mardle were named as the two Sky Sports wild card selections on 9 January.


2009 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The prize fund increased again with the top prize now reaching £125,000, and the total prize fund rising to £400,000.


2009 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, Notes
† – Wayne Mardle didn't play in week ten because of a virus. John Part played two matches in week ten, with Mardle due to play two matches in week eleven, giving Part the night off that week. However, Mardle was rushed into hospital with mumps on 15 April, which ruled him out of week eleven. This meant that Mervyn King and James Wade each played twice during week eleven, with Mardle now due to play five matches in the last three weeks.


2009 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, Notes
Mardle had been due to play two matches in both weeks thirteen and fourteen, which would give King the night off in Sheffield, and Wade the night off in Cardiff. However, Mardle was re-admitted to hospital, ruling him out of week twelve, and in accordance with tournament regulations after missing three consecutive Premier League match nights, was removed from the tournament. Mardle's match results from the tournament were also annulled, hurting some of the remaining players more than others. Following Mardle's removal from the tournament, in order for each remaining night to have four matches, there was a series of challenge matches featuring Robert Thornton, Adrian Lewis, Dennis Priestley, Mark Webster and Gary Anderson.


2009 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, Notes
* – Phil Taylor's average of 116.01 was, at the time, the highest recorded three-dart average in televised darts history. He broke his own record of 114.53, set against Wes Newton during the 2008 UK Open.


2009 Premier League Darts, Table and Streaks, Table
Top four qualify for Play-offs after Week 14. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.


2009 Premier League Darts, Table and Streaks, Streaks
NB: W = Won;D = Drawn;L = Lost;N/A = Did Not Play;– indicates match did not count towards final standings


2009 Premier League Darts, Player statistics
The following statistics are only for league stage games that contributed to the final standings. Annulled fixtures, challenge matches and play-offs are not included.


2009 Premier League Snooker
The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 September to 29 November 2009.


2009 Premier League Snooker
Shaun Murphy won in the final 7–3 against defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.


2009 Premier League Snooker, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2009 Premier League Snooker, League phase
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)


2009 Premier League Snooker, Play-offs
* (61) 80–35, 4–80, (96)–0, 0–(110), 34–77, 61–71 (65), 67–1, 40–75** 0–(98), 10–99 (53), 10–68 (66), 1–83 (76), (63)–30, (53)–(67)*** (111) 119–9, 87–36, 70–0, 50–57, 0–(88), 61–67, 75–27, (75) 126–3, (63)–0, (67) 75–(67)


2009 Premier League Snooker, Qualifiers
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 5 January to 26 March 2009.


2009 Premier League speedway season
The 2009 Premier League season was the second division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom and the 15th season since its creation in 1995. The league is governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).


2009 Premier League speedway season, Summary
The League consisted of 14 teams for the 2009 season with the re-admission of the Newport Wasps and the loss of Mildenhall Fen Tigers, Isle of Wight Islanders (Both dropped to National League) and the Reading Racers (Loss of Stadium). New rules introduced for 2009 with a complete revamp of the points scoring system. The team finishing at the top of the league table at the end of the season after accumulating the most points were declared the Premier League champions. The four highest placed teams were entered into promotion play-offs, whereby the Premier League play-off winner faced the bottom Elite League team over two legs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.


2009 Premier League speedway season, Summary
The Kings Lynn Stars were crowned the Premier League champions after ending the season as the highest placed team. The Edinburgh Monarchs finished second, Newcastle Diamonds third and the Birmingham Brummies fourth. All four teams took part in the promotion play-off with Edinburgh and King's Lynn reaching the final. Edinburgh won 97–83 on aggregate and faced Elite League team Belle Vue Aces, but lost the two-legged promotion/relegation final.


2009 Premier League speedway season, New Points Scoring System
A new points scoring systems was devised for the 2009 season in an effort to make teams more competitive even when losing. If a Home team were to win by 7 or more points they would receive 3 points for the win. However, if the away team restricted the win from 1-6 points, the home team would receive only 2 points for the win, and the away team would be awarded 1 point for losing by less than 7 away from home.


2009 Premier League speedway season, New Points Scoring System
If the match was a draw, the home team would be awarded 1 point and the away team awarded 2. If the away team won the match by between 1-6 points, they would be awarded 3 points with the home team collecting 0. And finally if the away team won by 7 or more points, they would collect 4 points with the home team again collecting 0.


2009 Premier League speedway season, League table
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or lessM = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points


2009 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Riders Championship
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2009 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2009 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 42nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition.


2009 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup, Final
King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–81.


2009 Premios Juventud
The 6th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 16, 2009.


2009 Première Division (Chad)
The 2009 Première Division was the Chad Premier League season, the top Chadian league for association football clubs, for 2008/09. Elect-Sport came into the season as defending champions of the 2008 season. Gazelle won the National Championship title after beating Renaissance (Abéché) 3-1 in the final. AS CotonTchad as the cup winners qualified to Confederation Cup, after beating ASBNF de Koumra 3-0 in the final.


2009 Première Division (Chad), Summary, Ligue de N'Djamena
Ligue de N'Djamena for this season was expanded from 10 to 12 clubs. League run from March to October with each team playing 22 matches (playing all 11 other teams both home and away). The league was contested by the 10 teams from the 2008 season as well as Postel 2000 and Toumai who joined as the promoted clubs from the Ligue de N'Djamena D2. The season started in March 2009, and concluded on 4 October 2009. Petro Sport FC was renamed to NBK. Gazelle won the title, Tourbillon finished runners-up, Renaissance finished third. NBK, Faucon Sporting and AS Douth were relegated to Ligue de N'Djamena D2. Gazelle as the winners of the Ligue de N'Djamena qualified to National Championship.


2009 Première Division (Chad), Summary, National Championship
Gazelle as the winners of the Ligue de N'Djamena qualified to National Championship, the final stage, which gathers winners of regional leagues. On January 3, 2010 Gazelle beat Renaissance (Abéché) 3-1 in the final, and became champions of Chad.


2009 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2009 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–6 in Big South play to finish in last place.


2009 President's Cup (Maldives)
The 2009 President's Cup is the 59th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Club Valencia are the defending champions, having defeated Victory Sports Club in last season's final.


2009 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights
The broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2009 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.


2009 President's Cup (Maldives), Qualifier
Top 4 teams at the end of 2009 Dhivehi League will be qualified for the President's Cup.


2009 President's Cup (tennis)
The 2009 President's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan between 2 and 8 November 2009.


2009 President's Cup (tennis), ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 President's Cup (tennis), Champions, Doubles
Jonathan Marray /  Jamie Murray def. David Martin /  Rogier Wassen, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]


2009 President's Cup – Doubles
Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev were the defending champions, but only Elgin tried to defend his title. He partnered with Sergei Bubka, however lost to Frank Moser and Björn Phau already in the first round. Jonathan Marray and Jamie Murray won this tournament, by defeating David Martin and Rogier Wassen 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] in the final match.


2009 President's Cup – Singles
Andrey Golubev successfully defended his last year's title. He defeated Illya Marchenko 6–3, 6–3 in the final match.


2009 Presidents Cup
The 8th Presidents Cup was held October 8–11, 2009 at the Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco, California. The United States team won the golf competition by a margin of 191⁄2–141⁄2, their second consecutive win by that exact score and third in a row overall. This was also the sixth outright win for the U.S. Team in eight meetings, with one International win in 1998 and one tied match in 2003.


2009 Presidents Cup, Format
The first day of competition featured six foursomes matches. On the second day, six matches of four-ball were played. This was followed on Day 3 by five morning foursomes matches and five afternoon four-ball matches. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played, for a total of 34 matches in the competition.


2009 Presidents Cup, Format
The final day was conducted under a special rule that differed slightly from that used in other team competitions such as the Ryder Cup. Singles matches ending halved after the regulation 18 holes were to be extended to extra holes until an outright winner was determined. This format was used until one team earned the 171⁄2 points needed to win the Cup outright, at which time all remaining matches were only played to the regulation 18 holes and could be halved.


2009 Presidents Cup, Format
No matches went to extra holes in the 2009 competition. The first match on the final day in which all 18 holes were played was the Mike Weir–Justin Leonard match, which finished all square after 18. At that time, the U.S. Team was leading 17–10, which meant that the match should have continued. However, at the same time, the Y.E. Yang–Tiger Woods match was at the 13th hole with Woods 5 up. Instead of immediately going to the first hole to continue their match, Weir and Leonard watched the Yang–Woods match on a nearby giant screen. When Woods sank the putt that gave him a 6 and 5 victory and gave the U.S. an insurmountable 18–10 lead, Weir and Leonard, seeing that the outcome of the Cup was no longer in doubt, agreed to halve their match.


2009 Presidents Cup, Teams
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2007 Wyndham Championship through the 2009 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2009 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team. The top 10 players from each list made their respective teams and the captains choose the remaining two players.


2009 Presidents Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2009 Price Chopper 400
The 2009 Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods was the 29th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the third in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 4, 2009, in Kansas City, Kansas, at Kansas Speedway, before a crowd of 100,000 spectators. Stewart-Haas Racing driver and co-owner Tony Stewart won the 267-lap race, starting from the fifth position. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports finished in second, with Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle in third.


2009 Price Chopper 400
Mark Martin won the 47th pole position of his career by posting the fastest lap in qualifying. He lost the lead to his teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. who passed him on lap 12. Earnhardt kept it until his other teammate Jimmie Johnson emerged in the first position after the first round of green flag pit stops took place. Biffle took the lead for the first time on the 72nd lap, and he led six times for a total of 113 laps, more than any other driver.


2009 Price Chopper 400
Stewart became the leader through strategy on lap 238 during a phase of pit stops under a caution period by taking only two tires, while Biffle chose to have four tires installed on his car. He held off the closing Gordon in the final laps to secure the victory. There were six cautions and a track-record 26 lead changes amongst 14 different drivers during the course of the event.


2009 Price Chopper 400
It was Stewart's second win at Kansas Speedway, his fourth of the season, and the 37th of his career. The result advanced him from fifth to fourth in the Drivers' Championship, and past his nearest rival, Penske Championship Racing driver Kurt Busch. He was 67 points behind Martin whose lead over his teammate Johnson was reduced to 18 because Martin finished seventh. Because of Stewart's victory, Chevrolet won its 33rd Manufacturers' Championship in NASCAR Cup Competition, as Toyota could not catch its points total with seven races left in the season. The race attracted 5.25 million television viewers.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Background
The 2009 Price Chopper 400 was the twenty-ninth of thirty-six scheduled stock car races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the third in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 4, 2009, in Kansas City, Kansas, at Kansas Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at is a four-turn 1.5 mi (2.4 km) long D-shaped oval track. The track's turns are banked at 15 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is 10.4 degrees. The back stretch, opposite to the front, is five degrees.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Background
Before the race, Mark Martin led the Drivers' Championship with 5,400 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 5,390. Juan Pablo Montoya was third in the Drivers' Championship with 5,335, ten ahead of Kurt Busch and 21 ahead of Tony Stewart in fourth and fifth. Denny Hamlin was two points ahead of Ryan Newman, as Jeff Gordon with 5,278 points, was 16 ahead of Greg Biffle, and 29 in front of Brian Vickers. Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne were eleventh and twelfth with 5,247 and 5,211 points.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Background
In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet were leading with 208 points, 45 ahead of their rivals Toyota. Ford, with 123 points, were one point ahead of Dodge in the battle for third place. Johnson was the race's defending champion. The Manufacturers' Championship could have been sealed in Kansas in the event the highest-placed Chevrolet driver finished ahead of the highest-placed Toyota competitor.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final session lasted 60 minutes. During the first practice session, Newman was fastest, with a time of 31.080 seconds, placing ahead of Johnson in second and Montoya in third. Clint Bowyer was fourth fastest, and David Ragan placed fifth. Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., A. J. Allmendinger, David Stremme and Brad Keselowski rounded out the session's top ten fastest drivers.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Practice and qualifying
Forty-six drivers attempted to qualify on Friday afternoon; according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest lap times. Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet took the first three places as Martin clinched his seventh pole position of the season, his first at Kansas Speedway, and the 48th of his career, with a time of 30.724 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by his teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. whose best lap was 0.084 seconds slower.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Practice and qualifying
Keselowski qualified third, Jamie McMurray took fourth, and Stewart started fifth. Kahne, Joe Nemechek, Bowyer, Gordon and Scott Speed completed the top ten positions. The three drivers who failed to qualify were David Gilliland, Michael McDowell and Kevin Hamlin. Once qualifying concluded, Martin said, "Have any of you ever stepped on a cat's tail? I have accidentally stepped on cat's tail before. They make a noise and go really fast. When I stepped on the gas of that No. 5 car today, it was like stepping on a cat's tail it had so much horsepower."


2009 Price Chopper 400, Practice and qualifying
On Saturday morning, Johnson was fastest in the second practice session by setting a lap of 31.144 seconds, ahead of Hamlin in second, and Kenseth in third. Reutimann was fourth quickest, and Stewart took fifth. Joey Logano managed sixth. Bowyer, Gordon, Kurt Busch and Kahne followed in the top ten. Of the drivers in the Chase, Newman set the 12th fastest time, and Biffle was 15th quickest. Later that day, Johnson paced the final practice session with a lap of 31.217 seconds, with Martin in second, and Kenseth in third. Montoya was fourth quickest, and Bowyer took fifth. Gordon managed sixth, Vickers was seventh fastest, Logano eighth, McMurray ninth, and Edwards tenth. Other Chase drivers included Kahne in 12th and Hamlin in 15th.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Live television coverage of the race began in the United States at 2:00 p.m. EDT (UTC−05:00) on ABC. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny, with the air temperature 56 °F (13 °C). Pastor Jimmy Ybarra began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Country music singer Blaine Larsen performed the national anthem, and the Grand Marshal of the race Kent Blair commanded the drivers to start their engines.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Martin retained his pole position lead into the first corner, with Earnhardt behind him. Keselowski fell to the sixth position on the same lap. On lap two, Logano lost control of his car, and spun sideways off the track at turn two, causing the first caution. All of the leaders stayed out on track, allowing Martin to remain the leader on the restart. On lap 6, McMurray passed Earnhardt to claim the second position. One lap later, the second caution was prompted after Paul Menard spun sideways at turn two, collecting Ragan, Michael Waltrip, Max Papis, and Bobby Labonte.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
During the caution, most of the leaders elected to make pit stops. Martin maintained his lead on the restart, with Earnhardt in second, and Keselowski third. On the 12th lap, Earnhardt moved into the first position after passing his teammate Martin at turn four. Keselowski overtook Martin shortly after. One lap later, Ragan drove to pit road after smoke billowed from his car.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
On lap 15, Johnson passed Reutimann for eighth. After starting the race in 22nd, Hamlin had moved up eleven positions to eleventh by lap 18. One lap later, Johnson passed Gordon for seventh, as Montoya moved into the tenth position by lap 20. On the 21st lap, Johnson claimed the sixth position from Kahne, while Montoya passed Gordon for eighth. By lap 23, Earnhardt had a 1.9 second lead over Keselowski. Two laps later, McMurray passed Martin for the third position. By lap 31, Johnson had moved into the fourth position after passing Stewart and Martin.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Four laps later, Stewart moved into fifth after passing Martin. On the 37th lap, Johnson passed McMurray for third. Stewart and Martin got ahead of McMurray to take over the fourth and fifth positions three laps later. Reuitmann got into sixth by the 45th lap. Two laps later, Gordon fell to 12th because of handling difficulties.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
On lap 48, Montoya was overtaken by Biffle for the eighth position, and Reuitmann got ahead of Martin on the outside lane to take fifth on the backstretch. Green flag pit stops commenced on lap 52 as Keselowski became the first driver to stop for an air pressure adjustment and tires. They lasted until the 62nd lap, and Johnson took the lead after their conclusion with Keselowski second, and Stewart in third. Seven laps later, the third caution was necessitated for Reed Sorenson who hit the turn two wall.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
During the caution, several drivers (including Johnson), elected to make pit stops for tires. Biffle won the race off pit road, and lead at the restart on lap 75. Kenseth was passed by Montoya for second on lap 76, and Keselowski and Kurt Busch battled for fourth place. On lap 88, Johnson caught the leader Biffle and they battled alongside each other for the next few laps.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Johnson drew ahead of Biffle as the pair crossed the start/finish line to lead the 91st lap, as Stewart got past Truex for the third position. Johnson and Biffle continued to trade the lead for the next three laps, as they extended their advantage over the rest of the pack to five seconds. By lap 97, Gordon had advanced to eighth. On the next lap, Montoya passed Truex to take over fifth. Biffle was delayed the slower car of Papis, and Johnson took the opportunity to get ahead of him, and retake the lead on the 102nd lap.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Kenseth got ahead of Truex to demote him to eighth two laps later. By the 119th lap, Montoya was in fourth, and Keselowski was passed by Kenseth for the fifth position. The second round of green flag pit stops for tires and car adjustments got underway on lap 122. Four laps later, Vickers spun leaving turn four, and the fourth caution was shown. Pit stops continued to be made during the caution.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Biffle got ahead of Johnson as his pit stop was faster than his and led the field at the lap 131 restart. On the next lap, Johnson re-passed Biffle around the outside in the third turn to reclaim the lead. After starting 22nd, Hamlin moved into sixth unnoticed by lap 132. Nine laps later, Montoya overtook Biffle to take the second position, as Johnson increased his lead over Biffle to 4.4 seconds. Elliott Sadler pirouetted through 360 degrees in turn two, but avoided contact with the wall and passing vehicles on lap 147, activating the fifth caution.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Under caution, all of the leaders (including Johnson) went to pit road for tires and car adjustments. Biffle regained the lead, and held the position at the lap 152 restart. Hamlin overtook Martin for second place soon after. Three laps later, Gordon passed Martin for fourth, and Marcos Ambrose lost the tenth position to Kahne. Biffle then held off Stewart to keep the lead on the 159th lap, and that allowed Hamlin to close up.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
On the 163rd lap, Johnson got ahead of Kyle Busch to take the tenth position, and Casey Mears was passed by Montoya who took sixth from him two laps later. Johnson advanced to ninth by passing Reutimann on lap 166. Mears fell to eighth when Kahne overtook him on the following lap. Montoya got past Martin for fifth on lap 169. After ending their battle for first place, Biffle and Stewart increased their advantage over the rest of the pack to three seconds.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
On the 171st lap, Johnson got into seventh when he overtook Mears and Kahne moved into sixth six laps later. Kurt Busch got ahead of Mears to claim the tenth position on lap 180. The third phase of green flag pit stops for fuel, tires, and car adjustments occurred between laps 183 and 209, with Biffle maintaining the lead and Stewart keeping second. On lap 212, Montoya's crew chief Brian Pattie requested he conserve fuel so he could try to finish the race.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Hamlin overtook Gordon to advance into fourth on lap 213. By lap 217, Biffle had a lead of 7.8 seconds but he had to make another pit stop before the race would conclude. Hamlin got ahead of Kahne to claim third place three laps later. Between laps 221 and 223, Johnson, Gordon and Montoya battled for third but neither driver could advance their positions. On the 230th lap, Martin passed Montoya for seventh. The sixth (and final) caution came out as Earnhardt's engine failed, and oil from his car laid on the track.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
He brought his into the garage to retire from the race. During the caution, the leaders (including Biffle), elected to make pit stops for fuel and tires. Biffle requested four tires be installed on his car after he overruled his crew chief Greg Erwin's decision to have two tires fitted. Stewart, meanwhile, had two tires installed, and exited pit road as the new race leader on lap 238.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Stewart maintained the lead at the lap 242 restart, followed by Kahne, Johnson, Biffle and Hamlin. Biffle then passed Kahne and Johnson to move into second, as Stewart opened up a healthy advantage. In the meantime, Johnson fell to sixth as he struggled with his two new tires. Five laps later, Hamlin went to the track's apron to pass Kahne and Montoya for the fourth position. Johnson was passed by his teammate Martin for eighth on the 248th lap. Gordon caught Biffle and got ahead of him for second six laps later.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race
Although Gordon reduced Stewart's lead, it was not enough for him to challenge the latter, as Stewart responded to Gordon's pace, and took his second win at Kansas Speedway, his fourth of the season, and the 37th of his career. Gordon finished second, Biffle came third, Montoya took fourth and Hamlin fifth. Kahne, Martin, Reuitmann, Johnson and Edwards completed the top ten finishers. The race had a track-record 26 lead changes amongst 14 different drivers. Biffle led six times for a total of 113 laps, more than any other driver. Stewart led five times for a total of 37 laps.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
Stewart appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his fourth victory of the season in front of a crowd of 100,000 people; the win earned him $332,498. He credited his crew chief Darian Grubb for a strategy that allowed him to take the lead, "The guys that took four could just never gain the track position back. We had a really good car on two tyres. Darian and these guys on the pit crew, they are the ones that got us the win.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
They got us track position and I was able to pick which line I wanted on the restart and that won us the race." Gordon explained that his car became harder to handle the closer he got to Stewart, "As long as he didn't make any big mistakes, I wasn't going to catch him. ", and also admitted to have selected the wrong tire strategy, "I know what I did was wrong. I know I made a mistake. But we're sure excited to be running good again, especially going to some tracks we like, like California." Third-placed Johnson said of his situation in the championship and the loss of a victory, "I hate losing points, I felt like we had a shot to win the race, it's just way too early, for myself, even to start worrying about [the Chase standings.] It's only three races in."


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
Grubb commented on Stewart's victory, "Tony was able to get out there in clean air and was able to take off. The other guys who took two [tyres] ended up 7th and 9th. So Tony was able to get that clean air and just take off. He did an awesome job today; the entire pit crew and everybody did an awesome job all day long." Although he finished seventh, Martin said he was pleased with the result as he was able to keep the points lead, "This is the first time we missed it that much in a while.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
There have been times when I was off this much and finish 25th. But our team fought for everything we got today." However, he was not celebratory as he was unsure whether he could keep his advantage in the next few races, "What is there, seven more to go? I don't think we should be getting all hyped up about the tally right now, you know? We've got a lot of racing to go."


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
After the race, Johnson's and Martin's cars were transported to NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, North Carolina for a further precautionary inspection because those two vehicles had been close to exceeding to the organizing body's measurement tolerance limits at the previous week's race at Dover International Speedway. After personnel from Hendrick Motorsports were allowed to observe the potential issues to the two cars, both passed their inspections. The race results left Martin with the Drivers' Championship lead with 5,551 points. Martin's teammate Johnson was 18 points behind in second, and Montoya kept third with 5,500 points.


2009 Price Chopper 400, Race, Post-race
Stewart's win allowed him to move past Kurt Busch and advance into the fourth position. Hamlin, Gordon, Biffle, Newman, Edwards, Kahne, and Vickers completed the top twelve drivers in the points standings. Because of Stewart's victory, Chevrolet won its seventh Manufacturers' Championship in a row, and its 33rd in NASCAR Cup Series competition. Toyota maintained second with 167 points. Ford moved four points clear of Dodge in the battle for third with seven races left in the season. The race attracted 5.25 million television viewers; it took two hours, 55 minutes, and 13 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.894 seconds.


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic
The 2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Baton Rouge, United States from April 6, 2009 to April 12, 2009.


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic, Champions, Men's doubles
Rajeev Ram /  Bobby Reynolds def. Harsh Mankad /  Scott Oudsema, 6–3, 6–7(6), 10–3


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles
Phillip Simmonds and Tim Smyczek were the defending champions but did not defend their title.


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles
Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds defeated Harsh Mankad and Scott Oudsema in the final (6–3, 6–7(6), [10–3]).


2009 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic – Singles
Bobby Reynolds was the defending champion. He was first-seeded player in the main draw, but he lost to José de Armas 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 in first round. Benjamin Becker became the new champion, after he won 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, against Rajeev Ram in final.


2009 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo
The 2009 Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brasil between 5 and 11 January 2009.


2009 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo – Doubles
Jamie Delgado and Bruno Soares were the defending champions; however, they chose to not participate this year. Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer won in the final 7–6(1), 6–3, against Mariano Hood and Horacio Zeballos.


2009 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo – Singles
Thiago Alves was the defending champion, but he lost to Horacio Zeballos in the quarterfinals. Ricardo Mello defeated 6–2, 6–4 Paul Capdeville in the final.


2009 Prime League
The Prime League 2009 (officially known as the Great-Eastern-Yeo's Prime League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season since the establishment of the Prime League. The season began on 3 March 2009, and ended on 3 October 2009.


2009 Primera B de Chile season
The Primera B de Chile season was the 59th completed season of the Primera B de Chile.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla
The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the Primera División de México Apertura 2009 was a final mini-tournament involving eight teams of the Mexican Primera División, in an elimination two-legs playoff.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla
The final of the Liguilla was on Sunday December 13, between Cruz Azulagainst Monterrey. As the winner, Monterrey became the Apertura 2009 Champion. Also, both finalist got a berth for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League (Monterreyqualified directly to the Group Stage, while Cruz Azulqualified to the Preliminary Round).


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla
Defending champions UNAM, were not able to defend their past championship, as they did not qualify to the Liguilla.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Teams
As the 18 teams of the Apertura 2009 were divided in three groups of six teams, it was determined that the two top of each group advanced to the Liguilla, even though having had a low performance at the general table. Alongside those six teams, the two best teams at the general table of the remaining 12, regardless of their group, advanced to the Liguilla.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Teams
After having finished last at their group and 17th at the general table, the defending champions, UNAM, did not qualified to this Liguilla


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Tie-breaking criteria
The Liguilla has a particular tie-breaking criteria: In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the higher seeded team will advance.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Tie-breaking criteria
The exception for this tie-breaking criteria is the final, where the higher seeded team rule is not used. In this case, if the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the second leg of the finals, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Bracket
The Liguilla hade those teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Bracket
The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position at the general table of the season. Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Bracket
Also, the highest seeded can choose when, if Saturday or Sunday, they want to play the second leg. As the rules mention that one half of the matches must be on Wednesday/Saturday, and the other in Thursday/Sunday, the rest of the teams must suit on that choice. The only exception is the final, as it was set to be played at Thursday December 10 the first leg, and Sunday December 13 the second.


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Quarter-finals
The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played on November 21 or 22 (first leg) and November 28 or 29 (second leg).


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Semi-finals
The semifinals are scheduled to be played on December 2 or 3 (first leg) and December 5 or 6 (second leg).


2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla, Final
The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on December 10 (first leg) and December 13 (second leg).


2009 Primera División of Chile
The 2009 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 78th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championships: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Format changes
The format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008, except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages. Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage. Instead, the top-eight teams in Classification Stage will advance.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Format changes, International qualification changes
Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same, as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second-best team in the first stage and the 2008-09 Copa Chile winner. The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Team information
The number of teams were reduced starting with this season from 20 to 18. Antofagasta, Osorno, Melipilla, and Deportes Concepción were relegated last season to the Primera B. They were replaced by Municipal Iquique and Curicó Unido.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Apertura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Apertura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), is the first tournament of the season. It began on January 31 and ended on June 28.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Apertura, Playoff stage
Universidad de Chile qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Apertura, Copa Sudamericana playoff
The second-best team of the Classification Stage (Universidad de Chile) played a match at Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in the city of Coquimbo against the 2008 Copa Chile champions, (Universidad de Concepción) for the Chile 2 spot in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Apertura, Copa Sudamericana playoff
Universidad de Chile classified to the Chile 2 berth for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clasura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Clausura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), is the second tournament of the season. It began on July 12 and is scheduled to end on December 16.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Relegation
Relegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation/promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season.


2009 Primera División of Chile, Relegation, Relegation/promotion playoff
By finishing 15th in the relegation table, Palestino was pitted against the San Marcos de Arica, the 2nd best team in the 2009 Primera B General Table. Curicó Unido, by finishing 16th in the relegation table, played against San Luis, the loser of the 2009 Primera B championship playoff. The team who obtains the most point after two legs will stay or be promoted to the Primera División. Should there be a tie on points, it will be settled as follows: 1) overall goal difference; 2) most away goal; 3) extra time of two 15-minute halves; 4) penalty shootout according to the Laws of the Game. The Primera División (Team #1) played the second leg at home.


2009 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Prince Edward Island's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 22–26 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The winner represented team Prince Edward Island at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Victoria, British Columbia.


2009 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Page playoffs
1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, on January 25. Semi-Final and Final on January 26.


2009 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2009 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.


2009 Princeton Tigers football team
In their tenth and final year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 265 to 129. Scott Britton, Wilson Cates, Jordan Culbreath and Mark Paski were the team captains.


2009 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 192 to 91 by Ivy opponents.


2009 Princeton Tigers football team
The Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 2009. It was the 88th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Sea the Stars, a three-year-old colt trained in Ireland by John Oxx. The winning jockey was Michael Kinane.


2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Sea the Stars became the first horse to win the 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. It was his sixth consecutive Group 1 victory.


2009 Pro Bowl
The 2009 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2008 season. It was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 8, 2009. This was the most recent year that the game was held after the Super Bowl. The NFC defeated the AFC, 30–21.


2009 Pro Bowl
The AFC was coached by Baltimore's John Harbaugh, while the NFC's coach was Philadelphia's Andy Reid.


2009 Pro Bowl
This is the last game to be held one week after the Super Bowl, the last game where the coaching staffs were from the teams who lost their conference title games, and the last game where players of the two teams competing in the Super Bowl play in the Pro Bowl.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
On March 6, 2009, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader John Tory announced his intention to step down as leader following his defeat in a by-election. Tory was elected party leader in the party's 2004 leadership election, and led the party to defeat in the 2007 provincial election in which he failed to win personal election to the Ontario Legislature. He attempted again to enter the legislature in a March 5, 2009 by-election but was defeated by the Liberal candidate.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The party's executive set June 27, 2009 as the date for the new leader to be announced over the objections of several MPPs who called for a September vote. Candidates were required to register as such by April 17; in order to be able to cast a ballot it was necessary for one to have been a member of the party by May 14. Of the 25 members caucus, interim leader Bob Runciman remained neutral in the race and MPP Joyce Savoline has yet to endorse a candidate.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The party reported that it had over 40,000 members eligible to vote in the leadership contest as of the membership cut-off of May 15, up from 8,500 at the beginning of the leadership race. Of the 43,000 members eligible to vote some 25,429 members cast a ballot.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Registered candidates, Tim Hudak
Tim Hudak, 41, was the MPP for Niagara West—Glanbrook and had sat in the provincial legislature since 1995. He was the party's finance critic and was seen to be on the right of the party. Some  consider Hudak to be the "front runner". Including himself, Hudak had the backing of a majority of the 24 member caucus.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Registered candidates, Christine Elliott
Christine Elliott, 53, was  MPP for Whitby—Oshawa, first winning the seat in a 2006 by-election, and wife of Jim Flaherty. Elliott filed her nomination papers on March 31 and officially launched her campaign on April 3, 2009.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Registered candidates, Frank Klees
Frank Klees, 58, was the Chief Government Whip in the Harris government, and Minister of Tourism and of Transportation in the Eves government. He came in third place in the 2004 leadership election. Klees appeared on Reverend Charles McVety's television program on March 29 and said he would like to run. McVety endorsed Klees during the broadcast. Klees told CTV News that he decided to throw his hat into the ring "after very careful consideration.”


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Registered candidates, Randy Hillier
Randy Hillier, 50,  was a rural activist and founder of the Ontario Landowners Association. He was first elected MPP for Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington in the 2007 provincial election. Hillier says that as Premier he would abolish the Ontario Human Rights Commission, allow Ontario to elect its federal Senators and introduce a bill making membership in unions and professional associations voluntary.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Voting results
Movement: Hillier eliminated and endorses Hudak; prior to balloting Hillier asked his supporters to make Hudak their second choice.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Voting results
Does not include votes that were spoiled because no second choice was indicated.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Voting results
Does not include votes that were spoiled because no second or third choice was indicated.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Process
The Ontario Progressive Conservatives use a system similar to that used by the federal Conservative Party of Canada in its leadership election. Each provincial riding association had up to 100 Electoral Votes that were allocated among the candidates by proportional representation according to the votes cast by party members within the riding. This was not a "one member one vote" system since each riding generally had equal weight. (Ridings with fewer than 100 voting party members were allocated one Electoral Vote per voting member; ridings with 100 or more voting party members were allocated 100 Electoral Votes.) Voting occurred on June 21 and 25 via a preferential ballot.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Process
This system is designed to favour candidates who can win support across the province and win in a majority of ridings. This replicates what is necessary for a party to win a general election - though without the "first past the post" feature of elections under the Westminster system. Voters ranked their choices on a preferential ballot. In this system, if no candidate wins a majority of Electoral Votes on a ballot, then the last-place candidate is eliminated, and his/her votes are redistributed according to second-choice rankings.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Process
There was an entry fee of $50,000 and spending limit of $750,000 but no fundraising limit; twenty per cent of the money raised by candidates was shared with the party.


2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Process
Other rules  required each candidate to have a nominator, a seconder, and 100 members who sign the nomination, no more than 10 of whom could live in the same riding. Candidates also had to make a $25,000 deposit, that was refundable. Furthermore, 20% of all donations over $5,000, with the exception of the first $75,000 raised, had to be given to the party; this money was exempted from the spending limit. Candidates had until Thursday, June 18, at noon to drop out of the race. Any candidate who failed to get 10% of the vote, along with the last-placed candidate, was dropped from balloting should no one candidate get a majority of votes on the first ballot. All ridings had one balloting location with the exception of the 12 largest ridings in the province.


2009 Promotional League Final
The 2009 Promotional League Final was the final event of the 2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League and the first Promotional League Final ever. It was held in Barcelona (Spain) on September 20, 2009 during the 2009 CSIO Barcelona. Seven teams started the competition and the team from Spain won the event. A €90,000 purse was offered at this CSIO* *** competition, with each of the six competing teams receiving a share.


2009 Promotional League Final
The two best-placed teams in this competition move into the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup. The national equestrian federation of Canada refrained the start in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup second time after 2009, so also Poland moved into the Meydan FEI Nations Cup for the 2010 season.


2009 Promotional League Final, Qualified and competing teams
The Competing teams of the 2009 Promotional League Final were:


2009 Promotional League Final, Qualified and competing teams
Austria and  Denmark were qualified for the Promotional League Final 2009. They didn't start, so  Hungary have the chance to start in the final.


2009 Prosperita Open
The 2009 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between April 27 and March 3, 2009.


2009 Prosperita Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Prosperita Open, Champions, Men's doubles
Jan Hájek /  Robin Vik def. Matúš Horecný /  Tomáš Janci, 6–2, 6–4.


2009 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Sergiy Stakhovsky and Tomáš Zíb were the defenders of title, but they didn't play this time. Jan Hájek and Robin Vik won in the final 6–2, 6–4, against Matúš Horecný and Tomáš Janci.


2009 Prosperita Open – Singles
Jiří Vaněk was the defending champion, but Ivan Dodig defeated him in the quarterfinals. The new champion became other Czech player, Jan Hájek who won against Dodig in the final (7–5, 6–1).


2009 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2009 Malaysian Open (also known as the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was played at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The inaugural edition was scheduled to take place from 26 September to 4 October 2009.


2009 Proton Malaysian Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 Proton Malaysian Open, Champions, Men's Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Igor Kunitsyn /  Jaroslav Levinský, 6–2, 6–1.


2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles
The following are the results of the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles:


2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Igor Kunitsyn and Jaroslav Levinský.


2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles
Nikolay Davydenko won in the final 6-4, 7-5, against Fernando Verdasco.


2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 Pub Charity Sevens
The 2009 Pub Charity Sevens tournament was held in Queenstown, New Zealand, between 10 and 11 January 2009. It was the sixth New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament to be held in Queenstown. Auckland were the defending champions, having previously won the tournament four consecutive times.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season
The 2009 season is the Puerto Rico Islanders 6th season in the USL First Division. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2009 season. It also includes matched played in 2009 for the CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 and CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Squad, First Team
As of July 4, 2009Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Squad, 2009 Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Squad, 2009 Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Competitions, USL 1, Results by Match Day (Regular season)
* Positions are tabulated at the end of each week.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Matches, Friendlies
* A round of penalty kicks was played after the match, this was already agreed upon by both sides regardless of the match's outcome, Austin won this 3-0.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Matches, USL-1 regular season
All kickoff times are in EST. Names in brackets are players who were awarded the assist for the goal.


2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season, Squad Statistics
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances as a substitute under the Appearance column and number of assists under the Goal column. Updated to games played June 20, 2009.


2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League season
The 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs is the second year the format has been used. It is the championship of the Puerto Rico Soccer League. The format is the same as the 2008 edition with the top 4 teams from the league playing in the Tournament. The only significant change is that there will be a Home Leg and an Away Leg for the Semifinals and Final. These teams play in the Semi-Finals with the winner of each match going on to the Championship game.


2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League season, 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs, Champions
Bayamon FC now joins River Plate Ponce as qualificants to the 2010 CFU Club Championship.


2009 Pulitzer Prize
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 20, 2009, the 93rd annual awards.


2009 Pulitzer Prize
The New York Times won five awards this year, with the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times) being the only other multi-prize winner with two. Three organizations were awarded prizes for the first time: Las Vegas Sun, East Valley Tribune and The Post-Star.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was Danny Hope's first season as head coach following the retirement of Joe Tiller. The Boilermakers finished the season 5–7 (4–4 Big Ten).


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Toledo
To open the season, the Boilermakers played the Toledo Rockets at Ross–Ade Stadium. The Boilermakers scored first on their opening drive, with a 78-yard touchdown run by Ralph Bolden. They added to their lead 9 minutes later on a 43-yard touchdown run by Jaycen Taylor. In the second quarter, Purdue added to their lead with an 11-yard Keith Smith touchdown from Joey Elliott. Toledo then began their scoring with an Eric Page 34-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Opelt. Toledo struck again just 6 minutes later when Opelt found Stephen Williams for a 9-yard touchdown pass.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Toledo
Purdue responded with a 24-yard Keith Carlos touchdown pass from Elliott with 1:25 remaining in the half. Purdue was then able to get the ball back on downs from Toledo with 27 seconds remaining. After just 3 plays, Purdue called time out with 3 seconds remaining in the half. Carson Wiggs made a 59-yard field goal to end the half. The 59-yard field goal was the longest in Purdue history. Purdue would score twice to open the second half, a 1-yard run by Taylor and a 15-yard touchdown reception from Antavian Edison from Elliott. Toledo would get the next three scores, on a 5-yard touchdown run by DaJuane Collins, a 45-yard field goal by Alex Steigerwald and 42-yard Williams reception from Opelt. The 3 scores by Toledo got them with 4 points, but a 14-yard Bolden touchdown run sealed the scoring of the game.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Toledo
Bolden's 234 yards rushing were the 3rd highest single game total in school history.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Purdue scored first with a field goal in the first quarter, but Ohio State made it 7–3 with a Pryor run for a touchdown. The second quarter was all Purdue with Boilermakers making two field goals to put them up it a 9-7 halftime. In the second half Purdue was finally able to find the end zone with two Joey Elliot touchdown passes to Valentin, making it a commanding 23–7 lead for the Boilermakers. In the fourth quarter both teams traded field goals with the score now 26–10.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Purdue, however, was forced to punt midway through the fourth quarter and Ohio State quickly drove down the field to score a touchdown with a pass from Pryor to Posey, with Pryor running it in the two-point conversion. The next drive, Purdue went three and out and it seemed the momentum had shifted and Ohio State had come alive, but with a sack of Pryor and a denial of a fourth down, Purdue had the ball. After seemingly stopping Purdue, a crucial facemask penalty by the Buckeyes allowed the Boilermakers to run out the clock. This was the first time Ohio State had lost to a team that had finished the season with a losing record since a loss at Penn State in 2001.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
In the first quarter, Purdue scored first with a 35-yard TD catch by Ralph Bolden. Michigan tied the score with a 29-yard TD run by Brandon Minor. Purdue retook the lead with a 41-yard field goal by Carson Wiggs. Michigan tied the score soon after with a 51-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Michigan scored 2 touchdowns: a 55-yard rush by Brandon Minor, and a 43-yard catch by Ray Roundtree, giving the Wolverines a 14-point advantage at halftime.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
However, Michigan would collapsed in the second half. In the third quarter, Purdue's Ralph Bolden scored his second TD of the game with a 19-yard run. Michigan QB Forcier responded with a 6-yard TD run, but the point after touchdown attempt failed. Ralph Bolden scored his third touchdown of the day soon after with a 10-yard rush. In the ensuing kickoff, Purdue made an on-side kick and recovered the ball by catching the Wolverines off guard.


2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
In the next play, Purdue's Cortez Smith caught a 54-yard TD pass and Purdue re-took the lead 31-30 after the extra point attempt was completed. In the fourth quarter, Purdue QB Joey Elliot ran in an 8-yard TD. Michigan's Minor then ran in a TD from 1-yard out. The Wolverines attempted to tie the game but Forcier failed to reach the end zone on a two-point conversion after being sacked by Ryan Kerrigan, sealing the victory for the Boilermakers. It was Purdue's first win in Michigan Stadium since 1966.


2009 Puskás Cup
The 2009 Puskás Cup was the second edition of the Puskás Cup and took place 2 April to 5 April. Ferencvárosi TC were the defending champions. Ferencvárosi TC won their first title by defeating Budapest Honvéd FC 2–1 in the final.


2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards
The 2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards were held on Saturday 5 September at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. The craft awards were presented in a separate awards lunch at the Civic Theatre Friday 4 September. Highlights from the main awards evening were broadcast on TV3.


2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards, Nominees and winners
Awards were given in 60 categories, covering news and current affairs, general television, feature film and short film.


2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards, Nominees and winners, News and Current Affairs
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special


2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards, Nominees and winners, Feature Film
Best Director in a Film Feature (budget under and over $1 million)


2009 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
The 2009 Qatar Crown Prince Cup was the 15th edition of the cup tournament in men's football (soccer). It is played by the top-four teams of the Qatar Stars League after the end of each season.


2009 Qatar Crown Prince Cup, Matches, Final
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2009 Qatar Open
The 2009 Qatar Open, known as the 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 5 through January 10, 2009. The event offered prize money of US$183,000 for the winner, as well as 250 ranking points.


2009 Qatar Open
The singles field was headlined by World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, World No. 2 Roger Federer, World No. 3 Andy Murray, and World No. 8 Andy Roddick.


2009 Qatar Open, Champions, Doubles
Marc López /  Rafael Nadal defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]


2009 Qatar Open, Review
Day by day summaries of the men's singles and doubles events. The singles draw is composed of 32 players, with 8 of these players seeded, while the doubles draw features 16 players, 4 of which are seeded.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day One
Fifth seed Frenchman Gaël Monfils was the first player to reach the second round in the singles event with a straightforward 6–2, 6–2 victory over 99th ranked Czech player Jan Hernych. His next opponent will be fellow countryman Nicolas Devilder who overcame home wildcard Abdulla Haji 6–0, 6–3 The no. 4 seed, Andy Roddick had a comfortable 6–1, 6–3 win against Iván Navarro.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day One
In other first round matches completed on day one, Victor Hănescu won his match against Viktor Troicki, the Romanian overcoming the Serbian currently ranked eight places below him in the world rankings at #56 and Italian Andreas Seppi overcame the German Denis Gremelmayr by the same scoreline. The match between Sergiy Stakhovsky (who had just entered the top 100 at #93) and Christophe Rochus became the first in the tournament to last three sets, Stakhovsky coming out on top 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. Philipp Petzschner won his opening match against Frenchman Jérémy Chardy 7–6, 6–3.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day One
Several of the first round doubles matches were also completed. Spanish wildcards and new partnership Marc López and world no. 1 singles player Rafael Nadal overcame compatriots Óscar Hernández and Albert Montañés 6–3, 6–3 in just over 1 hour. They set up a quarter-final match with fourth-seeded Germans Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber who had beaten British pair Ross Hutchins and Andy Murray (who was also due to play Montañés in the singles tournament) 7–5, 6–4. Home-favourite Abdulla Haji, partnering Lamine Ouahab of Algeria, lost for the second time in the day, 6–0, 6–2 against Fabrice Santoro and Mikhail Youzhny.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day One
Second seeded South African duo Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie took three sets to beat Igor Andreev and Jaroslav Levinský 4–6, 6–2, 10-1 on the Champions tiebreak. In the final match of the day, Dmitry Tursunov and Łukasz Kubot overcame the challenge of Serbian Michal Mertiňák and Italian Potito Starace 6–2, 6–2.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Two
Defending champion and no. 3 seed Andy Murray, fresh from his win in the Abu Dhabi exhibition event, made a successful start to his title defence, defeating Spaniard and ATP no. 42 Albert Montañés 6–2, 6–4. Murray broke twice for a 5–1 lead and went 4–0 up in the second set with two further breaks and, despite an inconsistent performance, he managed to win the match. He next faces a match against Philipp Petzschner. Wildcard Arnaud Clément of Spain advanced to a second round match against Andy Roddick after overcoming Argentine player Diego Junqueira 6–1, 6–2.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Two
In the clash of the Russians, Mikhail Youzhny edged out 6th seed Igor Andreev 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, with a match against Victor Hănescu to come in round two. Qualifier Alexander Peya, ranked at #148, scored a surprise victory over no. 7 seed, Russian Dmitry Tursunov 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. He set up a clash with Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round. Second seed and former world no. 1 Roger Federer made a strong start to his ATP Tour campaign, beating Potito Starace in straight sets 6–2, 6–2 and lining up a meeting with Andreas Seppi for a place in the quarter-finals.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Two
Top seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal also had a comfortable passage into round two, dropping only 1 game in a 6–0, 6–1 thrashing of veteran Fabrice Santoro, who was still ranked at #51 but couldn't match Nadal's power. Nadal received his 2008 ATP World Tour Champion Trophy before the match, awarded to him for finishing on top of the world rankings at the end of 2008. In other matches, Belgian Kristof Vliegen reached the second round and a meeting with German Philipp Kohlschreiber with a 6–1, 6–7, 7–6 against Óscar Hernández. No. 8 seed Kohlschreiber had earlier won his match against Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli 6–4, 6–3.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Two
The doubles event continued on day two, with an early result seeing Victor Hănescu, partnered by American James Cerretani, beat Victor Troicki for the second time in two days. Troicki who had also been beaten by Hănescu in the singles event, lost 6–4, 6–4, accompanied by Andreas Seppi. Top seeds Daniel Nestor from Canada and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjić easily progressed, losing just 4 games in a 6–3, 6–1defeat of French duo Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Devilder who had both reached round two of the singles draw. The quarterfinal line-up was completed by Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya who knocked out third seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 7–6


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Three
The second round in the singles draw began on day three with the top five seeds in action. In the first match of the days session, Victor Hănescu reached the quarter finals with a 6–2, 6–4 victory against Mikhail Youzhny. Andy Murray took the court second and defeated Philipp Petzschner 6–2, 6–4 to take another step towards retaining his title, followed quickly after by world #1 Rafael Nadal, who defeated Karol Beck 6–1, 6–2 in 61 minutes.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Three
Murray next plays Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, who defeated qualifier Alexander Peya 7–5, 6–3. 5th-seeded wildcard Gaël Monfils was also victorious 7–5, 7–6 against fellow Frenchman Nicolas Devilder and will next play Nadal. 8th seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Kristof Vliegen 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–4 and he was due to face Roger Federer who beat Andreas Seppi 6–3, 6–3. In the final match of the day, fourth seeded Andy Roddick beat wildcard Arnaud Clément 6–3, 7–5.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Three
In doubles, the quarter finals began with Mikhail Youzhny playing his second match of the day partnering Fabrice Santoro against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie for a place in the semi-finals. Youzhny and Santoro shocked the second seeds 7–5, 7–6 to book their semi-final place.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Three
About 15 minutes later, top seed and ten-times Grand Slam doubles finalists Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić (twice together) started their quarter-final match with Łukasz Kubot and Dmitry Tursunov, emerging victorious 7–5, 6–4. Third seeds Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber were also knocked out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage, losing to Spanish wildcards Marc López and Rafael Nadal. Philipp Kohlschreiber had won the tournament last year with Czech David Škoch.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Four
All quarter-final matches in the men's draw were completed on day four. Andy Roddick started off the action with his best performance of the week in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Victor Hănescu. The second match of the day produced the biggest surprise of the event, as #5 seed Gaël Monfils routed world #1 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4, facing only one break point. He was followed by world #2 Roger Federer, who was heavily tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, coming back from 5-1 and 6-3 in the tiebreak to win 6-2, 7-6, after having led the German 6-2 4-1. The day ended with world #4 and defending champion Andy Murray cruising to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky in a repeat of his victory over the Ukrainian in the US Open junior's final. Murray and Federer knew they would meet for the third tournament in a row.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Four
In the doubles, #1 team Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjić advanced to the final with a 6-1, 6-7(8), 10-3 victory over James Cerretani & Victor Hănescu. Their opponents are Marc López & Rafael Nadal, who narrowly defeated Fabrice Santoro & Mikhail Youzhny 1-6, 7-6, 11-9.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Five
The two singles semi-finals were played on day five. Gaël Monfils was unable to continue his hot streak from the previous day's play, losing to Andy Roddick 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, after serving for the first set. The second semifinal saw the very anticipated matchup between defending champ Andy Murray and #2 Roger Federer. The match didn't disappoint fans, seeing plenty of memorable points, with the Brit prevailing 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, even though Federer had 3 consecutive break points early in the second set and Murray received medical attention on his back in the third.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Five
The match ended with Federer smashing a low overhead into the net. It was the third consecutive official time that Murray prevailed, with Murray also winning an exhibition match last week; Murray extended his head to head lead to 5-2, and goes into his final with a 5-2 lead over Roddick.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Five
In the doubles final, the world #1 team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić faced singles world no. 1 Rafael Nadal and partner Marc López. Nestor and Zimonjić, the ATP World Tour Champions for 2008, were bidding for the seventh doubles title as a partnership. Nestor had previously won the title at Doha with Mark Knowles in 1996 and 2001. On the opposite side, Nadal and López were teaming up for the first time. Nadal had won four of his last seven doubles finals while López was appearing in his second ATP doubles final.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Five
In the final, López dropped his serve twice in the opening set but in the second, a single break sufficed for Nadal and López to level the match, from Nestor in the third game. In the deciding champions tiebreak (first to ten points), Zimonjić and Nestor led 6–5 but López and Nadal won 5 of the last seven points to seal a 4–6, 6–4, 10–8 victory.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Six
The only match to take place on the final day of the tournament was the singles final. World no. 4 and third seeded Briton Andy Murray took on American Andy Roddick. Despite initial fears from Murray that he would be unfit to play after suffering from a back injury, he recovered enough to participate. The final started with four service holds before Murray broke Roddick in the fifth game for a 3–2 lead. This was followed by another in the seventh game and Murray sealed the set.


2009 Qatar Open, Review, Day Six
In the second, Roddick just about held his opening service game but was broken in the third game of the set and then again two games later. Holding a 5–2 lead, Murray fell behind 0–30 on serve and had break point against him. However, he regained his composure and served out to win the match. In winning the tournament, Murray won his ninth career ATP title and defended the title he won in 2008.


2009 Qatar Open – Doubles
Philipp Kohlschreiber and David Škoch were the defending champions, but Škoch chose not to participate, and only Kohlschreiber competed that year. Kohlschreiber partnered with Christopher Kas, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marc López and Rafael Nadal.


2009 Qatar Open – Doubles
Marc López and Rafael Nadal won in the final 4–6, 6–4, [10–8], against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.


2009 Qatar Open – Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Andy Roddick.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2009 MotoGP championship. It had originally been due to place on the weekend of 10–12 April 2009 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. However, the meeting was extended to 13 April, as the MotoGP race was postponed to this date, due to adverse weather conditions on 12 April. The problems were compounded by the event being held at night under floodlights for the benefit of European TV viewers.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
This was the last MotoGP round in which a tobacco brand name (Marlboro) was visible on a bike.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
The whole Grand Prix was disrupted by a rare event of rain in Doha, coupled with the impossibility of racing in the wet under floodlights. The 125cc race started at the scheduled time, despite rain being forecast sometime during the race. During the third lap rain began to fall, and the race was finally called after the fourth lap.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
Shortly after, it was decided to consider the race finished, so Andrea Iannone, who was leading at the time the red flag was exposed, was declared the winner and half points were given, since they failed to complete two thirds of the full race distance (18 laps). This was lucky for Julián Simón as he had crashed after the red flag was shown, and manage to recover back to the track, and was thus classified in second.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
After this, talk began to decide whether to race the other two classes or not, since racing with rain in the night could pose a serious threat to riders' safety due to the glare off the track. The organizers, together with safety representative Franco Uncini and riders including Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi, made several reconnaissance journeys around the track, which was drying after rain stopped to fall. It was ultimately decided to start the 250cc race, 40 minutes after it was originally scheduled to run.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
The original race distance of 20 laps was reduced to 13 laps, allowing full points to be awarded while not causing a delay to the MotoGP race. The race went on without problems, and Héctor Barberá won the race ahead of a surprising Jules Cluzel. A frantic multi-bike battle for third place ultimately saw Mike Di Meglio finish third after overtaking teammate Álvaro Bautista and Raffaele De Rosa on the final lap; Hiroshi Aoyama also passed those riders to take 4th place.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
MotoGP was kept in its original timeslot. However, shortly before the formation lap, rain began to fall again, and the intensity this time was much higher than the previous. The organisers decided to cancel the event, since the track was too damp to race. After negotiations, it was decided to move the race to the following day, in hope of better weather conditions. The start time was also moved to 21:00 local time, having originally been 23:00.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Report
The Monday race started without problems. The victory went to Casey Stoner, who made a good start from pole and then led the entire race, pulling a comfortable gap over his opponents. Valentino Rossi finished second; he tried to catch the Australian, coming as near as two seconds from him, but ultimately he had to settle for second, his Yamaha suffering with tyre problems. Third was Jorge Lorenzo, coming a distant 16 seconds from Stoner.


2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.


2009 Qatari Stars Cup
The 1st Qatari Stars Cup started on October 8, 2009.


2009 Qatari Stars Cup
The Stars Cup is one of four competitions in the 2009–10 Qatari football season. 12 clubs are taking part in the tournament.


2009 Qatari Stars Cup
They were divided into two groups of six teams, with the winner and runner-up of each group will advancing to the semi-finals.


2009 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship
The 2009 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship (Quebec men's provincial curling championship) was held February 8–15 at the Valleyfield Arena in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. The winning team represented Quebec at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.


2009 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Quebec's women's provincial curling championship, will be held January 19-25 at the Club de curling Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières. The winner represents team Quebec at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Victoria, British Columbia.


2009 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Page playoffs
1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, and semi-final on January 24. Final on January 25.


2009 Quebec municipal elections
Municipal elections took place throughout Quebec, Canada, on November 1, 2009, to replace mayors and councillors.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Boisbriand
Following media reports, the Directeur général des élections du Québec announced an investigation as to whether construction entrepreneur Lino Zambito attempted to persuade two opposition councillors to allow the incumbent mayor Sylvie Saint-Jean to be reelected unopposed.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
It was reported that outgoing mayor Ed Janiszewski had attempted to persuade his opponent Shameem Siddiqui not to run, citing the cost of holding an election. Siddiqui reacted indignantly, saying that Janiszewski was not "the king of Dollard" and that he has the right to run for office.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Gatineau
At 8:59 PM, CBC reported that Marc Bureau, the incumbent mayor of Gatineau had won the Gatineau mayoral race.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Laval
At 9:12 PM, CBC reported that "Gilles Vaillancourt has been reelected for a sixth time as Laval mayor."


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Longueuil
At 10:43 PM, TVA reported that Caroline St-Hilaire had been elected Mayor of Longueuil. As of 12:40 AM, the results are:


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Montreal
At 10:44 PM, TVA reported that Gérald Tremblay had been re-elected as mayor of Montreal.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Quebec City
At 8:21 PM, CBC Montreal reported that incumbent mayor Régis Labeaume had won the election with 82% of the vote.


2009 Quebec municipal elections, Saguenay
At 9:08 PM, CBC reported that Jean Tremblay had won the mayoral race in Saguenay.


2009 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2009 were appointments Australian honours system to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 8 June 2009 in Australia.


2009 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.


2009 Queen's Cup
The 2009 Queen's Cup was the 33rd edition of this Thai domestic football cup competition.


2009 Queen's Cup
The last edition was played in 2006 and won by the Rajnavy Rayong FC.


2009 Queen's Cup
Hanyang University are the most successful club, having won the competition on seven occasions.


2009 Queen's Cup, Qualification rounds
The team finishing first and second in the group stages of the Queens Cup will play a knockout match on Sunday 8 February.


2009 Queen's Cup, Qualification rounds
The winner will qualify for the final stage of the tournament held in Sirindhorn Stadium, Chonburi.


2009 Queensland Basketball League season
The 2009 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 24th running of the competition. The Cairns Marlins won the championship in 2009 to claim their seventh league title.


2009 Queensland Basketball League season
The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Caboolture Suns, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Goannas, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Maroochydore Clippers, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat.