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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 Adam Zampa 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 not out. Australia Glenn Maxwell 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 captain 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-wicket 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 wickets 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 Marcus Stoinis, leaving India reeling at Thursday. — Reuters Dybala, Mertens net hat tricks SCOREBOARD in Juventus, Napoli victory Scoreboard at close of play in the first One Day International 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.