In the women's keirin, the Beijing sprint champion Victoria Pendleton was unstoppable, progressing to the final in straightforward style to land her third gold medal of the week, but she was run close by the young woman who will be her team-sprint partner at the European championships, Jess Varnish, who was less than half a wheel behind at the line.
With a straightforward final leg Sunday, Nibali has all but secured the first victory by an Italian in the race in 20 years.
They played as though affronted by the suggestion it would be a straightforward final and, in the process, the Premier League's third-from-bottom team brought a collection of superstars to their knees.
Inevitably the media references to musketeers and D'Artagnan were widespread after Leconte's fine win and during his subsequent passage to the final, completed with straightforward wins over Andrei Chesnokov and Lendl's conqueror Svensson.
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Potting nine reds and nine blacks helped Murphy take the fifth frame and a 65 secured the next, after Selby missed a straightforward final yellow.
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Novak Djokovic advanced effortlessly to his sixth consecutive Wimbledon semi-final with a straightforward victory over the US Open champion, Marin Cilic.
Phillip's fourth place matched the best ever for a rider from Trinidad; another fourth in the kilometre for Gene Samuel in 1984.Earlier, Victoria Pendleton maintained her chance of defending her women's sprint title after she won through to Tuesday's semi-finals with two straightforward rides against the Belarussian Olga Panarina.
Hibs have been defensively uncertain at critical moments in games, not least the Scottish Cup semi-final when a straightforward cross into the penalty area was converted by Craig Sibbald.
At least the final challenge, succession, is straightforward.
