SPORT 20 It’S Fabulous That I Can Spend This Time in Paris
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MONDAY 3 JUNE 2019 SPORT 20 It’s fabulous that I can spend this time in Paris. I was Roger Federer TENNIS CRICKET prepared for the worst scenario, after reaching the last French Open ICC World Cup losing in the first round in three eight stage of the Men’s and Women’s England vs Pakistan sets. But I am super happy with French Open. ACTION round 16 matches in Nottingham my performance. TODAY’S NHL: Bergeron Ruiz shocks Joshua to clinch powers Bruins to 2-1 victory over Blues three heavyweight world titles AFP LOS ANGELES AFP NEW YORK Patrice Bergeron tallied a goal and two assists as the Boston Anthony Joshua’s bid to make a Bruins won their fifth straight splash in his US debut ended in road playoff game by beating misery for the three belt heavy- the St. Louis Blues 7-2 in game weight world champion with a three of the Stanley Cup finals. stunning loss to underdog Andy Bergeron, Torey Krug and Ruiz at Madison Square Garden David Pastrnak all scored on the on Saturday. powerplay and Tuukka Rask Ruiz recorded a monster made 27 saves for Boston, who upset, by knocking down Brit- lead the best-of-seven NHL ain’s Joshua four times to take championship series two games the World Boxing Association, to one. International Boxing Federation Heading into Saturday’s and World Boxing Organization contest, the Bruins hadn’t been titles. getting much production in The 29-year-old Ruiz came the series from their top line into the fight as a massive 32-1 or their powerplay. But that underdog. But he won it by TKO all changed in game three. in the middle of the seventh Game four is Monday in St. when the referee stopped it at Louis, where the Blues will try 1:26 of the round after the fourth to avoid sinking into a 1-3 knockdown. hole. Ruiz, sent to the canvas once Since 1939, when the finals himself, knocked Joshua down went to the best-of-seven twice in the third round and format, the team that wins twice more in the seventh. game three for a 2-1 lead has “I still can’t believe it. I am gone on to win the Stanley Cup still pinching myself to see if this 79 percent of the time. is real,” Ruiz said. The Blues evened the Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) had a series by winning game two massive height and reach at the Boston Garden 3-2 on advantage as he weighed in at a defenceman Carl Gunnars- chiselled 247 pounds (112.4 kilos) son’s goal at 3:21 of overtime. USA’s Andy Ruiz celebrates after knocking down England’s Anthony Joshua (off frame) in the 7th round to win by TKO during their alongside the portly Ruiz, who The Bruins won game one 4-2. 12-round IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO World Heavyweight Championship fight at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday. beefed up to 268 pounds com- Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari, pared to 250 for his most recent Marcus Johansson and Charlie fight. -- never seemed to recover from He was a late replacement and got the second knockdown knockdowns in the seventh but Coyle also scored for the Bruins Ruiz, who has won four fights the first knockdown early in the for Jarrell Miller, who withdrew by connecting on a straight he spat out his mouthguard and who chased Blues rookie goal- in a row, looked third. from the bout with Joshua after right. the referee waived it off while tender Jordan Binnington from fearless and poised “Riuz won fair and square but I failing three drug tests in April. Joshua got up at the count of he leaned on the ropes. the net halfway through the while Joshua -- who know Anthony Joshua’s work ethic. “Everything is possible man. eight but it was late in the round Joshua needed medical second period with their fifth delivered 21 knockouts Great fighters come back and Look at me, I just made history,” and he was saved by the bell. attention after the bout and did goal of the game. in his 22 victories improve,” said Joshua’s promoter Ruiz said. “The speed got him,” said not attend the post fight news Binnington, who allowed I still can’t believe Eddie Hearn. Joshua was knocked down Ruiz. Ruiz was the first to go to conference. Joshua, who won three goals on four shots at one Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs) has been for the first time in the third the mat when he got hit by a left a gold medal at the 2012 stage and looked shaky from it. I am still pinching underestimated because of his phy- when Ruiz hit him with a left hook from Joshua earlier in the Olympics, was coming off a the opening puck drop, was myself to see if this is sique, but he knew what was at hook to the temple. Realizing third. nine-month layoff since replaced by Jake Allen who real: Ruiz stake and how fortunate he was to he had the champ in trouble, Joshua got up after the third knocking out Alexander Pov- made his first appearance of the get a second chance at a world title. Ruiz then charged forward knockdown and fourth etkin in September. play-offs. Kaymer builds two-shot lead Liu, Boutier joint leaders at Memorial Tournament at US Women’s Open AFP years, had seven birdies in his 66, birdies in the first five holes. But AFP WASHINGTON using a spectacular approach at the he bogeyed four of five from the MIAMI tough 18th hole to set up a three- seventh through the 11th to fade to Former world number one Martin foot finishing birdie. six off the lead. China’s Liu Yu fired a five-under par 66 on Kaymer closed in on his first title Scott’s 54-hole total of 203 put Kaymer, meanwhile, drained Saturday to seize a share of the third-round in almost five years on Saturday, him two shots in front of a trio of a 14-foot birdie putt at the third, lead in the US Women’s Open alongside good firing a six-under par 66 to take a players headed by three-time and stuck it close for birdies at the friend Celine Boutier of France. two-shot lead over Adam Scott in major winner Jordan Spieth and ninth and 11th before rolling in a Boutier, who played the last four holes of the US PGA Tour’s Memorial Tour- including Japan’s Hideki Mat- long birdie bomb at the 13th. a second-round 70 on Saturday morning, nament. suyama and American Patrick Birdies at 15 and 16 stretched returned to post a two-under par 69 in the third Germany’s Kaymer hasn’t won Cantlay. his lead, and he said he’d try to round at the Country Club of Charleston in since his 2014 US Open triumph at Matsuyama produced the best take the same approach today. South Carolina. Pinehurst, battling shoulder and score of the day, capping his 64 She and Liu, who forged their friendship wrist injuries along with a loss of with a chip-in for birdie from when both played on the Duke University golf focus and confidence as he slipped dense rough at 18. Cantlay carded US PGA Memorial team that won the 2014 US collegiate title, were to his current 186th in the world. a 68 and Spieth a 69. Tournament tied on seven-under 206, one stroke in front But Kaymer didn’t put a foot Kaymer, who shared the over- Leading third-round scores on of Americans Lexi Thompson and Jaye Marie wrong on the Muirfield Village night lead with South Korean Saturday (USA unless noted, Green and 36-hole leader Mamiko Higa of Celine Boutier waves to the gallery on the 1st course in Dublin, Ohio, nabbing six rookie Lee Kyoung-hoon and par 72): Japan. hole during the final round of the US Women’s birdies without a bogey for a American Troy Merritt, pulled 201 - Martin Kaymer (GER) Boutier, who won her first LPGA title at the 15-under par total of 201. away methodically as Lee’s hot 67-68-66 Vic Open in Australia in February, was alone Open golf tournament at Country Club of Australia’s Scott, another start gave way to a tough back nine 203 - Adam Scott (AUS) in front on eight-under until her lone bogey of Charleston on Saturday. former major champion who and Merritt failed to fire. 71-66-66 the round at the 16th. 205 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) hasn’t won in more than three Lee pulled away with four US Women’s Open Liu, seeking her first tour title, started the 71-70-64, Patrick Cantlay day four adrift but bounced back from a three- Leading third-round scores on Saturday 68-69-68, Jordan Spieth putt bogey at the third with three birdies on (USA unless noted, a-denotes amateur, 66-70-69 each side. That included a rare birdie at the dif- par-71): 207 - Marc Leishman (AUS) ficult par-three 11th, that helped position her 206 - Liu Yu (CHN) 69-71-66, Celine Boutier 67-71-69, Bud Cauley 67-70- for a bid to become just the second player from (FRA) 67-70-69 70, Lee Kyoung-hoon (KOR) the Republic of China to win on the LPGA tour, 207 - Lexi Thompson 70-69-68, Jaye Marie 68-67-72 along with nine-time winner Feng Shanshan.