EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Teen sensation Andreescu overpowers Serena A mock cheque The Canadian proves too good for the 37­year­old American who suffers her fourth straight defeat in a Slam final that turned real! US OPEN hen she was 16, triumph on Saturday. “So, Bianca I just grabbed a cheque Agence France-Presse WAndreescu, after and wrote the prize New York winning the Orange Bowl, money of that year. Teenager Bianca Andreescu a prestigious junior tennis “But every year I kept became Canada's first Grand tournament in the United increasing it because it Slam singles champion on States, wrote herself a kept changing. But I just Saturday with a rollercoaster mock cheque equal to the kept visualising that 6­3, 7­5 win over 23­time Ma­ US Open prize money to moment since that day. jor champion Serena Wil­ act as motivation. “I just Now being the actual liams in the US Open final. felt like I could do really champion is just so crazy.” The 19­year­old Andrees­ big things in this sport,” The Canadian is now cu became the youngest said Andreescu after her richer by $3.85 million. Grand Slam winner since Svetlana Kuznetsova at the 2004 US Open, handing Wil­ liams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a Major Serena didn’t show up to again deny her a record­ equalling 24th Slam title. “It's so hard to explain in today, says Williams words but I'm just beyond grateful and truly blessed. Agence France-Presse this was the worst match I've worked really, really New York I’ve played all tournament. hard for this moment,” said Serena Williams is wonder­ It’s hard to know that you Andreescu, who had won ing when she will start play­ could do better,” Williams just two Grand Slam matches ing like a 23­time Grand said. ahead of her US Open main Slam champion again in a “Bianca obviously played draw debut. Major final, calling her poor well. I think her returns showing in Saturday’s US make me play better and It’s 8-0 Open final loss put pressure on my serve. She improved her record ov­ “inexcusable”. At the same time it’s inex­ er top­10 opponents this sea­ Williams fell to 19­year­ cusable for me to play at son to 8­0 and will rise to a old Canadian Bianca An­ that level,” she said. career­high ranking of fifth dreescu 6­3, 7­5 at Arthur “I believe I could have on Monday. Ashe Stadium on the same just been more Serena to­ Andreescu tied Monica court where she won her day,” Williams said. “I hon­ Seles, who lifted the 1990 Ro­ first Grand Slam title 20 estly don’t think Serena land Garros trophy in her years ago, nine months be­ showed up. I have to kind of fourth Major, for the record fore Andreescu was born. figure out how to get her to as the fastest player to win “I love Bianca. I think show up in Grand Slam fi­ her first Slam title in the she’s a great girl. But I think nals.” Open era. Williams, 37, suf­ fered a second finals loss in a row at Flushing Meadows, af­ Slam final, and fourth since opening set. Serving at 2­4, in the second — Williams wards the title when she fol­ and an errant Williams back­ ter a 2018 defeat to Naomi the last of her 23 Major titles, Williams erased five break­ again doubled­faulting on lowed a routine hold by hand handed Andreescu two Osaka best remembered for Williams made an inauspi­ points with a combination of break­point. again breaking serve for a 5­1 more shots at the title. a furious tirade against chair cious start by conceding her aces and booming The American carved out lead. Andreescu brought up Williams saved the first umpire Carlos Ramos. opening service game with groundstrokes. four opportunities to hit championship point in the with an ace but Andreescu “Bianca played an unbe­ successive double faults. back, benefiting from a huge ensuing game, but Williams secured victory on the next lievable match, I am so Andreescu, who wasn't Sensational turnaround stroke of luck when a fore­ smacked a forehand winner with a blistering forehand proud and happy for you. It even born when Williams Andreescu had failed to even hand brushed the tape and to stay alive and then rattled return. was incredible tennis out won her maiden Slam at the reach the main draw at trickled over to haul herself off 14 of 17 points to peg her there. If anyone could win 1999 US Open, responded Flushing Meadows the past back on serve. opponent back at 5­all. THE RESULTS this, outside of Venus, I'm with a comfortable hold, a two years, twice falling in the Undeterred, Andreescu happy it's Bianca,” Williams pattern that repeated itself first qualifying round, and promptly regained the initia­ Remarkable composure Women: Final: 15­Bianca An­ said. until the Canadian threa­ her confidence continued to tive with another break and The Canadian stemmed the dreescu (Can) bt 8­Serena Wil­ How much longer?! Serena Williams is struggling to find Appearing in a 33rd Grand tened to run away with the flow as she surged 2­0 ahead looked to be marching to­ bleeding by holding for 6­5 liams (USA) 6­3, 7­5. answers for bad performances in the biggest matches. * AFP Australia registers emphatic win, keeps the urn India-A looks to dominate again Cummins takes four as the bowlers rule the day at Old Trafford SCOREBOARD SA-A IN INDIA However, Bavuma is not A few of the players from part of the ‘Test’ squad India­A squad like wicket­ THE ASHES Australia — 1st innings: 497 for M.R. Praveen Chandran which will be led by Aiden keeper K.S. Bharat, Shub­ eight decl. Thiruvananthapuram Markram. The South Afri­ man Gill, Shivam Dube and AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE England — 1st innings: 301. India­A will look to continue ca­A skipper has spent some Vijay Shankar will be in fo­ MANCHESTER Australia — 2nd innings: 186 for its domination when the first time getting acclimatised. cus during the series. Pat Cummins led the way be­ six decl. four­day ‘Test’ against South After attending a spin Vijay Shankar will be keen fore Josh Hazlewood struck England — 2nd innings: Rory Africa­A begins at the Sports camp in Bengaluru, Mark­ Burns c Head b Cummins 0, Joe to prove his fitness. as Australia retained the Ash­ Denly c Labuschagne b Lyon 53, Hub here on Monday. ram will be better prepared The trio of medium­pac­ es with a 185­run win over Joe Root b Cummins 0, Jason The rain­curtailed ODI se­ to neutralise the threat from ers Shardul Thakur, Mo­ England in the fourth Test at Roy b Cummins 31, Ben Stokes c ries was one­sided, with In­ Shahbaz Nadeem and K. hammed Siraj and Tushar Old Trafford on Sunday. Paine b Cummins 1, Jonny Bair­ dia­A showcasing its depth Gowtham. Deshpande will provide dif­ England, set a huge target stow lbw b Starc 25, Jos Buttler and skill to blow away the Apart from Markram, the ferent challenges to the visit­ of 383 to win, was bowled out b Hazlewood 34, Craig Overton visitors. A fact which was ad­ squad comprises five others ing batsmen. for 197 following some spirit­ lbw b Hazlewood 21, Jofra mitted by losing captain — Theunis de Bruyn, Lungi With rain giving way to Archer lbw b Lyon 1, Jack Leach ed lower­order defiance. Temba Bavuma, who said Ngidi, Senuran Muthuswa­ bright sunshine over the last c Wade b Labuschagne 12, Cummins, the world's top­ his team struggled to meet my, Dane Piedt and Heinrich three days, it could well turn ranked Test bowler, took four Stuart Broad (not out) 0; Extras the demands of the shorter Klaasen — who are part of (b­9, lb­8, nb­2): 19; Total (in out to be an interesting for 43 in 24 overs. version. the senior Test squad. 91.3 overs): 197. match. The match ended when Fall of wickets: 1­0, 2­0, 3­66, Jalaj Saxena has been ad­ Craig Overton, who faced 105 4­74, 5­93, 6­138, 7­172, 8­173, ded to the squad as cover for balls, was lbw to Hazlewood 9­196. K. Gowtham, who is unwell for 21 after the tailender's re­ Australia bowling: Cummins and being monitored by the view failed to overturn um­ 24­9­43­4, Hazlewood 17.3­5­ BCCI medical team. * 31­2, Lyon 29­12­51­2, Starc 16­ pire Kumar Dharmasena's On top of the world: The Australians are cock­a­hoop after their Ashes triumph. AP The teams (from): decision. 2­46­1, Labuschagne 4­1­9­1, Head 1­1­0­0. India-A: Shubman Gill (Capt.), Victory ensured Australia ended with a misjudgement Ruturaj Gaikwad, Anmolpreet kept hold of the Ashes at 2­1 that saw him play no shot to a Australia won by 185 runs to take 2­1 lead in five­match Singh, Ricky Bhui, Ankeet Ba­ up with one to play in the Hazlewood ball that cut back series. wane, K.S. Bharat, K. Gowtham, five­Test campaign. and hit off­stump. Fifth and final Test: Sept. 12 Shahbaz Nadeem, Shardul Tha­ If Australia avoids defeat at to 16, The Oval.