TUESDAY 28 MAY 2019 SPORT 21 In the last week he started to be involved with the group. I’m FOOTBALL CRICKET very positive about his Pochettino says he is positive FIFA U-20 World Cup Bangladesh vs India at situation, we have one week about Kane’s recovery ahead of Portugal vs Argentina Cardiff; New Zealand vs ahead to evaluate and see how Champions League. ACTION Panama vs France West Indies at Bristol he’s progressing. TODAY’S Angels rally to Nadal and Djokovic cruise as edge Rangers AP ANAHEIM Mike Trout is feeling better in Wozniacki makes quick exit the batter’s box than he has all year. AFP The 22-year-old Hurkacz, who has The two-time MVP PARIS claimed three wins over top-10 players homered and drove in two runs this season, had no answer to the 2016 to help the Los Angeles Angels Defending champion Rafael Nadal got It’s always amazing to play French Open winner, as Djokovic sealed erase a four-run deficit Sunday his bid for a record-extending 12th here, the new Chatrier a second-round spot without breaking in a 7-6 victory over the Texas French Open title off to the perfect start sweat, hitting 27 winners. Rangers. by brushing aside German qualifier is very nice. It’s been an Earlier yesterday, former world “At the plate I felt great Yannick Hanfmann, while world number important place in my number one Caroline Wozniacki collapsed today,” Trout said. “I haven’t felt one Novak Djokovic was also a career. I played a good to a 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to Russian world like that all season. Just got to comfortable victor in the first round at number 68 Veronika Kudermetova in the tournament in Rome keep doing the same thing and Roland Garros yesterday. first round. The Danish 13th seed had take it into tomorrow.” Nadal, a 17-time Grand Slam which was very important retired injured from her two previous The Angels have a day game champion, cruised to a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 for my confidence. Now matches in the lead-up to Roland Garros, Monday in Oakland. They victory on the rebuilt Court Philippe we’ll see: Rafael Nadal and fell away badly after a strong first headed to Northern California Chatrier to set up a clash with another set. Sixth seed and two-time Wimbledon on the heels of two comeback German qualifier -- world number 114 champion Petra Kvitova was forced to wins after a five-game losing Yannick Maden -- in round two. Nadal broke after a lengthy game to take pull out before her scheduled opener streak. Trout went 2 for 3 with Nadal had suffered three consecutive a 2-1 advantage in the third, and the against Sorana Cirstea with a left arm a walk and his 12th home run, semi-final defeats earlier in the clay-court Spaniard completed the job on his first injury, but said she should be fit for Wim- tied with Tommy La Stella for season, but appeared to find his best in match point as world number 184 bledon, which starts on July 1. the team lead. an Italian Open title success sealed with Hanfmann blasted long. “(I’ll be out for) two to three weeks, “Last few weeks I’ve just victory over old rival Djokovic, while his Djokovic laid down an early marker so I’ll do some fitness and everything that been battling and thinking too French Open win-loss record now reads in his bid to hold all four Grand Slam titles I can do to prepare my body for the much,” Trout said. 87-2. simultaneously for the second time, pow- tennis on the grass,” said the Czech. “Today I just went up there The 32-year-old Nadal raced into a ering past Polish youngster Hubert Dutch fourth seed Kiki Bertens looked and hit it and felt the best. It’s a 3-0 lead in the opening set before a Hurkacz. in fine fettle, though, beating home crazy game.... Just keeping it second break of serve in the eighth game The 15-time major champion player Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-4. simple.” sealed it after just 40 minutes. impressed in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 triumph and Elsewhere in the women’s draw, Aus- Trout hit a solo homer in The second set was over in a will face Swiss lucky loser Henri Laak- tralian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty saw the first inning to give the flash as Nadal crushed nine sonen in round two. off American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3. Angels an early lead. Later, he winners past his belea- “I was very solid. I’m happy with my In the men’s event, three-time Grand and Kole Calhoun scored on guered opponent. game today,” said the top seed. Slam champion Stan Wawrinka pro- wild pitches to cap a six-run The winning “It’s a long tournament... But I just gressed with a 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-3 seventh. Shohei Ohtani tied it line honed want to concentrate on my next match.” win over Slovakian Jozef Kovalik. at 5 with a sacrifice fly off Spain’s Rafael Nadal in action into view Twelve months ago, Djokovic Australian Alex De Minaur, seeded reliever Jeffrey Springs (2-1). during his first round match when dropped out of the world’s top 20 after 21st, beat the United States’ Bradley Trout and Calhoun then dashed against Germany’s Yannick a shock quarter-final loss to Marco Cecch- Klahn 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, although Georgian home in consecutive plate Hanfmann during the French inato and even pondered skipping Wim- 15th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili and Russian appearances, with Trout’s run Open match at Roland Garros, bledon, but he has instead reclaimed his 12th seed Daniil Medvedev both exited giving the Angels the lead and in Paris, France, yesterday. place at the top of the game. the tournament. Calhoun, diving headfirst, extending it to 7-5. Wolff expects Bottas to be Law goes crackers fired up by setback for first LPGA win REUTERS “I don’t really like to eat when it’s that REUTERS MIAMI hot. I managed to force some food down LONDON my throat and I was fine after that.” On course for her maiden LPGA Tour Law had been on the brink of her first Mercedes expect an angry victory on Sunday, Bronte Law’s final LPGA Tour title three weeks ago in San Valtteri Bottas to come back round at the Pure Silk Championship Francisco but lost out in a playoff at the strongly after losing ground to started to go pear-shaped at the turn as Mediheal Championship to Kim team-mate Lewis Hamilton in searing heat sapped her strength and her Sei-young. the Formula One championship swing started to fail her. Bouncing back from that disap- through no fault of his own in Thankfully, crackers saved the day. pointment so quickly, and holding it Monaco on Sunday. “I honestly don’t think that I ate enough together on Sunday when the heat was on, The Finn is now 17 points on the front nine,” said Law after sealing proved she had what it takes to compete behind the five-times world a two-stroke win in Williamsburg, on the elite women’s circuit, Law added. champion after finishing third Virginia. “So that’s something that I’m going to in Monaco following a pitlane “I would’ve kicked myself had that carry forward for the coming weeks. Obvi- collision with Red Bull’s Max been the issue, but I could feel myself ously have a big one next week. This was Kevin Na with his wife Jullianne and daughter Sophia kneel with the winners’ Verstappen early in the race. getting a little tired. When I get tired I swing kind of the perfect way to prepare, I guess.” trophy after winning the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at Colonial Verstappen was handed a a little under the plane and start losing The “big one” is the biggest of all -- the five-second penalty for the those shots out right.” US Women’s Open. She failed to make the Country Club on Sunday. unsafe release, a sanction that The 24-year-old had picked up four cut in 2017 and did not play last year but dropped the Dutchman from shots in her first eight holes on Sunday to hopes to be vying for the title at next week’s second to fourth. grab the outright lead but the first signs of tournament in South Carolina. Na claims third US PGA Hamilton won, his fourth trouble came at the ninth where she “I don’t think you have to change any- victory of the season, with Fer- pushed her drive right and ran up a bogey. thing just because the title of the event rari’s Sebastian Vettel promoted The next two holes saw her leak drives changes,” she said. “I’ll go out there and I’ll Tour title at Colonial to second after Verstappen’s to the right again, and while she managed prepare as I did this week.” drop. to save par the Englishwoman was in “Valtteri lost a second place, danger of letting the round get away from AFP three points, and Mercedes her. LOS ANGELES, US PGA Charles Schwab (lost) a one-two,” said team “On hole 11 I think it was I told my Challenge principal Toto Wolff.