11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019 sports Osaka, Halep, Barty Liverpool lift Super Cup advance Adrian the hero as Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win Super Cup AFP | Cincinnati orld number one Naomi WOsaka and Wimbledon Sadio Mane scored champion Simona Halep bat- • tled to three-set triumphs twice for Liverpool Wednesday at the ATP and WTA but the Super Cup was Cincinnati Masters while top decided on penalties seed Ashleigh Barty ousted Maria Sharapova. Olivier Giroud Reigning US and Australian Open champion Osaka needed Naomi Osaka of Japan returns a shot • to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus gave Chelsea the more than two hours to out- lead in Istanbul last Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 atek 6-4, 7-6 (7/2). (7/3), 2-6, 6-2. Barty fired 18 winners, Adrian saved Tammy The Japanese star will next breaking Sharapova four times Abraham’s• penalty face a third-round match as the Russian made 31 un - against Taiwan’s Hsieh Su- forced errors. during the shoot out Wei, who defeated American Fourth-seeded Halep took a Jennifer Brady 7-6 (11/9) 6-3. late break in the penultimate AFP | Istanbul, Turkey Osaka finally scored a win game of the final set to beat here at the US Open warm-up Russian Ekaterina Alexandro- tand-in goalkeeper Adri- after losing in the first round va 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 after two hours an capped a “crazy week” a year ago. on court. Sas his save from Tammy Osaka advanced with eight The Romanian has finished Abraham allowed Liverpool to aces, 24 winners and breaks runner-up in Cincinnati three beat Chelsea 5-4 on penalties Adrian stops Tammy Abraham’s penalty on four of five chances against times, last reaching the final a and win the UEFA Super Cup an opponent who was treated year ago against Kiki Bertens. on Wednesday after a richly like how we played today, we’ll he had made it 2-0, but his fine on her right knee several times. In the next round, the entertaining match in Istanbul be ok,” he insisted. finish was disallowed for off- Australia’s Barty, 23, won the 27-year-old, who retired in- finished 2-2 at the end of extra Lampard has stated a willing- side. battle of former number one jured from her Toronto quar- time. ness to give youth a chance this The introduction of Firmino players in just over 90 minutes. ter-final against Czech quali- Every penalty in the shoot- season, although here he left helped change things at the start The reigning Roland Garros fier Marie Bouzkova last week, out had been successful before KNOW WHAT Mason Mount and Abraham -- of the second half, though, with champion beat five-time Grand will face American Madison Mohamed Salah converted Liv- aged just 20 and 21 respectively Liverpool needing little more Slam winner Sharapova, who Keys, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over erpool’s fifth kick at the home -- on the bench. than two minutes to draw level. was Cincinnati champion in Russia’s Daria Kasatkina. of Besiktas. Substitute Abra- N’Golo Kante played after a 2011, for the second time this World number three Karoli- Adrian was only in Mane brace ham then had his effort saved the team because of summer plagued by injury prob- season after a win at the Aus- na Pliskova beat China’s Wang by Adrian, the new signing only an injury to number lems, while Giroud started and The Brazilian knocked the tralian Open. Yafan 6-1, 6-3, while seventh playing in the absence of the Christian Pulisic made his full ball into the path of Mane, who It was Barty’s 40th victory seed Elina Svitolina, a semi-fi- injured Allison Becker. one goalkeeper Alli- debut. scrambled home from close of 2019 and she goes on to face nalist four years ago, advanced “Welcome to Liverpool! It’s son Becker Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain range despite Kepa getting a Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit, who past Belgian Elise Mertens 6-4, been a crazy week. I’m really made his first start for Liverpool glove to it. beat Polish teenager Iga Swi- 6-1. happy for the team, I’m happy to in 16 months after injury. The Kepa fared far better in the play for Liverpool and happy for ended 1-1 in 90 minutes, and England midfielder released 75th minute, blocking a Salah the fans,” Adrian, who signed 10 then putting Klopp’s team in Salah for an early chance only shot and then reacting brilliant- days ago, told BT Sport. front on 95 minutes. for the Egyptian’s effort to be ly to turn Virgil van Dijk’s fol- It was Liverpool’s fourth Su- But it was perhaps inevitable saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga. low-up onto the woodwork. Nishioka knocks out Nishikori per Cup victory, with their last that French referee Stephanie However, he generally strug- Brought on from the bench AFP | Cincinnati Struff 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6). coming in 2005 on the back of Frappart would play a role in gled to make an impact and was along with Abraham, Mount Alexander Zverev, seeded their memorable Champions the outcome of the game. replaced at half-time by Roberto briefly thought he had restored oshihito Nishioka secured seventh, remained winless League triumph in Istanbul. The first woman to take Firmino. Chelsea’s lead late on but his Ya dream result on Wednes- in his Cincinnati career af - They have now won 13 Euro- charge of a major men’s match crisp low strike was disallowed. day as he defeated longtime ter losing 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-4 pean trophies overall, and how in European competition, Frap- Chelsea start on top On into extra time they went idol and Japanese countryman to 19-year-old Serb Miomir their supporters would love to part gave Chelsea a penalty Chelsea had enjoyed the bet- and, to the delight of the crowd, Kei Nishikori 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 at Kecmanovic. The German come back to the banks of the when Abraham went down un- ter of the opening 45 minutes, who were mostly supporting the the ATP Cincinnati Masters. struck an unbelievable 20 dou- Bosphorus for the final of this der contact from Adrian. Jorgin- with Pedro Rodriguez striking European champions, Liverpool Sixth-seeded Nishikori, ble-faults in defeat. season’s Champions League. ho netted the spot-kick. the bar midway through the first went 2-1 up thanks to that same Asia’s top-ranked player, went Ninth seed Daniil Medve- “It was a very difficult game He also scored in the shoot- half before Adrian saved from combination. down to his 77th-ranked com- dev, losing finalist to Rafael for both teams. It was all about out, but there would be no first Mateo Kovacic. Mane found Firmino and then patriot, who came through Nadal in Montreal last week- winning it and we did that in the trophy as Chelsea coach for The opener arrived in the latched onto the Brazilian’s cut- qualifying, in just over 90 min- end, eased past Benoit Paire end,” admitted manager Jurgen Frank Lampard, who lost the 36th minute, with Kante finding back and fired home off the un- utes. 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 and will next face Klopp. Super Cup twice with the club Pulisic and the American draw- derside of the bar. For the winner, the sec - Struff. Sadio Mane had earlier been as a player. ing several red shirts towards But, in the 101st minute, Jor- ond-round success was leg- France’s Richard Gasquet, Liverpool’s star, cancelling “To lose the game was disap- him before releasing Giroud to ginho converted from the spot endary. who ended Andy Murray’s out Olivier Giroud’s first-half pointing but if it means Chel- score. to bring back the possibility of Meanwhile, fifth seed Ste- comeback singles tournament strike to ensure the match sea’s season can be something Shortly after, Pulisic thought a penalty shoot-out. fanos Tsitsipas saved three in the first round, saw off Ar- match points but still lost gentinian Federico Delbonis to Ger-many’s Jan-Lennard 7-5, 7-6 (7/1). Kohli leads India to victory over Windies AFP | Port of Spain, Trinidad and with 15 balls to spare. maica. Tobago His 43rd ODI hundred off 99 “It was important for me to balls with 14 fours and overall convert the big innings in this lassy Virat Kohli upstaged impact on the series ensured series but I must acknowledge Crampant Chris Gayle as In- him the double accolade of ‘Man the role of Shreyas (Iyer) in dia defeated the West Indies by of the Match’ and ‘Man of the these two matches here. He has six wickets in the rain-affected Series’. presented a great case for him- third and final One-Day Inter- This successful chase un - self,” the Indian captain said national of their series at the der leaden skies and with the after victory was achieved. “We Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad floodlights switched on gave also did really well to keep the on Wednesday. India the series 2-0 following West Indies total to a managea- Set a revised target of 255 the abandoned first match in ble level. Credit to the bowlers based on the DLS scoring meth- Guyana last week. for sticking to the task.” od after Gayle blazed 72 in pac- Kohli’s masterminding of an- As commanding as his innings ing the home side to 240 for other successful pursuit will was though, the hosts were left seven off 35 overs, Kohli was at leave Jason Holder and his West to rue a straightforward oppor- his most imperious in compiling Indies team wary of what the tunity missed by wicketkeep- an unbeaten 114 -- his second Indian captain will have to offer er Shai Hope off all-rounder consecutive ODI hundred –- to with the bat in the upcoming Keemo Paul when the champion Virat Kohli plays a shot pilot his team to 256 for four two Tests in Antigua and Ja- batsman was just on 11..