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CRICKET | Page 2 GOLF | Page 6 Estwick urges McIlroy surges WI quicks to into share ‘fi nd their own of lead at identity’ Canadian Open Monday, June 10, 2019 NBA Shawwal 7, 1440 AH End of an era GULF TIMES looms as Warriors on brink of defeat SPORT Page 5 TENNIS History man Nadal sweeps to 12th Roland Garros title Spaniard beat Thiem in the final to win his 18th major title, just two behind Federer’s all-time record of 20 Grand Slams AFP him for the future. Paris “It’s a dream to win again, an incredible moment. When I fi rst played here in 2005 I never afael Nadal swept to thought I would be still playing an historic 12th Roland here in 2019. Garros title and 18th “It’s very special for me.” Grand Slam crown yes- Yesterday’s triumph confi rmed Rterday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 the ‘Big Three’ stranglehold on victory over Austria’s Dominic the Grand Slams having shared Thiem. the last 10 between them. The 33-year-old Spaniard be- It also gave Nadal an 82nd ca- comes the fi rst player, man or reer title and 950th match win. woman, to win the same Slam “It’s very tough. I gave every- 12 times after seeing off a brave thing these last two weeks,” said challenge from a weary Thiem in Thiem, who had seven fewer a repeat of the 2018 fi nal. winners and seven more un- Nadal is now just two behind forced errors in the fi nal. Roger Federer’s all-time record of “Rafa, well done. You are an 20 majors and three ahead of No- amazing champion and a legend vak Djokovic who was knocked in our sport. out by Thiem in the semi-fi nals. “I am happy that you are play- The world number two also took ing. To win 12 times, it’s unreal.” Austria’s Dominic Thiem pose his Paris record to an astonishing “I will try again, for sure.” with the runner-up trophy after 93 wins and just two losses having In a 53-minute his final against Spain’s Rafael previously won the title in 2005- fi rst set of bru- Nadal yesterday. (Reuters) 2008, 2010-2014, 2017 and 2018. tal hitting “I want to say congratulations a n d raw physicality, it was to Dominic. I feel sorry as he Thiem who broke deserves to win it as well,” said fi rst for a 3-2 lead. Nadal. But the 25-year- “But he has every chance in old’s joy was short- the future. He has unbelievable lived as Nadal re- talent for the sport and I want to trieved the break in encourage the sixth game be- fore racing away with the next three games to pocket the Spain’s Rafael Nadal (centre and left) poses with the ball girls and boys after winning the French Open title yesterday. (Reuters) opener. Thiem, single point off Nadal’s fi rst fi ve aged to take off Nadal at Roland Thiem, bidding to become just the fi rst and third games of the who had service games of the second set. Garros after three previous de- Austria’s second Grand Slam fourth set and Nadal pounced to beaten his op- However, the dogged Austrian feats. champion after Thomas Muster stretch to 3-0. ponent four pushed and pushed, forced Nadal Nadal was riled by the insult. won in Paris in 1995, had played That was soon 5-1 and the re- times on clay into three rushed groundstrokes He swept the fi rst 10 points of four successive days to reach lentless barrage continued with in his ca- and, from nowhere, broke to take the third set, carving out a double Sunday’s fi nal and the toll was Nadal taking the title on a second reer, failed the second set. break for 3-0 before sweeping to slowly telling. match point when Thiem fi red a to claim a It was the fi rst set he had man- a third break for the set. He wasted break points in return long. 2019 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Clinical India win Oval showdown with Australia Reuters three sixes in his 27-ball blitz, London provided the late fl ourish to help Scorecard India past the 350-mark. Australia seemed to have luck INDIA U. Khawaja b Bumrah 42 ndia’s top order fi red in uni- on their side when Aaron Finch’s R. Sharma c Carey b Coulter-Nile G. Maxwell c sub (Jadeja) b son and their bowlers pro- men embarked on what could 57 Chahal 28 duced a tidy display to beat have been the highest successful holders Australia by 36 runs chase in a World Cup match. S. Dhawan c sub (Lyon) b Starc 117 M. Stoinis b Kumar 0 Iin a blockbuster World Cup con- David Warner dragged a Jasprit V. Kohli c Cummins b Stoinis 82 A. Carey not out 55 test yesterday. Bumrah (3-61) delivery onto the H. Pandya c Finch b Cummins 48 N. Coulter-Nile c Kohli b Bumrah Shikhar Dhawan smashed 117, leg stump but the zing bail, for the 4 his 17th ODI century, and forged fi fth time in the tournament, did MS Dhoni c and b Stoinis 27 two signifi cant partnerships with not fall off the groove despite the KL Rahul not out 11 P. Cummins c Dhoni b Bumrah 8 fellow opener Rohit Sharma and contact. K. Jadhav not out 0M. Starc run out (sub Shankar/ skipper Virat Kohli to power India Finch departed for 36 chasing Kumar) 3 Extras (lb3, w7) 10 to a commanding 352-5. a non-existent second run but A. Zampa c sub (Jadeja) b Kumar In contrast, several frontline Warner (56) then collaborated Total (five wickets, 50 overs) 352 1 Australia batsmen got decent with Steve Smith in a 72-run Fall of wickets: 1-127 (Sharma), Extras (b3, lb3, w7, nb1) 14 starts but none could bat deep stand, although he looked sub- 2-220 (Dhawan), 3-301 (Pan- enough as the fi ve-time world dued as he brought up his second dya), 4-338 (Dhoni), 5-348 Total (all out, 50 overs) 316 champions, all out for 316 in ex- fi fty in three matches. (Kohli) Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Finch), actly 50 overs, tasted their fi rst Usman Khawaja made 42 but Bowling: Cummins 10-0-55-1 2-133 (Warner), 3-202 (Kha- defeat in the tournament. India’s Shikhar Dhawan (right) celebrates after scoring a century alongside captain Virat Kohli during the 2019 Australia suff ered a body blow (3w); Starc 10-0-74-1; Coulter- waja), 4-238 (Smith), 5-238 Earlier, Kohli opted to bat on ICC Cricket World Cup match against Australia at The Oval in London yesterday. (AFP) when Smith was out leg-before for Nile 10-1-63-1 (1w); Maxwell 7-0- (Stoinis), 6-244 (Maxwell), a used wicket at the Oval but the 69 after India decided to review the 45-0; Zampa 6-0-50-0; Stoinis 7-283 (Coulter-Nile), 8-300 fl ying start he may desired did not India managed only 41 runs in the burgeoning 127-run stand by The left-hander brought up his original not-out decision. 7-0-62-2 (3w) (Cummins), 9-313 (Starc), 10- materialise. the fi rst 10 overs but Rohit and dismissing the opener for 57. third ODI century at the Oval in Australia’s narrow victory 316 (Zampa) Australian quicks Mitchell Dhawan were content to weather fi ve innings, underlining his fond- against West Indies was secured AUSTRALIA Bowling: Kumar 10-0-50-3 Starc and Pat Cummins ensured the hostile period before chancing BIG TOTAL ness for English conditions hav- with Coulter-Nile’s belligerent 92 (1w); Bumrah 10-1-61-3 (1w); the fi rst fi ve overs yielded just one their arms against other bowlers. An unperturbed Dhawan went on ing fi nished as top scorer at the at number eight but he could not D. Warner c Kumar b Chahal 56 Pandya 10-0-68-0 (1nb, 2w); boundary and a half chance. Dhawan welcomed Coulter- to raise 93 runs with Kohli (82) to Champions Trophy here in 2013 repeat that performance. A. Finch run out (Jadhav/Pandya) Yadav 9-0-55-0; Chahal 10-0- Rohit, then on four, got lucky as Nile with three boundaries in his lay the foundation for a big total in and 2017. Alex Carey, who had dropped 36 62-2 (1w); Jadhav 1-0-14-0 (2w); his chip burst through an airborne fi rst over and Rohit hooked the front of a crowd of predominantly Starc eventually dismissed Pandya on nought, made 55 not Nathan Coulter-Nile’s fi ngers at quick for a six in his fourth. Indian fans who turned the stands Dhawan but Kohli and a promoted out but could not change the out- S. Smith lbw b Kumar 69 RESULT: India won by 36 runs short mid-wicket. Coulter-Nile returned to end into a sea of blue. Hardik Pandya (48), who smacked come of the match. Gulf Times 2 Monday, June 10, 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP FOCUS Estwick urges WI quicks to ‘fi nd their own identity’ ‘Everybody was saying teams were going to make 360 or 380. We bowled both teams out for under 300 so we are happy’ AFP Southampton, United Kingdom Rabada urges South Africa to ignore est Indies assistant coach Roddy Est- off -fi eld problems wick wants the cur- rent generation of AFP Meanwhile, a row has broken in terms of our team.” WCaribbean fast bowlers to carve Southampton, United Kingdom out over whether South Africa’s While yet to hit top gear himself out their own place in cricket selectors were right to reject at the World Cup, Rabada has history rather than just be com- star AB de Villiers’ off er to come been encouraged by the per- pared to past greats.