MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 SPORTS

GOLF Nordqvist beats Altomare in playoff to win Evian major

EVIAN-LES-BAINS: Defying driving rain The 30-year-old Nordqvist earned Kirk of Australia, whose 70 included holes. Jutanugarn was seeking to follow “A lot of lip-outs. Just probably not and hail in a playoff, Anna Nordqvist $547,500 for the win, her first major bogeys at the 16th and 17th as the chill- her younger sister Ariya, the 2016 really my day,” Jutanugarn said. No. 1- beat unheralded American Brittany since the 2009 LPGA Championship. ing rain fell. Women’s British Open winner, as the ranked So Yeon Ryu (71) finished on 2 Altomare at the first extra hole to win Altomare got $340,000 for only her sec- first siblings ever to each win a women’s over, and No. 2 Lexi Thompson of the US the Evian Championship yesterday. ond career top-10 finish, three weeks RULES VIOLATIONS major title. Ariya, who missed the cut, missed her chance to take the top spot. Nordqvist took the fifth and final major after she secured a third-place tie at the Nordqvist’s victory ensured 10 differ- walked with her sister for yesterday’s Thompson’s 74 left her 3 over. of the season by sinking a 4-foot putt for Portland Classic. ent major winners in the last two sea- round. Starting with a one-shot lead, In her final round as a professional a bogey 5 on the soaked 18th hole while “It’s really big,” the 26-year-old sons. Last year, Nordqvist lost a playoff Jutanugarn reached the turn two ahead before retiring, two-time Evian winner the 102nd-ranked Altomare had a six. Massachusetts native said. “I had a good for the US Women’s Open after a rules at 10 under but lost her lead when Ai Miyazato shot 73 to finish 1 over. A Course workers removed pools of week in Portland ... and I felt like I could violation on the second extra hole - for Nordqvist surged. While the 23-year-old nine-time winner on the LPGA tour, the standing water from the 18th green as now start getting some good finishes.” touching sand with her club in a fairway Thai was making bogey-6 at the 13th, Japanese star never claimed a major the players approached the putting sur- Nordqvist and Altomare both shot 66 bunker - was relayed to her on the next Nordqvist made an eagle-3 and birdie to title. Her wins at Evian came before it face after their third shots. The par-4 for 9-under totals of 204. It was a 54- hole. Brittany Lang of the US won that be alone on 10 under. was upgraded in 2013. hole played long all afternoon and was hole event after weather-affected play major title. Nordqvist fell back on the 18th, get- On the 18th green, Miyazato holed a near-treacherous for the playoff. “I am on Thursday was scrapped. Victory seemed far away when ting a bogey-5 after pulling her tee shot short par putt then was greeted green- from Sweden and I’m freezing,” said Second-round leader Moriya Nordqvist dropped two shots early in into the rough. Behind her, Altomare side by Gary Player who presented a Nordqvist, who was confined to bed for Jutanugarn of Thailand and two-time her round to fall seven behind sank a short birdie putt at 17 to advance bouquet of pink roses. “When I see all two weeks in July by a bout of mononu- major winner Lydia Ko of New Zealand Jutanugarn. “Winning didn’t really come to 9 under. It was soon a five-way tie for my friends behind the 18th green it cleosis. “I feel like I’m pretty used to bad fell out of the playoff by dropping shots into my mind,” the 12th-ranked winner the lead when Kirk birdied the par-5 almost makes me cry, so I tried not to conditions and that was probably some on the 18th. Jutanugarn (72) and Ko (69) said, until making three birdies and an 15th and Jutanugarn’s birdie putt rolled watch them,” said the 32-year-old of the worst I’ve seen.” finished in a tie for third with Katherine eagle-3 between the 12th and 16th round the rim. Miyazato. — AP

CRICKET Pandya and spinners secure India’s win against Australia

CHENNAI: Hardik Pandya’s all-round bril- 87-7 in the 22nd over. A 200-plus score liance and some excellent bowling by the looked a distant dream for the hosts at that Indian spinners secured a 26-run victory stage but Pandya and Dhoni had other against Australia under the Duckworth- ideas. Lewis method in the rain-hit first one-day Pandya clobbered for international yesterday. three successive sixes in a 24-run over, Pandya struck a career-best 83 and bringing up his fifty off 48 balls in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni made 79 to help process. The all-rounder blasted five sixes the hosts overcome a top-order collapse and as many fours in his 66-ball blitz before and post 281-7 at the MA Chidambaram falling to the leg-spinner. Stadium. Dhoni, who took 67 balls to score his However, a lengthy mid-innings rain first boundary, accelerated towards the end break left Australia needing 164 runs in 21 and raised 72 runs with Bhuvneshwar overs to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. Kumar who scored 32 . Australia smashed 39 and James wobbled early in their chase as Jasprit Faulkner made 32 not out but Pandya (2- Bumrah bowled Hilton Cartwright and then 28) and India’s spin duo of Yuzvendra took a swirling skyer to dismiss rival skipper Chahal (3-30) and Kuldeep Yadav (2-33) Steve Smith. combined to restrict Australia to 137-9. Yadav dismissed David Warner for 25 Earlier, home Virat Kohli’s deci- but Maxwell looked in murderous mood sion to bat appeared to backfire when as he clobbered the left-arm wristspinner Nathan Coulter-Nile’s three- burst for three successive sixes. Chahal ended reduced India to 11-3 inside six overs. Maxwell’s 18-ball blitz and went on to Kedar Jadhav and Rohit Sharma then claim two more as India tri- MAPEI: Juventus’ Paulo Dybala, center, scores his side’s third goal during a Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Juventus, at Mapei added 53 runs for the fourth wicket to umphed despite dropping three catches Stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy, yesterday. — AP arrest the slide. which could have cost them dearly in Jadhav lived dangerously to score his such a small chase. Eden Gardens in SOCCER 40, while Sharma made 28 before both fell Kolkata will host the second one-dayer on to , leaving India reeling at Thursday. — Reuters Dybala, Mertens net hat tricks SCOREBOARD in Juventus, Napoli victory Scoreboard at close of play in the first between India and Australia yesterday in Chennai, India. India Innings H. Cartwright b Bumrah 1 A. Rahane c Wade b Coulter-Nile 5 S. Smith c Bumrah b H. Pandya 1 MAPEI: Paulo Dybala has repeatedly said he Ro. Sharma c Coulter-Nile b Stoinis 28 T. Head c Dhoni b H. Pandya 5 doesn’t want to be likened to his more famous English Premier League results/standings V. Kohli c Maxwell b Coulter-Nile 0 G. Maxwell c M. Pandey b Chahal 39 compatriot Lionel Messi but the comparisons M. Pandey c Wade b Coulter-Nile 0 M. Stoinis c sub b K. Yadav 3 will keep coming as the Argentina youngster Standings P W D L F A Pts Real Betis 4 2 0 2 5 7 6 K. Jadhav c Cartwright b Stoinis 40 M. Wade st Dhoni b Chahal 9 goes from strength to strength. Manchester City 5 4 1 0 16 2 13 Eibar 4 2 0 2 2 4 6 M. Dhoni c Warner b Faulkner 79 Manchester United 5 4 1 0 16 2 13 Real Madrid 3 1 2 0 6 3 5 H. Pandya c Faulkner b Zampa 83 J. Faulkner not out 32 Dybala marked his 100th Juventus appear- P. Cummins c Bumrah b Chahal 9 ance with his second hat trick of the season to Chelsea 5 3 1 1 8 5 10 Getafe 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 B. Kumar not out 32 Newcastle United 5 3 0 2 6 4 9 Girona FC 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 N. Coulter-Nile c Jadhav b B. Kumar 2 K. Yadav not out 0 help the Bianconeri win 3-1 at Sassuolo yester- Tottenham Hotspur 5 2 2 1 7 3 8 Celta Vigo 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 A. Zampa not out 5 Extras (b-4 lb-2 nb-3 w-5) 14 day and stay perfect in Serie A. Huddersfield Town 5 2 2 1 5 3 8 Las Palmas 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 281 Extras (lb-1 w-5) 6 Napoli, which crushed Serie A debutant Burnley 5 2 2 1 6 5 8 Deportivo Coruna 4 0 1 3 5 11 1 Fall of wickets: 1-11 A. Rahane, 2-11 V. Kohli, 3-11 Total (for 9 wickets, 21 overs) 137 Liverpool 5 2 2 1 9 9 8 Espanyol 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 M. Pandey, 4-64 Ro. Sharma, 5-87 K. Jadhav, 6-205 Benevento 6-0, has also won its opening four Fall of wickets: 1-15 H. Cartwright, 2-20 S. Smith, 3- fixtures as has Inter Milan, which beat Crotone Southampton 5 2 2 1 4 4 8 Malaga 4 0 0 4 1 6 0 H. Pandya, 7-277 M. Dhoni 29 T. Head, 4-35 D. Warner, 5-76 G. Maxwell, 6-76 2-0 on Saturday. Dybala now has eight goals in West Bromwich Albion 5 2 2 1 4 4 8 Alaves 4 0 0 4 0 7 0 Did not bat: Y. Chahal, J. Bumrah M. Stoinis, 7-93 M. Wade, 8-109 P. Cummins, 9-127 Watford 5 2 2 1 7 9 8 Bowling: P. Cummins 10-1-44-0(w-2); N. Coulter- N. Coulter-Nile Juve’s opening four league matches, just three Arsenal 5 2 1 2 7 8 7 Soccer-Serie A results/standings Nile 10-0-44-3(nb-1 w-1); J. Faulkner 10-1-67-1(nb- fewer than he scored in the whole of last cam- Stoke City 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 Sassuolo 1, Juventus 3; AS Roma 3, Verona 0; Crotone 0, 2); M. Stoinis 10-0-54-2(w-2); A. Zampa 10-0-66-1. Bowling: B. Kumar 4-0-25-1(w-2); J. Bumrah 4-0- 20-1(w-1); H. Pandya 4-0-28-2(w-1); K. Yadav 4-0- paign. All three of his goals Sunday were Swansea City 5 1 2 2 2 5 5 Inter Milan 2; Fiorentina 2, Bologna 1. Leicester City 5 1 1 3 7 9 4 Juventus 4 4 0 0 13 3 12 33-2; Y. Chahal 5-0-30-3(w-1). impressive. Dybala netted his 50th goal for Australia Innings Brighton and Hove Albion 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 Inter Milan 4 4 0 0 10 1 12 Result: India won by 26 runs (D/L Method) Juventus in the 16th minute with a first-time D. Warner c Dhoni b K. Yadav 25 West Ham United 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 Napoli 3 3 0 0 9 2 9 shot into the top right corner from 25 yards Everton 5 1 1 3 2 10 4 Lazio 3 2 1 0 6 2 7 after Mario Mandzukic rolled the ball across Bournemouth 5 1 0 4 3 9 3 Torino 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 from the left. Crystal Palace 5 0 0 5 0 8 0 Sampdoria 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 The 23-year-old forward became the first AS Roma 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 player to score in each of the opening four Soccer-La Liga results/standings AC Milan 3 2 0 1 6 5 6 Serie A games for Juve and the first to do so in Alaves 0, Villarreal 3; Atletico Madrid 1, Malaga 0; Getafe Fiorentina 4 2 0 2 8 6 6 1, Barcelona 2; Levante 1, Valencia 1; Real Betis 2, SPAL 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 Europe’s top five leagues since Wayne Rooney Deportivo Coruna 1; Eibar 1, Leganes 0. Bologna 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 for Manchester United in 2011. For his second, Barcelona 4 4 0 0 11 1 12 Udinese 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 shortly after halftime, Dybala gathered the ball Real Sociedad 3 3 0 0 10 4 9 Atalanta Bergamo 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 from Juan Cuadrado, jinked to the left of a Atletico Madrid 4 2 2 0 8 3 8 Chievo Verona 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 defender and slotted into the bottom right cor- Sevilla 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Cagliari 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 Athletic Club 3 2 1 0 3 0 7 Genoa 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 ner. Matteo Politano got Sassuolo back into the Villarreal 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 Sassuolo 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 game minutes later but Dybala completed his Levante 4 1 3 0 5 4 6 Crotone 4 0 1 3 0 6 1 hat trick shortly after the hour, curling in a Valencia 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 Verona 4 0 1 3 1 11 1 magnificent free kick. Leganes 4 2 0 2 3 3 6 Benevento 3 0 0 3 1 4 0

THE JOY OF SIX Dries Mertens also netted a hat trick, includ- Gaetano Letizia foul on Adam Ounas. ly get on the scoresheet, with the equalizer, ing two penalties, as Napoli secured a club between Kalinic’s goals, his first for Milan since record ninth successive Serie A victory. CLOSE FOR KALINIC joining from Fiorentina. Benevento was looking for its first top-flight Nikola Kalinic was denied a hat trick on point but Napoli was out of sight by halftime review as AC Milan beat Udinese 2-1 to bounce OTHER MATCHES following goals from Allan, Lorenzo Insigne, back from last weekend’s 4-1 mauling by Lazio. Duvan Zapata scored 20 seconds into his Mertens and Jose Callejon. Kalinic thought he had scored a third goal eight Sampdoria debut but Torino fought back to Mertens doubled his tally from the spot in minutes from time but it was ruled out for off- draw 2-2 as both sides remained unbeaten this CHENNAI: Australian cricketer Hilton Cartwright lose his wicket to India’s Jaspreet the 65th after Emanuele Giaccherini was tripped side after a video review. Udinese also had a season. Elsewhere, newly promoted Spal lost 2- Bumrah during the first one day international cricket match in the India-Australia by Raman Chibsah and the Belgium internation- goal for Kevin Lasagna ruled out by the video 0 at home to Cagliari. Lazio visits Genoa later, series at the M A Chidhambaram stadium in Chennai yesterday. — AFP al converted another penalty late on following a assistant referee early on. Lasagna did eventual- after Chievo Verona vs. Atalanta.— AP Trojans claw to second OT win over Texas

LOS ANGELES: Freshman Chase McGrath Longhorns (1-2), who were narrowly denied a sometimes unwatchable rivalry game. Franks NO. 1 ALABAMA 41, COLORADO STATE 23 kicked a 43-yard field goal in the second over- huge win early in coach Tom Herman’s debut sea- scrambled away from the rush on a first-and-10 Jalen Hurts passed for 248 yards and two NO. 2 OKLAHOMA 56, TULANE 14 time after hitting a tying 31-yarder on the final son. Ehlinger hit Armanti Foreman with a 17-yard play with 9 seconds remaining and found long touchdowns and rushed for 103 yards to Baker Mayfield passed for 331 yards and snap of regulation as No. 4 Southern California touchdown pass with 45 seconds left, but Cleveland behind safety Micah Abernathy for a lead Alabama past Colorado State. The Crimson four touchdowns, and Oklahoma followed its rallied for a wild 27-24 victory over Texas in Top McGrath tied it on the final snap of regulation Hail Mary that no one - especially the Volunteers Tide (3-0) dominated early and emphatically impressive victory at Ohio State with a win 25 college football on Saturday night. Sam after Darnold drove the Trojans 52 yards in about - saw coming. The final play capped a crazy answered a comeback attempt before outlast- over Tulane. CeeDee Lamb caught four pass- Darnold passed for 397 yards and three touch- 30 seconds. Deontay Burnett caught a 25-yard fourth quarter in which the teams combined for ing the Rams (2-2). Hurts delivered his best all- es for 131 yards and two touchdowns before downs to help the Trojans (3-0) surge to their touchdown pass from Darnold on the first snap of 37 points and little, if any, defense. Tennessee (2- around game of the season. He ran for a 27-yard he was ejected for targeting on a block in the 12th consecutive victory. Christian Rector overtime, but Cade Brewer caught a short TD pass 1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) can blame touchdown and hit on a career-long 78-yard second quarter. Marquise Brown had career forced a goal-line fumble by Texas quarterback to cap Texas’ first OT possession. Texas reached the three missed field goals for not being ahead scoring pass to Calvin Ridley and a 52-yarder to highs of six catches for 155 yards, including Sam Ehlinger in the second overtime before goal line in the second OT before Rector ripped late. The Gators (1-1, 1-0) looked as if they had Robert Foster. Hurts completed 12 of 17 passes an 87-yard touchdown grab in the fourth McGrath coolly ended it. After 55 minutes of the ball out of Ehlinger’s hands while the fresh- the game in hand early in the final frame, but and mixed in 11 carries before leaving late in quarter for the Sooners (3-0). The Sooners defense-dominated football, both offenses man quarterback attempted to score. found a way to let the Volunteers get back in it. the third quarter. It was his second straight 100- and Green Wave were tied at 14 in the sec- erupted late to create a pretty decent sequel to Franks had one huge mistake - an interception plus yard rushing performance. The Tide need- ond quarter before Oklahoma’s Parnell these powerhouse programs’ last meeting in NO. 24 FLORIDA 26, NO. 23 TENNESSEE 20 in Florida territory that set up Tennessee’s tying ed just 10 minutes and a few big plays from Motley returned an interception 77 yards for the landmark 2006 Rose Bowl. Feleipe Franks heaved a 63-yard touchdown field goal. The Vols had three plays from the 9, Hurts to race to a 17-0 lead. The first-quarter a touchdown to turn the momentum for Ehlinger passed for 298 yards and led a 91- pass to Tyrie Cleveland as the clock expired, and but failed to get in the end zone and settled for stats were utterly one-sided, with Alabama out- good. Oklahoma extended its nation-leading yard, go-ahead TD drive late in regulation for the Florida beat Tennessee in a wild, wacky and three points with 50 seconds left. gaining Colorado State 216-11. winning streak to 13 games.—AP