CCTV footage showed how the front engine of the train hit the concrete wall of an embankment with the carriages behind it immediately coming off the rails.
She faced difficulties almost immediately, coming into the position at a time when arts institutions were suffering the brunt of the cuts being made by the newly elected coalition government.
Federer's coach, Paul Annacone, liked what he saw in the match and was especially pleased to see his player work on a tactic that creates doubt in the returner's mind, making them unsure whether Federer is immediately coming to the net or not.
He was appearing in Dubai when the news broke and he expressed total shock before immediately coming up with a gag about hearing the news himself, demonstrating that he could still be effortlessly witty under pressure: "You don't believe it for the first few hours.
And indeed there was, I discovered upon exiting the baggage claim area at the Beijing airport and immediately coming face-to-face with a Starbucks outlet.
England's international summer begins with a one-day international against Scotland on 9 May, with Farbrace then immediately coming up against his former Sri Lanka team in the shape of a Twenty20, five one-day internationals and two Test matches.
