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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Dimitrov rallies to script an epic win over Federer Serena routs Wang in the quarterfi nals to claim her 100th Open win; Medvedev has the measure of Wawrinka
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD US OPEN 78th ranked Dimitrov, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD dubbed “Baby Fed” because B It will be Dimitrov’s third Reuters of the similarities between appearance in a Major NEW YORK his game and Federer’s, did semifi nal after 2014 not look much of a threat, Wimbledon and 2017 Grigor Dimitrov stepped out posting just one win from his Australian Open of Roger Federer’s shadow last eight matches. B Dimitrov entered the US on Tuesday to claim a spot in But the Bulgarian, who Open having won just one the U.S. Open semifi nals with had been ranked as high as of his last eight matches a shock 36, 64, 36, 64, 62 No. 3 , has found some form win over the wounded Swiss. on the New York hardcourts B The Bulgarian won his Dimitrov will now face Da and claimed his fi rst win in biggest title at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2017 niil Medvedev on Friday for a eight meetings with the 20 and fi nished the year ranked place in fi nal, the Russian ad times Grand Slam winner. careerhigh No. 3 vancing to the last four with a “Even if I would have gone DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 76(6), 63, 36, 61 win over two sets to love down, I another Swiss Stan wouldn’t have give up,” as breaking Federer to open the Wawrinka. sured Dimitrov. “I would still fi fth and then a second time stay on the court and just try with the Swiss unable to Blistering and clinical to do as much as possible to mount any defence as the In the women’s draw, Serena make sure that whether I rat Bulgarian went on to claim Williams claimed her 100th tle him or put him off ba the biggest win of his career. win at the Open in style, dis lance. I kept on pushing, I “I just needed some treat mantling her quarterfi nal op kept on believing.” ment on my upper — what is ponent Wang Qiang 61, 60 it — back, neck,” said Feder THE RESULTS in a blistering 44minute per Razor sharp, but... er. “Just needed to try to loo formance that ended any Federer looked razor sharp sen it up, crack it and see if it Quarterfi nals: Men: 5Daniil questions over a twisted an to start the match but was was going to be better.” Medvedev (Rus) bt 23Stan kle from the previous round. not able to maintain his Incredible performance: Grigor Dimitrov gave it his all to shock Roger Federer and become the lowestranked US Open The 37yearold Serena Wawrinka (Sui) 76(6), 63, 36, 61; Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt 3 Ukrainian fi fth seed Elina usual high level against the semifi nalist in 28 years. * AP was dominant from the start, Roger Federer (Sui) 36, 64, Svitolina produced a clinical gritty Bulgarian. fi ring off 25 winners, com 36, 64, 62. display to overcome British The turning point came in “I was trying to stay in that down. It’s a best of fi ve sets. did. Before the start of the the court for a medical time pared to zero from 18thseed Women: 8Serena Williams No.1 Johanna Konta 64, 64 the fourth set, Dimitrov fi ght game and make him stay on Anything can happen.” fi fth set Federer called for out to deal with a back Wang, and winning 90% of (USA) bt 18Wang Qiang (Chn) to set up a clash with Serena ing off fi ve break points to the court as much as possi the trainer, who, after a brief problem. her fi rst serve points. “I nev 61, 60; 13Belinda Bencic for a place in the fi nal. win the set and level match at ble,” said Dimitrov. “After Fitness concern conversation with the 38 When play resumed Dimi er thought that I would get to (Sui) bt 23Donna Vekic (Cro) 7 Coming into the Open, the 22. that he started slowing And something unexpected yearold, escorted him off trov seized his chance, 100,” said Serena. 6(5), 63. Smith and Labuschagne steady the ship Onus on me to keep doing well, says Vihari Duo bails Australia out on rainmarred day, after another failure for the openers ‘The fi rst objective was to seize the opportunities that came my way’ THE ASHES EXCLUSIVE diff erence on this West In dies tour,” the 25yearold Vi Reuters V.V. SUBRHAHMANYAM hari said. MANCHESTER HYDERABAD “I was waiting for the big day — to score my maiden Steve Smith continued his High on confi dence after be Test century. I felt it was an outstanding Ashes form, ing the lead performer with important knock,” he said. striking an unbeaten 60, as the bat in the justconcluded According to Vihari, the Australia recovered from Test series in West Indies, conditions in West Indies another failure by its open Hanuma Vihari said it was were a mix of England (seam ers to reach 170 for three at important for him to come and swing) and Australia the close of the rainaff ected up with substantial contribu (bounce). “If you have not fi rst day of the fourth Test tions to cement his place in iced, most of them were 250 against England at Old Traf the Indian team. plus wickets and I think we ford on Wednesday. “It was defi nitely a crucial did really well to score 400 Rain caused a delay of ov tour for me and the fi rst ob plus in the series,” he said. er two hours after lunch but jective was to seize the op Vihari hopes to do well plans to extend play to re portunities that came my again in the forthcoming gain that lost time were way,” Vihari said in an exclu South Africa Test series at abandoned after rain came Child’s play: Steve Smith came to Australia’s rescue with his eighth straight Ashes halfcentury, sive chat with The Hindu. home. “It is always good to in again during the break for on the opening day of the fourth Test. * REUTERS “The 93 in the second in take any tournament or se tea. nings of the fi rst Test gave me ries match by match. Hope to The afternoon delay did its supporters to their feet SCOREBOARD lot of confi dence. Though I do well again,” he added. little to disrupt Smith, re with just the fourth ball of was disappointed at missing On his captain Virat Koh turning from missing the last the day. Australia — 1st innings: Marcus Fall of wickets: 11 (Warner), 2 the century, I was glad that I li’s comment that that dress Test due to concussion, mak Harris lbw b Broad 13, David 28 (Harris), 3144 could contribute my bit to a ing room feels calm when Vi ing his eighth straight Ashes Warner’s agony Warner c Bairstow b Broad 0, (Labuschagne). winning cause on a diffi cult hari bats, a smiling Vihari halfcentury. Stuart Broad claimed the Marnus Labuschagne b Overton England bowling: Broad 102 wicket to bat,” he said. hoped it was a sign of bigger Smith and Marnus Labus wicket of David Warner for 67, Steve Smith (batting) 60, 352, Archer 100280, Stokes responsibility in the days to chagne put on 116 for the the fi fth time in this series Travis Head (batting) 18; Extras 80360, Leach 62180, Simple advice pays come. “To be honest, to be third wicket before the latter with the lefthander caught (b4, lb8): 12; Total (for three Overton 100411. “But, I must say one simple given a chance ahead of oth was bowled by Craig Overton behind for a duck as he wkts. in 44 overs): 170. Toss: Australia. advice by Ravi (Shastri) sir — ers itself meant the kind of for 67. made a belated decision to to correct my stance as he confi dence the team man It was a muchneeded leave the ball. the pads of Marcus Harris masena raised his fi nger and felt I was standing more agement had in me. So, the stand after England had Australia found itself at 28 and, after some considera his verdict was upheld by vi Silver lining: Despite falling short of a century, Hanuma Vihari upright, and let the knees be onus is on me to keep doing made a great start, bringing for two when Broad rapped tion, umpire Kumar Dhar deo review. said his 93 in the fi rst Test gave him lot of confi dence.* AP more fl exible — made a lot of well,” Vihari said. Dhawan keeps India-A in the hunt Unadkat swings day one Red’s way Bulls snatch a thriller Rain forces contest into reserve day; Hosts need 137 more Green batsmen start well but fall to excellent bowling Delhi edges Jaipur earlier in the day SA-A IN INDIA Deshpande bowled a splen DULEEP TROPHY outswinger — moving away did last over and conceded from just outside off . The im M.R. Praveen Chandran just a single. Ashwin Achal pressive Warrier was un Thiruvananthapuram In reply, Shubman Gill Bengaluru lucky to end up with just the struck two pleasing boun one scalp. In the end, the morning’s daries in Beuran Hendricks’ India Red pacer Jaydev Un Akshath, meanwhile, bright sunshine turned out fi rst over to start the chase adkat exploited helpful con drove Unadkat straight to to be a mirage. Rain kept its on a positive note. However, ditions to the fullest to pin Avesh Khan at midon, and date and played spoilsport in in the next, he pulled Anrich India Green down to 147 for senselessly took off for a sin the fourth unoffi cial oneday Nortje straight to Marco Jan eight on a rainaff ected fi rst gle. His partner Akshdeep match between IndiaA and sen at fi ne leg. day of their Duleep Trophy Nath did not respond, leav South AfricaA at the Sports Dhawan swished and mis fi nal at M. Chinnaswamy Sta ing Akshath stranded. Avesh Hub on Wednesday. sed but also played a few de dium here on Wednesday. had enough time to wait for Two rain interruptions lectable shots . At the other Through a lovely exhibi Kishan to come up to the spilled the contest into the end, Prashanth Chopra was tion of swing bowling under stumps before lobbing an reserve day, with IndiaA, all at sea, and thankfully for overcast skies, Unadkat re underarm throw. Leading by example: Skipper Rohit Kumar, jersey No. 9, chasing a revised target of him, the rain came at the corded fi gures of four for 58. Akshdeep (29, 46b, 5x4) turned in a muchimproved performance to help 193, needing a further 137 to right time. The Saurashtra leftarm fast played well, but let his side Bengaluru Bulls to its second successive win. * K. MURALI KUMAR win off 17.2 overs. The scores (match reduced to bowler moved the ball both down with poor shot selec Shikhar Dhawan showed 25 overs): ways, and created awkward tion. PKL points in the PKL. glimpses of his old self in South AfricaA: Matthew angles from around the Intermittent showers res The Pirates, in fact, led Breetzke c Tushar b Rahul Cha compiling an unbeaten 33 as stumps. tricted play to only 49 overs N. Sudarshan even at halftime (2216) har 25, Reeza Hendricks (not IndiaA was 56 for one off 7.4 Shikhar Dhawan. Unadkat got going by trap for the day. After fi ve delays, BENGALURU courtesy a fi ne showing by overs when play was stopped * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT out) 60, Temba Bavuma retd. ping opener and captain action was called off in the Pardeep Narwal (14 pts). At hurt 28, Heinrich Klaasen (not for the second time due to Faiz Fazal (12, 22b) legbe late evening. Star raider Pawan Kumar 77, the skipper showed his out) 21; Extras (w1, nb2): 3; rain. straight to Tushar Desh fore with one that came back The scores: India Green — 1st Sehrawat starred yet again, Total (for one wkt. in 25 overs): class as he came up with a innings: Faiz Fazal lbw b Unad pande at the squareleg 137. in sharply. Siddhesh Lad fell scoring 17 points, as Benga three successful raids fetch Delayed start fence. for a golden duck, a loose kat 12, Akshath Reddy (run out) luru Bulls snatched a thrill ing nine points, including an Fall of wicket: 146. 16, Dhruv Shorey c Kishan b In the morning, wet outfi eld IndiaA bowling: Tushar Desh drive going straight to the ing 4039 win over Patna Pi all out (4 pts) and a super delayed the start by more Fluent hands of Priyank Panchal at Warrier 23, Siddhesh Lad c Pan rates in the Pro Kabaddi pande 50260, Ishan Porel 4 chal b Unadkat 0, Akshdeep raid that scalped four Jaydev Unadkat. than an hour and the match Captain Temba Bavuma was 0290, Washington Sundar 5 cover. Unadkat reserved his Nath c Panchal b Sarvate 29, League (PKL) at the Sree players. In the end though, was reduced to 43 overs. fl uent and rotated the strike 0250, Shivam Dube 40 best for fourdrop Akshay * SUDHAKARA JAIN Akshay Wadkar b Unadkat 6, Kanteerava Indoor Stadium it all came to nought. Put in to bat, the South while Hendricks played the 250, Rahul Chahar 50181, Wadkar (6), getting a length Dharmendrasinh Jadeja c & b on Wednesday. In the day’s fi rst match, Africans enjoyed their best big shots to keep the score Nitish Rana 20140. delivery from over the wick nets — to be accurate from Avesh 15, Mayank Markande Fellow raider and skipper Dabang Delhi KC edged Jai start of the series. Matthew board moving. IndiaA: Shubman Gill c Jansen et to straighten and hit the both angles.” (batting) 32, Rajesh Mohanty c Rohit Kumar turned in a pur Pink Panthers 4644. b Nortje 12, Shikhar Dhawan Breetzke, opening for the South Africa was well middle stump. Tailender Ra Kishan b Unadkat 0, Tanveer muchimproved perfor With less than two minutes (batting) 33, Prashanth Chopra fi rst time, and Reeza Hen placed at 108 for one off 22 jesh Mohanty was his fourth A beauty UlHaq (batting) 8; Extras mance (7 pts) as the home left, Delhi was 3943 behind, dricks attacked the medium overs when rain interrupted (batting) 6; Extras (lb4, w1): victim, nicking one to wick For India Green, Akshath (nb1, b4, lb1): 6; Total (for side overturned a 2937 def 5; Total (for one wkt. in 7.4 ov but a super raid by Naveen pacers and picked up boun play for the fi rst time. After a etkeeper Ishan Kishan. Reddy (16, 56b) and Dhruv eight wickets in 49 overs): 147. icit to record its second suc ers): 56. Kumar, which took out two daries. The duo raised a 50 threehour delay, the match A pleased Unadkat stated, Shorey (23, 37b) put on 34 Fall of wickets: 119, 253, 3 cessive win. With just se Fall of wicket: 113. 54, 465, 592, 699, 7107, players, followed by Chan run partnership in quick restarted and was reduced to “I can move the ball both runs for the second wicket, conds left and the Bulls still South AfricaA bowling: Beu 8112. dran Ranjit eff ecting an all time. However, the introduc 25 overs. ran Hendricks 3200, Anrich ways, and when you can do before Shorey came undone India Red bowling: Unadkat 18 trailing 3537, Pawan reeled out turned the tide. tion of spin through Rahul Bavuma retired hurt and Nortje 30261, Marco Jansen that from over and around to a beauty from Sandeep 1584, Warrier 133251, off four points on the The results: Bengaluru Bulls Chahar brought an end to his replacement, Heinrich 1050, Bjorn Fortuin the wicket, it makes it all the Warrier. Avesh 120451, Sarvate bounce to help his team 40 bt Patna Pirates 39; Dabang the promising stand as Klaasen, smashed 18 runs 0.4010. more diffi cult for batsmen. Kerala speedster Warrier 61141. nose ahead. In the process, Delhi KC 46 bt Jaipur Pink Breetzke (25) swept Chahar from an Ishan Porel over. But Toss: IndiaA. That’s what I work on in the got Shorey to edge a perfect Toss: India Green. he also went past 500 raid Panthers 44.
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