PHILIP ISLAND, Australia -- Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez will start in pole position in Sundays Australian Moto GP

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PHILIP ISLAND, Australia -- Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez will start in pole position in Sundays Australian Moto GP after brilliantly reading rainy conditions during qualifying on the Philip Island circuit.Marquez arrived in Australia after winning last weekends Japan round of the series to tie up the title with three rounds remaining. At 23, the Spaniard is the youngest rider to win the world title three times, surpassing Britains Mike Hailwood.Marquez chose the perfect moment to return to the circuit on slick tires Saturday to qualify seven tenths of a second faster than fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow.Pol Espargaro, who qualified almost a full second further back on a Yamaha, will complete the front row.This weekend has been really tricky with the weather conditions, Marquez said. You need to be fast, of course, but you need to have the correct strategy, too.At the moment were going out at the correct time with the correct tires every time and we were able to be on pole position.It was difficult to find the perfect lap but we did.Saturdays changeable weather conditions claimed a number of victims, including Italys Valentino Rossi who will start in 15th place in his worst qualifying performance since 2011.Fridays practice rounds were almost entirely lost to rain, forcing a packed schedule on Saturday which was further affected by unpredictable conditions. The track began to dry late in the first qualifying session and was dry at the start of second qualifying, though further rain was predicted.Many riders headed out on intermediates but Marquez was among the first to switch to slicks and his gamble paid off as he opened a 1.5 second lead before the remainder of the grid began to peg him back.Suzukis Aleix Espargaro had a strong second qualifying session to challenge for the front row but was just beaten over the line by his brother Pol and will start in fourth place.Australias Jack Miller finished fifth for his best-ever qualifying result.Nicky Hayden, riding in place of injured Dani Pedrosa, took seventh place on his return to MotoGP, ahead of Stefan Bradl who will be his teammate in 2017 on the Honda World Superbike Team. https://www.cheapavalanche.com/" class="TyTxtSmlC">Fake Avalanche Jerseys . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. 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That fight was supposed to be the co-feature on the July 23 card.So the vacant featherweight world title bout between Oscar Valdez (19-0, 17 KOs) and Matias Adrian Rueda (26-0, 23 KOs) was elevated to the co-feature position, welterweights Jose Benavidez Jr. (24-0, 16 KOs) and Francisco Chia Santana (24-4-1, 12 KOs) will meet in a 10-rounder and Gvozdyk-Karpency will open the broadcast.Karpency, a 30-yyear-old southpaw from Adah, Pennsylvania, has faced several quality opponents, including in a pair of light heavyweight world title bouts.ddddddddddddTwo fights ago, last September, Karpency got knocked out in the third round by world champion Adonis Stevenson, and in 2012 he lost a shutout decision to then-titleholder Nathan Cleverly.In October 2014, Karpency scored the biggest win of his career, a 10-round split decision in a major upset against faded former light heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson.Top Rank wants to measure Gvozdyks performance against how Karpency (26-5-1, 15 KOs) did with other quality opponents while also getting him his first major television exposure.My matchmakers say this is a real test for Gvozdyk, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com. 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