gh-quality weekend in Minehead with a 9-7 win over 2007 finalist Vincent van der Voort, who threatened to force a deciding leg before the Stoke legend finished

SAO PAULO -- Lewis Hamilton has the recent edge on Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, winning the last two Formula One races in Mexico and the United States.The Englishman had it again Friday in both practices for the Brazilian Grand Prix, each time finding just a sliver of extra pace to nip Rosberg.Hamilton needs a victory on Sunday to push the season-title chase to the last race in two weeks in Abu Dhabi.Its been a good day, Hamilton said. Its pretty tough out here physically right now with the heat as high as it is. We can be happy with the start we made today.For his part, Rosberg can claim his first Formula One title if he wins on Sunday, which would deprive Hamilton of a chance for his fourth drivers title.Rosberg leads Hamilton by 19 points in the season standings through 19 of 21 races. The German also complained about the heat as Brazil moves into its summer months.Strategy-wise it wont be straightforward for the race, Rosberg said. But, again, its meant to get quite a lot colder so we could see something completely different on Sunday.The track was dry on Friday, and should be in qualifying on Saturday. But rain is in the forecast for Sunday, which could cause havoc and upsets.The Interlagos circuit has a history of wet races and shocking finishes.Theres some unpredictable weather forecast over the next few days, so opportunities can hopefully present themselves to put up a bit of a challenge, said Christian Horner, team principal for Red Bull, which has been Mercedes No. 1 rival all season.To be fair, Hamilton might be leading the standings were it not for the Malaysian Grand Prix in October. His engine caught fire near the end of the race, a race he was leading easily. 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game.Amateur star Barry Lynn will compete in the Coral UK Open quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon after continuing his dream run in Minehead as Kyle Anderson and Joe Cullen also reached the last eight for the first time in a major championship. Lynn had won through the Rileys Amateur Qualifier at South Benfleet last month to secure a UK Open spot, and defeated Dean Stewart, Brett Claydon and Brendan Dolan to progress to Saturdays fourth round.There he defeated world champion Gary Anderson, before seeing off Cheshires Kellett with another against-the-odds triumph to become the first amateur qualifier to appear in the quarter-finals. It feels great, said Lynn, who sealed his win over Kellett with a 125 bullseye-outer bull-bullseye finish. It was a struggle against Stuart - it was always going to be a hard match, but fatigue set in and my arm felt heavy because its been a long couple of days.I was just glad to scrape over the finishing line. Its been a wonderful weekend so far and I cant wait for Sunday.Lynn will now get a chance to take on world No 1 Michael van Gerwen, the reigning UK Open champion, after the Dutch ace came from 2-0 down to win nine successive legs in defeating Kim Huybrechts.Van Gerwen had also landed a nine-dart finish in his fourth-round win over another Rileys Amateur Qualifier, Rob Cross, earlier on Saturday, and is an odds-on favourite to retain his title and claim the £60,000 winners cheque on Sunday evening. Michael van Gerwen is next up for Lynn Im really pleased to have got through again and even though I wasnt at my best it was enough and Im happy to be still in for the quarter-finals, said van Gerwen.Barry said in an interview earlier on that I was the only player hes scared of, so Im glad Im playing him! I need to prepare myself though and Im looking forward to it.The fifth round also saw Australian ace Kyle Anderson book his spot in a first-ever major ranking quarter-final with a clinical 9-2 win over Benito van de Pas - meaning that he has dropped just six legs in seeing off Andy Hamilton, James Wilson and the Dutch youngster so far this weekend.I know I can score but Im hitting doubles and Im happy with that, said Anderson.dddddddddddd. If I can keep improving that, then who knows what can happen on Sunday?Ive been comfortable for a while and Im feeling confident. Im on the main stage with a full crowd and Im looking forward to it. Kyle Anderson is through to his first major quarter-final Anderson now faces Jelle Klaasen after the former Lakeside champion reached the UK Open quarter-finals for the first time by defeating Adrian Lewis 9-7.Bradfords Joe Cullen will also play in the last four of a major for the first time following his 9-7 defeat of 2015 semi-finalist Stephen Bunting.Everyones said Ive had the potential for years and Ive always known its been there, and luckily this week its coming out, said Cullen. Im confident and hopefully Ill do well on Sunday.Cullen drew 2015 runner-up Peter Wright, who enjoyed a 9-5 win over Norwichs Darren Webster as he continued his own bid for a maiden major title.Five-time UK Open champion Phil Taylor averaged almost 104 as he continued his high-quality weekend in Minehead with a 9-7 win over 2007 finalist Vincent van der Voort, who threatened to force a deciding leg before the Stoke legend finished 81 on the bull to seal victory.Taylor now meets former Lakeside champion Mark Webster, after the left-hander reached his fourth major quarter-final in the space of six months with a 9-5 win over Austrias Mensur Suljovic.Fifth-round results:Joe Cullen 9-7 Stephen BuntingPhil Taylor 9-7 Vincent van der VoortJelle Klaasen 9-7 Adrian LewisMichael van Gerwen 9-2 Kim HuybrechtsMark Webster 9-5 Mensur SuljovicBarry Lynn 9-5 Stuart KellettPeter Wright 9-5 Darren WebsterKyle Anderson 9-2 Benito van de PasQuarter-final results:Jelle Klaasen 10-0 Kyle AndersonPeter Wright 10-7 Joe CullenMichael van Gerwen 10-6 Barry LynnPhil Taylor 10-3 Mark WebsterSemi-finals:Peter Wright v Jelle KlaasenMichael van Gerwen v Phil Taylor Also See: Premier League talking points Anderson loses to Lynn Amateur duo impress MVG too hot for Wright ' ' '