NEW YORK: Tsvetana Pironkova continued her dream run at the US Open when the Bulgarian beat France’s Alize Cornet 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 on Monday (Sep 7) to move into the quarter-finals in New York for the first time in her career. Playing in her first tournament in three years, the […]
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WASHINGTON: World number one Dustin Johnson capped a two-under-par 68 with a birdie at the last to seal a three-stroke victory in the US PGA Tour Championship and earn the US$15 million FedEx Cup playoff title on Monday (Sep 7). Johnson finished with a 21-under-par total at East Lake Golf […]
NEW YORK: Second seed Dominic Thiem edged a first-set tiebreak before turning up the heat to romp into the US Open quarter-finals with a resounding 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1 victory over Canadian youngster Felix Augur-Aliassime at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday (Sep 7). Top seed Novak Djokovic’s disqualification on Sunday for […]
NEW YORK: Third seed Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open quarter-finals after a gritty, tension-filled 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 win over Greece’s Maria Sakkari on Monday (Sep 7). Early nerves saw Williams start with a double fault, but the veteran then found her footing, playing strong defensive tennis to save […]
LONDON: Frank Lampard admits expectations at Chelsea will soar after an expensive recruitment drive ahead of the new Premier League season. The Stamford Bridge club have spent nearly £200 million (RM1.09 billion) as they have brought in on Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz and Malang […]
BERLIN: After two consecutive draws which have left the Germany camp seething, head coach Joachim Loew has vowed to go on the attack with a full-strength squad in the Nations League next month. “We will really attack again in October,” said Loew as Germany sit third behind Group 4A leaders […]
LONDON: Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood have been sent home from England duty after breaching coronavirus rules, manager Gareth Southgate said today. Southgate revealed Manchester City midfielder Foden and Manchester United forward Greenwood would not be travelling from Iceland to Denmark for tomorrow’s Nations League match. Although Southgate refused to […]
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic showed a bit more passion than might have been expected in his first-round win over Damir Dzumhur yesterday but the world number one brushed aside any question that he was feeling the pressure as overwhelming US Open favourite. The Serbian lost his way a bit in […]
NEW YORK: Some players at the US Open have bemoaned the lack of fans at locked-down Flushing Meadows but Belgium’s David Goffin says the empty stands were to his advantage against home hope Reilly Opelka yesterday. Seventh seed Goffin beat Opelka 7-6(2) 3-6 6-1 6-4 at Court 17 where a […]
NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka showed no signs of discomfort from the injury that forced her to miss a final on Saturday but the former champion still had to dig deep to beat fellow Japanese Misaki Doi 6-2 5-7 6-2 to kick off her US Open campaign. A left hamstring injury […]