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P14 5 Layout 1 14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Murray announces hip surgery, eyes for grasscourt season Azarenka pulls out of Australian Open LONDON: Andy Murray announced he had hip sur- But Murray said he is not “interested in coming back gery in Australia yesterday and is hoping to return to for a specific tournament”, in comments reported by competitive tennis in time for the grasscourt season the BBC. “My plan is to be back playing around the midway through the year. The 30-year-old Scot has not grass-court season-potentially before then-but I’m cer- played competitively since being knocked out of the tainly not going to rush anything,” he said. “I want to Wimbledon quarter-finals last year and last week with- know when I come back that I’m ready.” drew from this month’s Australian Open. “The surgeon felt that my hip will be feeling better “Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at than it did a year ago,” Murray added. “Obviously, I the St Vincent Hospital in was still doing fine a Melbourne,” the former year ago-I was ranked world number one said number one in the world. on Facebook. “I’d like to “I’m certainly not thank Dr John O’Donnell going to be putting in and all of the staff for Grasscourt season the same amount of looking after me. I look tournaments and effort forward to returning to starts after the to try to get to number competitive tennis during one in the world. I’ll be the grasscourt season. French Open playing a reduced Thanks to everyone for schedule, and then all the well wishes and focusing more on trying support over the last few to win major events and days. I’ll come back from big tournaments rather this.” than trying to achieve The three-time Grand Slam champion, who dis- certain ranking goals.” lodged Novak Djokovic from the top of the rankings A host of top names are battling to be fit for the first towards the end of 2016, has slipped to 19th in the Grand Slam of the year, which starts in Melbourne on world due to his lengthy lay-off. He first felt pain in his January 15. Japan’s Kei Nishikori has already pulled out right hip during his French Open semi-final loss to and world number one Rafael Nadal and six-time ABU DHABI: File photo taken on December 28, 2017 shows Andy Murray of Great Britain taking part in a Swiss Stan Wawrinka in June. Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic remain tennis practice session in Abu Dhabi prior to heading to compete in the Australian Open in January. — AFP The grasscourt season starts after the French Open, huge doubts, having yet to play a competitive match with the first event taking place in Stuttgart, Germany, this year. from June 11. Meanwhile, former champion Victoria Azarenka, Australia this year,” tournament director Craig Tiley California until the matter had been settled. She had Murray is a two-time Wimbledon winner and has who has been locked in a custody battle over her young tweeted. “The Australian Open is her favourite tourna- been in doubt for Melbourne Park after pulling out of been champion at Queen’s in London on five occasions, son, pulled out of the Australian Open yesterday. The ment and she’s looking forward to returning to last week’s Auckland Classic. The Belarusian is the lat- both of which are played on grass courts. The BBC two-time winner had been handed a wildcard into the Melbourne next year.” Azarenka returned from mater- est top name to withdraw from the Australian Open. reported that he hopes to be hitting balls on court in opening Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, starting nity leave in the middle of last year but skipped the US Serena Williams, herself a new mother, opted out last about seven or eight weeks and has been given a on January 15, but will not be making the trip. Open after a Los Angeles judge presiding in a custody week, saying she was still not at the level needed for a timescale of 14 weeks as a guide for a return. “It’s unfortunate that Azarenka is unable to travel to case over her son Leo ruled she could not leave major tournament after giving birth. — AFP IOC extends North US runner-up Korea’s Winter Miner snubbed Olympics deadline for Olympics LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee has “extended the deadline” for North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics, it announced yesterday. “We will be LOS ANGELES: Ross Miner was denied a men’s as flexible as we can be,” an IOC spokesman told AFP over North Korea sending a team to the Pyeongchang Games in berth at next month’s Winter Olympics by a US South Korea. Figure Skating selection committee Sunday, hours Talks between the two Koreas hosted by IOC president after his runner-up effort at the US champi- Thomas Bach will take place at the Olympic movement’s onships. Teen star Nathan Chen, who landed five headquarters in Lausanne today. “We welcome the discus- quadruple jumps to defend his US crown Saturday sion which will take place... between the governments of at San Jose and remain unbeaten this season, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s heads the American team for Pyeongchang, which Republic of Korea (DPRK),” the IOC said. “The IOC has also includes third-placed teen Vincent Zhou, like been having discussions with both sides for a long time. Chen the son of Chinese immigrants, and fourth- “In doing so we have kept the door open by extending the place Adam Rippon, the 2016 US champion. deadline for registration, and by offering support to North Miner rose from fifth after the short program Korean athletes in the qualification process, whilst always with a strong free skate Saturday to finish second. respecting United Nations sanctions.” But it wasn’t enough to convince the selection On Saturday, North Korea Olympic body member Chang Ung said the isolated state was “likely to partici- committee he deserved a spot in South Korea over pate” in the Pyeongchang Games from February 9-25, Zhou or Rippon. It was the second selection con- PITTSBURGH: Matt Hunwick #22 of the Pittsburgh Penguins reaches for the puck against Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins at PPG PAINTS Arena On Sunday in Pittsburgh. — AFP Kyodo news agency reported. Today’s Lausanne summit troversy in as many days at the US championships, comes days after the two Koreas agreed to hold their first with former world silver medalist Ashley Wagner official dialogue in more than two years to discuss the left off the team after a fourth-place finish. just his second win of the season in a 4-1 victory over North’s participation in the Winter Olympics.— AFP Selectors on Saturday stuck with the women’s Edmonton at the United Center in Chicago. Nick Schmaltz, podium finish to decide spots in sending Bradie Backstrom scores Alex DeBrincat and Brandon Saad scored goals in the Tennell, Mirai Nagasu and Karen Chen to opening two periods and defenseman Jordan Oesterle Pyeongchang. Wagner was named as an alternate on a breakaway as scored against his former team to complete the win for the Patriots open but Miner was tabbed only as a second alternate Blackhawks. behind Jason Brown. title defense Chen, 18, has won two Grand Prix Series titles Capitals down Blues JETS 4, SHARKS 1 and the Grand Prix Final this season and is the Mathieu Perreault scored twice while Matt Hendricks only man in the world to be credited with landing WASHINGTON: Nicklas Backstrom scored on a break- and Marko Dano both lit the lamp once to give Winnipeg a against Titans five different types of quadruple jumps in global away at 4:17 of overtime Sunday as the Washington 4-1 victory over San Jose at the Bell MTS Place in competition. Winnipeg, Manitoba. That offense was more than enough Capitals downed the St. Louis Blues 4-3 at Capital One TENNESSEE: The New England Patriots begin their quest Zhou, who was skating in his hometown, was to combine with a 31-save outing from goalie Connor Arena in Washington. T.J. Oshie took the puck away from for a third Super Bowl title in four seasons on Saturday last year’s US runner-up and the 2017 world junior Colton Parayko at the Washington blue line and zipped a Hellebuyck for the Jets to strengthen their hold atop the champion. Rippon finished second at two Grand when they meet the Tennessee Titans in the NFL playoffs. diagonal pass to Backstrom near the St. Louis blue line. National Hockey League’s Central Division. Champions in the 2014 and 2016 seasons, the Patriots (13- Prix events this season and was fifth in the Grand Joel Edmundson couldn’t catch Backstrom, and he roofed a 3) are aiming for a sixth Super Bowl title, all with the now Prix Final. wrist shot over Carter Hutton for his ninth goal. The ISLANDERS 5, DEVILS 4 (SO) 40-year-old Tom Brady at quarterback. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue broke Capitals extended their Metropolitan Division lead over Brock Nelson scored the only goal of the shootout They will be big favorites in the American Football through for their first national ice dance crown New Jersey to three points, while the Blues lost for the Sunday as New York came back from a two-goal, third- Conference (AFC) divisional round having won their last after three straight runner-up finishes as competi- second time in as many days but picked up a point to edge period deficit to beat New Jersey, 5-4, in a shootout at six meetings with the Titans, including a 2015 game.
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