ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2021 SPORTS 15 Thomas caps Blues’ rally in win over Wild

Uresti into PGA Championship Park takes one-stroke lead at LPGA’s Singapore event SINGAPORE, April 29, (AP): the final round at the PGA Golf Inbee Park birdied two of her final Club. He finished at 11-under 276 three holes in a bogey-free round for a three-shot victory over Frank Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a Bensel Jr. one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour’s The top 20 earned spots at HSBC Women’s World Kiawah Island for the PGA Championship at Sentosa Golf Championship on May 20-23. That Club. wasn’t decided until a sudden-death Hee Young Park holed out from playoff among five players for the the fairway for an eagle to start her final four spots. back nine and birdied three of her The odd man out was Cody final five holes and was a stroke Haughton, who missed an 8-foot behind her world No. 2-ranked par putt on the first extra hole at No. compatriot. 10. Haughton closed with a 76 that “I hit a lot of featured a pair of double bogeys. greens and fair- Uresti, a life member of the PGA ways, today, I of America who lives in Austin, left myself a lot Texas, won the Professional of opportuni- ties,” Inbee Park said. “A great GOLF day.” Five players National Championship for the sec- were three ond time in the last four attempts. It strokes behind was canceled last year because of and tied for third Uresti with 67s, includ- the pandemic. ing Women’s British Open cham- Bensel started the final round 10 pion Sophia Popov. shots out of the lead and pulled Lydia Ko of New Zealand, whose within two shots with a birdie on win in Hawaii a week ago moved the 10th hole. He made three bogeys her up to No. 7, shot 69. World No. and three birdies the rest of the way for a 68. Uresti, who shot 40 on the 1 Jin Young Ko had a 71 and No. 5 defenseman Matt Dumba (24) and center Nico Sturm, (center), and St. Louis Blues center Ryan O’Reilly try to control the puck during the Danielle Kang of the U.S. shot 72. front nine, steadied himself on the second period of an NHL hockey game, on April 28, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP) ANA Inspiration winner Patty back nine. Tavatanakit shot 70. The 21-year The best round belonged to Stuart old from Bangkok, who played col- Smith, who recorded eight birdies lege golf at UCLA, won the first in his round of 65 to move into the Maple Leafs beat Canadiens 4-1 to clinch playoff spot major championship of the year in top 20 and earn a trip to the second her rookie season on tour. major of the year. Former Women’s PGA champion In Carrollton, Texas, Savannah ST. PAUL, Minn., April Hannah Green of Australia shot 71 Barker and Alexa Saldana won the 29, (AP): Robert Thomas and now has 13 consecutive rounds U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-ball tracked down a skipping Zverev begins bid for 3rd Munich Open title under par. Green was one of only Championship, surviving a 20-hole puck and snapped it into MUNICH, April 29, (AP): opponent. three players who shot in the 60s all match in the semifinals and then the top of the net with 23 four rounds in Los Angeles last pulling away late in the final at Alexander Zverev began his The sixth-ranked German week in a tournament won by Maridoe Golf Club. seconds left, capping a bid for a third Munich Open will next face Ilya Ivashka in Canadian Brooke Henderson, who Barker and Saldana won six of three- third-period ral- title by beating Ricardas Be- the quarterfi nals. is not playing here. the last eight holes, finishing with a ly by the St. Louis Blues for rankis 6-2, 6-4 in the second The 107th-ranked player from The defending champion from birdie on the par-3 14th hole for a a 4-3 victory over Minneso- round. Belarus overcame American 2019, Sung-hyun Park, had a for- 5-and-4 victory over Jillian qualifi er Mackenzie McDonald gettable day, shooting 78. Bourdage and Casey Weidenfeld. ta to stop the Wild’s seven- game winning streak. TENNIS 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-2. McDonald had There ís limited spectator access Bourdage and Weidenfeld also upset sixth-seeded Dusan Lajo- to the course due to COVID-19 lost in the championship match two Mike Hoffman’s second power pandemic concerns. Singapore has years ago. play goal of the game, both as- vic on Tuesday. had only 30 deaths attributed to Barker and Savannah, the 26th sisted by , brought The top-seeded Zverev, who Also, second-seeded Casper COVID-19 and most of the current seed out of 32 teams that made it the Blues within one early in the Alexander Zverev from Germany won the tournament in 2017 Ruud defeated Pablo Cuevas virus cases are those who have through medal qualifying, never third period. Jordan Kyrou tied the returns the ball to Ricardas Berank- and 2018, hit six aces, saved 6-3, 6-2 and John Millman pro- arrived from overseas and are in had to go more than 15 holes in game about four minutes later. Jor- is of Lithuania during their second three of the fi ve break points gressed after opponent Guido round tennis match at the ATP ten- quarantine. their first three matches. dan Binnington made 25 saves as he faced and converted fi ve of Pella retired with injury while Players had to undergo COVID- nis tournament in Munich, Germa- But in the semifinals Wednesday St. Louis won its third straight. ny, on April 28. (AP) his own against his 89th-ranked trailing 6-4, 2-0. 19 testing before they left for morning, they lost a 3-up lead Marcus Foligno had a goal and an Singapore and once they arrived. through 10 holes and had to go assist, Jonas Brodin and Joel Eriksson The tour moves to outside overtime against Gianna Clemente Ek also scored and Jordan Greenway Bangkok next week for the Honda had two assists for the Wild. Cam NHL Results/Standings and Avery Zweig, winning with a Talbot, who stopped 28 shots, had his LPGA Thailand at Chonburi. A birdie on the second extra hole. third tournament in China planned fi ve-start winning streak snapped. Bourdage and Weidenfeld lost a for the following week was can- Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1 4-up lead after 11 holes in their WASHINGTON, April 29, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Wednesday. celed due to COVID-19 restric- In Montreal, Auston Matthews got tions. semifinal match against Paris Ottawa 6 Vancouver 3 Vegas 5 Colorado 2 Hilinski and Alexa Pano, prevailing his NHL-best 35th goal of the season St Louis 4 Minnesota 3 Anaheim 3 Los Angeles 2 Current plans are to have the and Toronto clinched a playoff spot. Toronto 4 Montreal 1 San Jose 4 Arizona 2 LPGA return to Asia later this year on the 20th hole with a birdie. William Nylander, Jake Muzzin and Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 1 - from mid-October to early In the championship match, Adam Brooks also scored for Toronto, East Division West Division November - for four tournaments in Bourdage and Weidenfeld birdied and and Jason Spezza GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Shanghai, Busan, South Korea, the opening hole and still were 1 up each had two assists. Jack Campbell Washington 49 32 13 4 68 171 144 x-Vegas 48 35 11 2 72 165 105 Taipei, Taiwan and Shiga, Japan. through six holes when it all fell had 32 saves as the North Division- Pittsburgh 50 32 15 3 67 170 138 x-Colorado 47 31 12 4 66 164 117 leading Maple Leafs beat the Cana- NY Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 136 114 x-Minnesota 48 31 14 3 65 154 127 All four tournaments were last apart. Boston 48 28 14 6 62 139 119 St Louis 47 22 19 6 50 139 146 played during the same period in Barker and Saldana won the next diens for the fi fth time in seven meet- NY Rangers 50 26 18 6 58 167 132 Arizona 50 21 24 5 47 134 160 two holes with pars to take the lead. ings this season. Philadelphia 49 22 20 7 51 140 177 San Jose 49 20 24 5 45 135 169 2019. New Jersey 49 15 27 7 37 127 174 Los Angeles 47 18 23 6 42 126 140 In Port St. Lucie, Florida, Omar They won the final three holes of Buffalo 50 13 30 7 33 122 174 Anaheim 50 15 28 7 37 109 162 Uresti built such a big lead that the match with two pars and a bird- Central Division North Division even a 4-over 76 didn’t keep him ie on the 14th. GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA from winning the Professional It was the shortest championship x-Carolina 49 32 10 7 71 161 119 match since the U.S. Women’s x-Florida 51 32 14 5 69 166 141 x-Toronto 49 31 13 5 67 163 131 National Championship and earn Spezza is now tied with Canadiens x-Tampa Bay 49 33 14 2 68 167 129 Edmonton 47 29 16 2 60 153 127 another trip to the PGA Amateur Four-ball began in 2015. legend Maurice (Rocket) Richard for Nashville 51 27 22 2 56 141 146 Winnipeg 49 27 19 3 57 150 138 Championship. The USGA event was canceled last 99th on the NHL’s all-time scoring list Dallas 49 21 16 12 54 140 129 Montreal 48 21 18 9 51 137 140 Chicago 49 22 22 5 49 139 158 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 128 139 Uresti, a former PGA Tour play- year because of the COVID-19 pan- with 966 points. Joe Thornton helped Detroit 51 17 25 9 43 115 159 Ottawa 50 19 27 4 42 139 174 er, had a seven-shot lead going into demic. set up Muzzin’s goal to become just Columbus 51 16 25 10 42 122 170 Vancouver 43 19 21 3 41 117 138 the seventh player in league history to Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this register 1,100 career assists. season’s temporary realignment. scored for Montreal x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division and Jake Allen stopped 25 shots. Golden Knights 5, Avalanche 2 with 1:01 remaining and Anaheim In Las Vegas, Max Pacioretty scored ended a fi ve-game losing streak. twice to lead Vegas to its franchise- Sam Carrick and Sam Steel also best 10th straight win. scored and John Gibson made 28 saves The Golden Knights now lead Colo- for the Ducks. rado by six points, with the Avalanche Gabriel Vilardi and Adrian Kempe having a game in hand. Vegas has had a goal for the Kings, who have outscored teams 45-17 during its win lost three of four. Cal Petersen made streak. William Karlsson, , 19 saves. and Jonathan Marchessault also scored Fowler scored on a wrist shot at for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, who 18:59 of the third period to cap a rally has won fi ve in a row, made 35 saves after falling behind 2-0 in the second. while improving to 15-8-2 lifetime Oilers 3, Jets 1 against Colorado. Devon Toews and Ryan Graves In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tyson Bar- scored for Colorado, which is 11-4-0 rie and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each after a loss this season, and has now had a goal and an assist as Edmonton Inbee Park tees off at the second hole during the fi nal round of the LPGA’s lost three straight. Devan Dubnyk, beat Winnipeg. Hugel-Air Premia LA Open golf tournament at Wilshire Country Club, on who came in 4-3-2 with a 2.54 goals- Leon Draisaitl added a late empty- April 24, in Los Angeles. (AP) against average and .924 save percent- netter, and Connor McDavid had as- age against Vegas, made 21 saves. sists on all three goals for the Oilers, who have won four of their last fi ve Sharks 4, Coyotes 2 games. stopped 29 F1’s Canadian GPrix replaced In San Jose, California, Evander shots for his 11th win of the season. Kane reached the 20-goal mark for Blake Wheeler scored for Winni- the sixth straight season, Josef Kore- peg, and Connor Hellebuyck had 24 by Turkish GP amid pandemic nar made 28 saves to win his second saves. The Jets lost their fi fth straight. straight start and San Jose beat Ari- Edmonton won seven of nine in the MONTREAL, April 29, (AP): GP will be held on that date zona. season series and sits in second place Formula One’s Canadian Grand instead. Fans will get refunds or Kane’s goal started a three-goal in the North Division - seven points barrage for San Jose in the fi rst pe- behind Toronto. Winnipeg is third, Prix has been canceled for the can transfer their tickets to next riod with Rudolfs Balcers and Kevin second year in a row amid coro- year’s race in Montreal. three points behind the Oilers. Labanc following up to help San Jose Senators 6, Canucks 3 navirus restrictions and will be Turkey returned to F1’s sweep the two-game series against replaced by a race in Turkey, reshaped calendar last year and Arizona. Tomas Hertl sealed the game In Ottawa, Ontario, Brady Tkachuk hosted a race for the first time with an empty-net goal for San Jose. had a goal and an assist to lead Ottawa since 2011. Mercedes driver and Johan Larsson scored, to a victory over Vancouver. and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for Josh Norris, Victor Mete, Chris MOTOR RACING Lewis Hamilton sealed his Arizona. With the back-to-back losses Tierney, Thomas Chabot and Colin record-equaling seventh F1 title the Coyotes fell three points behind St. White also scored for Ottawa. Marcus in Istanbul. Hamilton leads Red Louis for the fi nal playoff spot in the Hogberg fi nished with 16 saves. organizers said. Bull star Max Verstappen by one West Division with the Blues holding Tyler Myers, Jake Virtanen and F1 said it is impossible to hold point after two races this year, three games in hand. Arizona has lost scored for Vancou- nine of 11 games overall. ver, which needed a strong game from the June 13 race in Canada this with both winning one each. Thatcher Demko to keep the score ’ Josh Anderson (17) checks ’ year because of a mandatory The next race is the Portuguese Ducks 3, Kings 2 from ballooning. Morgan Rielly (44) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, on 14-day quarantine, and a Turkish GP in Portimao on Sunday. In Los Angeles, Cam Fowler scored Ottawa outshot Vancouver 33-22. April 28, in Montreal. (AP)