China’s Fan Zhengdong wins men’s title at ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open PAGE 15 MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020 Gritty Campillo holds nerves to win CBQM title in tense play-off You’ve got to be patient … you’ve got to try hard. It’s a tough win, but I’m glad I pulled it off. I’m just so proud right now of the way I played in the play-off. I hardly missed a shot and I was able to make some putts. CBQM champion Jorge Campillo Jorge Campillo beams as he holds the ‘Mother of Pearl’ trophy he clinched winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 2020 golf tournament after a five-hole play-off at the Education City Golf Club on Sunday. The Spaniard can also be seen in action in the background. Spaniard FıNAL ROUND SCORES Leading scores from the fourth and final round collects second 271-Jorge Campillo (ESP) 66-66-67-72, David Drysdale (SCO)67-69-64-71 -- Campillo won on fifth play-off hole European Tour 272-Niklas Lemke (SWE) 68-69-70-65, Kalle Samooja (FIN) 70-67-66-69, Jeff Winther title in 23 (DEN) 66-69-65-72 273-Alexander Bjork (SWE) 70-63-69-71 events as he 274-Nino Bertasio (ITA) 72-69-67-66, George Coetzee (RSA) 70-68-69-67, delivers a Marcus Kinhult (SWE) 68-65-73-68, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 72-67-63-72, Chris Paisley (ENG) 69-70-67-68 heart-breaking 275-Marcus Armitage (ENG) 67-71-66-71, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 66-70-69-70, Gavin Green play-off loss (MAL) 70-69-71-65, Scott Jamieson (SCO) 67-68-69-71, Adrien Saddier (FRA) 69-70- to Scot David 67-69 276-Thomas Detry (BEL) 72-66-66-72, Drysdale at the Benjamin Hebert (FRA) 67-70-72-67, Benjamin Poke (DEN) 68-67-66-75, Jack ECGC course Jorge Campillo waves to fans after making the winning putt. local officials and fans cheer from the gallery at the Education City Golf Club. Senior (ENG) 69-66-68-73 RAAJIV TRIPATHI In a strange turn-around, decided in play-off. The previ- out of six on 18 to win is some- Alfred Dunhill Championship and France’s Adrien Saddier. with three others - Jack Sen- DOHA Campillo followed a dropped ous two Spanish winners in Qa- thing to be proud of. champion, was among five This is the third top-15 fin- ior (England), Benjamin Poke shot on the 16th with a double tar were: Sergio Garcia (2014) “It’s a great par four, 18. players who were locked for ish for Green this year, having (Denmark) and Thomas Detry WITH a dramatic and timely bogey and was forced into the and Alvaro Quiroz (2009). For A tough hole,” the champion the seventh place. The five-time claimed a tied-third place in (Belgium). Herbert produced a recovery of his superb touch in sudden death by Scotland’s Drysdale, this is a fourth run- added. Tour winner from Spain had a the Saudi International and a minus four to total eight under sudden death play-off, Jorge David Drysdale, who has been ner-up finish in his career. Swedish Niklas Lemke one over 72 to finish with a ten shared 15th in the South Afri- 276, which helped him shoot up Campillo edged Scotland’s Da- waiting for his first victory in Campillo, who began the and Gavin Green produced under 274 total. can Open. He had a rather quiet 22 spots. vid Drysdale and became the 498 starts, the most of any day with a bogey, commented the lowest card on the last Other players to join him start with three successive pars But other three surren- third Spaniard to take home player without a win in the Eu- after his victory: “You’ve got to day, going six under par. The were South African George in the first three holes. Then he dered their strong position to the magnificent Mother of ropean Tour history. be patient… you’ve got to try 35-year-old Lemke climbed 18 Coetzee, who shared the run- rifled two birdies but lost the slip down the leaderboard. Pearl Trophy, the symbol of Both fired birdies twice on hard. It’s a tough win, but I’m places with a minus 12 total ner-up place with eight oth- advantage with a double bogey. Poke, third overnight with supremacy at the Commercial the par-four 18th hole during glad I pulled it off. of 272 to share the third place ers last year in Qatar, Chris Green then saved three under 12 total, got four over par Bank Qatar Masters. the play-off. They parred on the “I’m just so proud right now with Dane Jeff Winther, who Paisley (England), Markus strokes in as many holes to fin- card today. Senior had two over At the Education City Golf next two visits as well as a large of the way I played in the play- was challenging the top duo Kinhult (Sweden) and Nino ish the front nine with a three 73 and Detry went one over par. Club course on Sunday when gathering watched the tense off. I hardly missed a shot and I for the title at one stage today, Bertasio (Italy). under 33. He continued his Three former champions the conditions were not as pun- final with hearts beating hard. was able to make some putts,” and Finnish Kalle Samooja. Green jumped 39 places momentum and secured three - Justin Hardin (2019), Jeun- ishing as on the first three days, Off the fifth hole, Campillo he said while talking about the Alexander Bjork, another and got the distinction of be- birdies in the first four holes to ghun Wang (2017) and Darren the 33-year-old ever-smiling however executed another bird- late fumble. Swede, was in a position to fin- ing the highest Asian finisher go minus six by after 14th hole. Fichardt (2003) - finished in a solo overnight leader Campillo ie and the 44-year-old Drysdale “I hit some good shots in ish in a tied third. But his bogey at a shared 12th. The Malay- He had a setback but compen- 10-player bunch for the 28th opened a two-shot lead with his could not respond, leaving the the middle of the round. knew I on the 14th hole earned him a sian, with a sizzling six under sated it with another birdie to spot. They all aggregated minus 13th-hole birdie, his third of the Spaniard a worthy winner. was going to make some putts. par card and dropped him to a 65, led a five- player group, close out the day. six 278. The pool also included final day, and looked to be hav- This is the fourth time in David was hitting some great solo fourth spot with 11 under which included England’s Mar- Benjamin Herbert (France) India’s SSP Chowrasia, who ing a smooth sailing towards Commercial Bank Qatar Mas- shots into the hole and I had to 273 aggregate. cus Armitage, Scotland’s Scott improved his overnight posi- had a bad three over par 74 on his second title in 23 events. ters’ history that the title was make some putts. Three birdies Pablo Larrazabal, the 2019 Jamieson, Italy’s Lorenzo Gagli tion and moved to a tied 17th the last day. QGA President Hassan Nasser al Naimi, Commercial Bank Board Member Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad al Thani and Commercial Bank Group CEO Joseph Abraham present the cheque to Jorge Campillo. Commercial Bank Chief Marketing officer Hussein al Abdullah was also present on the occasion. Jorge Campillo poses with the trophy along with the Qatar Golf Association and Commercial Bank officials at the Education City Golf Club. Sports Monday, March 9, 2020 13 QNB Grand Prix of Qatar Moto2 race champion Tetsuta nagashima (red Bull KTM Ajo) is flanked by HE Salah bin Ghanim al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports, with FIM President Jorge Viegas, Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta (second right), second-placed Lorenzo Baldassarri (Flexbox HP 40) and third-placed Italtrans Racing Team’s Enea QMMF President Abdulrahman al Mannai, and LCSC Vice-President & GM Khalid al Remaihi (right). Bastiannini (left) at the Losail International Circuit on Sunday. Nagashima emulates late friend in Moto2 at QNB Grand Prix of Qatar The Japanese Red Bull KTM Ajo rider dedicates win to former Losail winner Tomizawa RAAJIV TRIPATHI an emotional Nagashima. DOHA The winner did not have a good qualifying but worked his TETSUTA Nagashima dazzled way from the fifth-row start under the Losail International steadily. Early race leader Luca Circuit floodlights to script a Marini attempted an ambitious historical Moto2 victory for Ja- charge to pull clear of the field pan and Red Bull KTM Ajo at but slowed down later. the QNB Grand Prix of Qatar Then came the decisive mo- on Sunday. ment in the 20-lap race and With three laps to go, Na- Nagashima zoomed away to gashima made his big move and catch his rivals napping before clocked a sub 2-min lap to cre- recording the scintillating vic- Moto2 race winner Tetsuta Nagashima celebrates his victory at the Moto3 race winner Albert Arenas with second-placed John McPhee (left) and third-placed Ai Ogura on the ate a gap over his closest chal- tory. Both Baldassarri and Bas- Losail International Circuit on Sunday. podium at the QNB Grand Prix of Qatar in Losail on Sunday. lengers 2019 Qatar GP winner tianini battled hard for the sec- Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox ond place and it was the former Racing’s Xavi Vierge and Intact We didn’t know if we’d even get and could overtake many rid- HP 40) and Enea Bastianini who managed to get the runner- GP’s Thomas Luthi, a rider with QNB Grand Prix of Qatar Results to race with all this coronavi- ers but there were not enough (Italtrans Racing Team).