11 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 sports

Australia retain Ashes with tense Test win Cool Leclerc delivers Ferrari Monza triumph Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc delights Italian F1 GP crowd with Monza win

Valtteri Bottas second• with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes Josh Hazlewood of Australia celebrates taking the wicket of Craig Overton of England • Leclerc follows AP | Manchester up win in Belgium but Sebastian ustralia retained the Ashes Vettel struggles Aafter beating England by 185 runs in the final session of AFP | Monza, Italy the fourth test at Old Trafford 197 yesterday. runs were only scored Josh Hazlewood claimed by England in their harles Leclerc secured the winning wicket, trapping second innings before Ferrari’s first victory at Craig Overton lbw, as Australia losing all the wickets Ctheir home Italian Grand dismissed England’s second Prix since 2010 yesterday when innings for 197 deep into the he resisted race-long pressure evening session to take a 2-1 from both Mercedes rivals to lead in the five-match series. “to come so close to taking it to claim his second successive For- As the holder, Australia only The Oval is quite hard to take.” mula One triumph. Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc competes to win the Italian Formula One Grand Prix needs to draw the series to Pacer Pat Cummins finished The 21-year-old Monegasque, keep cricket’s famous urn. with 4-43 off 24 overs. He who dedicated his maiden win impressive rookie season. twice, the second attack ending “We’ve retained it, we ha- bowled Jason Roy (31) in the last Sunday to the memory of The air temperature was 20 with him escaping across the ven’t won it,” Australia cap- 18th over of the day, knocking his late friend Anthoine Hu - degrees Celsius and the track 33 grass. “He didn’t leave me a car’s tain Tim Paine said. He add- over his off stump, and then bert, who was killed in an F2 as the lights went out, Leclerc width,” said Hamilton. ed: “We’ll have a bloody good claimed the key wicket of Ben race a day earlier, was exultant making a clean start and fending The stewards agreed and Le- night together.” Stokes, hero at Headingley as a vast army of ‘tifosi’ in an KNOW WHAT off Hamilton at the first chicane. clerc was shown a black-and- The fifth and final test in with Leach. The England all- estimated crowd of more than Sizzling white flag, warning him to be- cricket’s oldest regular inter- rounder got an inside edge and 150,000 celebrated deliriously. Verstappen was an opening have. national series starts Sept. 12 was well caught behind the “What a race!” said an ex - lap casualty and required a pit “I need more power, man,” ex- at The Oval. wicket by Paine. Stokes, who hausted Leclerc. “I have never Charles Leclerc held stop for a new front wing and a claimed Hamilton after another Australia star batter Steve had scored just one, did not felt so tired in a race. It was so onto pole position in set of hard tyres, after a collision foiled attack as Leclerc surged Smith was player of the match wait for a decision from the difficult. For me, it is a dream to an absorbing race to at the first chicane. out of range again. — and the major difference umpire and walked as Austral- win here like this in front of the claim a second consec- After a wheel-banging battle On lap 36, Leclerc kept his between the two teams — with ia appealed. ‘tifosi’ – thanks to everyone!” utive race win and give between Albon and Sainz, Le- lead by scampering across the scores of 211 and 82. That left England in deep Lelcerc came home narrowly Ferrari a first Italian clerc clocked a fastest lap and run-off at the first chicane. England resumed Day 5 on trouble on 74-4. ahead of second-placed Valtteri GP triumph since 2010 then Vettel spun at Ascari, clip- “Some dangerous driving 18-2, went to lunch on 87-4 and brought up his Bottas and his Mercedes team- ping Lance Stroll’s Racing Point here,” reported Hamilton as tea on 166-6. half-century after lunch with mate Lewis Hamilton, who as he re-joined. the stewards noted the incident , who scored a a crisp off drive off Cummins. pursued the victor for most of The defending five-time Both cars were damaged, Vet- and Bottas, remorselessly fast, 51-ball 12, was promoted to It was his sixth boundary and the race until his tyres let him champion now leads his tel pitting for a new front wing. closed to within three seconds No. 10 and batted for an hour took him to 53 off 112 balls. down. Mercedes team-mate Bottas by Vettel was given a 10-sec - in third. with England fans hoping for a He fell without adding fur- After a late pit stop, Hamilton 63 points in the drivers’ cham- onds stop-and-go penalty and His tyres worn, with 10 laps repeat of his third test heroics, ther to his score when he was then claimed the fastest lap of pionship. dropped to last. to go, Hamilton out-braked him- or even bad light. caught out by the bounce from the race. Daniel Ricciardo came home By lap 19, Hamilton and Vettel self and ran into the first chi- Australia held on to the Ash- a from Nathan Lyon Leclerc’s Ferrari team-mate fourth ahead of his Renault had warned their tyres were cane escape road. Bottas passed es in England for the first time (2-51) and offered a catch to Sebastian Vettel endured a tor- team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, gone, the Briton pitting immedi- for second and the hunt was on. in 18 years. It thrashed Eng- Marnus Labuschagne at short rid and disappointing day, fin- Red Bull new boy Alex Albon, ately for ‘mediums’ as Mercedes “I’ve nothing left in these tyres,” land by 251 runs in the opening leg. ishing 13th after spinning off Sergio Perez of Force India and went for the ‘under-cut’. said Hamilton. test at Edgbaston, the second Jonny Bairstow and Jos But- and taking a penalty for rejoin- Max Verstappen, who finished He fell to fifth, but Leclerc Bottas cut the lead to a second, test at Lord’s was drawn before tler came together and steadily ing in a dangerous fashion. eighth after starting from 19th hung on to pit a lap later for but the ice-cool Monegasque England won at Headingley took the score to 138-5 after 53 Hamilton apologised to in the second Red Bull. ‘hards’ and return fourth as tyro hung on, his harder rubber by one wicket to level the se- overs as Paine turned to part- Mercedes and said his tyres Local hero Antonio Giovinaz- the champion roared down the keeping him ahead, while Ham- ries 1-1. time bowlers Labuschagne “had gone off the cliff…. I’m sor- zi came home ninth for Alfa Ro- straight. ilton pitted with three laps to go “Bitterly disappointed,” and Travis Head in the hope of ry I wasn’t able to pull it off,” meo ahead of Lando Norris of The two fought ferociously, to seek an additional point for England Joe Root said, breaking their concentration. he said. McLaren, who continued his Hamilton attempting to pass fastest lap. Serena says her poor effort ‘inexcusable’

AFP | New York that you could do better,” Wil- more. I believe I could have just frustrating,” Williams said. “I’m liams said. been more Serena today,” Wil- so close, so close, so close, yet so erena Williams is wondering “Bianca obviously played well. liams said. far away. Swhen she will start playing I think her returns make me play “I honestly don’t think Serena “I don’t know what to say. I like a 23-time Grand Slam cham- better and put pressure on my showed up. I have to kind of fig- guess I got to keep going if I want pion again in a major final, calling serve. ure out how to get her to show up to be a professional tennis player. her poor showing in Saturday’s “At the same time it’s inexcus- in Grand Slam finals.” And I just got to just keep fighting US Open final loss “inexcusable.” able for me to play at that level.” Williams, who remains one through it.” Williams fell to Bianca Andree- Williams had 33 winners but Slam title shy of matching Mar- Williams, who turns 38 later scu on the same court where she just as many unforced errors. garet Court’s all-time record, has this month, downplayed the pur- won her first Grand Slam title She hit nine aces but misfired lost the past two Wimbledon and suit of Court’s record. 20 years ago, nine months before eight double faults and hit only US Open finals since returning “I’m not necessarily chasing Andreescu was born. 44 percent of her first serves. She after having a baby two years ago. a record. I’m just trying to win “I love Bianca. I think she’s a dropped 30 of 43 points on her And she’s struggling to find Grand Slams,” she said. “It’s great girl. But I think this was second serve. answers for bad performances in definitely frustrating, but for the the worst match I’ve played all “I believe I could have played the biggest matches. most part I just am still here. I’m tournament. It’s hard to know better. I believe I could have done “All of it honestly, truly is super still doing what I can do.” Serena Williams reacts after dropping the US Open final to Bianca Andreescu