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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018 19 Norrie beaten by Simon in semi-final Froome takes Giro overall lead from Simon Yates Simon Yates finished almost 39 minutes behind Team Sky’s

BBC | Bardonecchia

hris Froome launched a devastating attack to Cwin stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia and take the leader’s KNOW WHAT pink jersey from fellow Briton Simon Yates. Yates finished almost 39 min- utes behind Team Sky’s Froome, The four-time Tour hits a return who attacked 80km from the de France champion finish in Bardonecchia. Chris Froome is also Froome, 33, was fourth prior attempting to become Frenchman Gilles Simon. to Friday’s 184km run from Ve- only the seventh man Gilles Simon Norrie, 22, had claimed the naria Reale. to win all three Grand • biggest win of his career by But, with two days remaining, will face ’s beating world number 10 John he now has a 40-second lead Tours, and just the Dusan Lajovic or Isner in the quarter-finals. over as he at- third to win three in Chris Froome celebrates on the podium top seed Dominic But the world number 102 tempts to become the first Brit- succession Thiem in the final was beaten in straight sets on ish man to win the Giro d’Italia. the clay-court by 75th-ranked The four-time “The team did such a fantastic being found to have double the Mitchelton-Scott’s Yates had Simon. champion is also attempting to job to set it up for me. allowed level of a legal asthma his lead halved on Thursday, Cameron Norrie Norrie struggled with his become only the seventh man “It was going to take some- drug in his urine after a test at losing 28 seconds to Team Sun- had• never played a serve in the first, but took the to win all three Grand Tours, thing really special to get rid of last year’s Vuelta a Espana. web’s Dumoulin. It was the first proffesional match on second to a tie-break before and just the third to win three Simon and get away from Du- Had it slipped to the back of time he had struggled since first red clay until he faced blowing two set points. in succession. moulin. It was now or never. I his mind, he was reminded dur- taking the race lead in stage six. Simon will face Serbia’s Du- “I don’t think I’ve ever at - just had to try.” ing Friday’s stage as a spectator The Giro finishes on Sunday in the san Lajovic or top seed Domi- tacked like that before on my Froome is involved in an on- ran alongside him holding a gi- with a flat 115km route into nic Thiem in the final. own,” he said. going anti-doping case after ant inhaler. Rome. enters British number three Nor- semi-finals• of the rie is expected to rise up the ATP Challenger Tour rankings after a positive week in France, reach a ranking of Al-Hidd wins Elite in Loughborough 85 as he enters the next week. He had never Football Cup Petra Kvitova ‘happy’ to BBC | Lyon played a professional match on red clay until he featured in the TDT | Manama ritain’s Cameron Norrie Davis Cup in February. Bfailed to make the final of But after a first set in which he Al-Hidd Football see knife attack suspect the Lyon Open after a 6-1 7-6 he lost his serve three times, TClub has clinched the (8-6) defeat by experienced the left-hander fought his way first edition of the Elite AFP | London ished,” Kvitova told reporters at back into the semi-final. Football Cup. Roland Garros on Friday. The second set played out Al-Hidd beat Al-Malkiya etra Kvitova admitted yes- Kvitova, the world number without a single break of serve 2-1 in the final match which Pterday that she was happy eight, suffered career-threat- as Norrie matched home fa- was held at the Bahrain Na- that the knife-wielding burglar ening injuries to her playing left vourite Simon, before the tional Stadium to clinch the who slashed her hands in a ter- hand as she fought off the in- 75 match slipped away in the tie- 2017-2018 trophy. rifying home attack was finally truder at her home in the east- break. Al-Malkiya opened the behind bars. ern Czech town of Prostejov in is the ATP World Tour Elsewhere, James Ward is scoring in the title clash at The 28-year-old two-time December 2016. official ranking of through to the semi-finals of Bahrain National Stadium Wimbledon champion missed Despite grim forecasts by GIlles Simon the ATP Challenger Tour in in Isa Town when Isra Amer six months of the tour last year doctors, who even warned she Loughborough after Russia’s struck just one minute from to recover from her injuries and might lose her fingers, the 2011 Teymuraz Gabashvili retired. the start. only returned to action at the and 2014 Wimbledon champion Mohammed Al Tayyeb 2017 French Open. “It’s great news for returned to the sport in time for scored two goals as Al Hidd Now, almost 18 months af- me to hear that. It’s last year’s French Open. beat Malkiya 2-1 in the final ter the violent break-in, Czech great that they have Kvitova sank from 11th in the last night to claim the first police have arrested a man, de- him in custody. world when the crime occurred Elite Football Cup. scribed as a 54-year-old drug to 29th at the turn of 2017 and Roland But probably the Bahrain Football Associ- addict, in connection with the happiest I will be 2018, but she has since climbed Garros ation vice-president Shai- attack. back into the top ten, also owing 2018: kh Khalid bin Salman Al “It’s great news for me to is when the story to back-to-back wins at Prague Women’s Khalifa presented the sil- hear that. It’s great that they will end, when and this spring. preview Pictures: Getty Images ver medals to Malkiya team have him in custody. But prob- everything will be “I was focusing on the hand members and the cup, along ably the happiest I will be is done and finished” and I was really trying hard Simona Halep Garbine Muguruza Jelena Ostapenko Petra Kvitova with the gold medals, to Al when the story will end, when PETRA KVITOVA to be back or focusing on the Hidd players. everything will be done and fin- rehab,” she added.

Two-time finalist 2016 winner Defending Back in top ten Serena return will keep us on our toes seeking elusive has endured champion at after resurgent first Slam title frustrating year career-high season, including after emotional with streak of rank, aged 20 – clay court wins AFP | London ing us all on our toes and we third major final early exits poor clay court in Prague and defeat in Australia and injury season to date Madrid have to keep improving all the ustralian Open champion time.” PLAYER RECORD* Halep Muguruza Ostapenko Kvitova Caroline Wozniacki says Wozniacki finally claimed her 2018 win-loss 28-6 15-9 12-11 30-6 A 2018 titles 1 1 0 4 that Serena Williams’ come- “You have to first major title this year, and ad- back will force the current top- mitted that it has lifted a weight Career titles (total) 16 6 2 24 play your best off her shoulders. Career titles (clay) 6 1 1 4 ranked players to raise their level, and I think Grand Slams 0 2 1 2 games at the French Open. “I think the biggest difference The former world number having someone is really when I’m in here in the RECENT FINALS: With six different champions like Serena back, in previous nine tournaments – one will be looking to build on press conferences,” she said. and five maiden winners – expectation her long-awaited maiden Grand it’s keeping us all “I think that’s the biggest dif- is high for another first-time champion Slam triumph in Melbourne, ference, because I’m not get- to be crowned in Roland Garros on our toes and but she has never reached the we have to keep ting asked anymore, you know, 2017 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 semi-finals at Roland Garros. what it takes to be a Grand Slam Simona Halep ROM improving all the Despite being in the opposite champion, why I haven’t got- 2016 Garbine Muguruza ESP 7-5, 6-4 time” Serena Williams USA half of the draw to three-time ten there yet. “It feels amazing 2015 Serena Williams USA 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 champion Williams, Wozniacki CAROLINE WOZNIACKI to have that with me now, and Lucie Safarova CZE knows that Serena’s presence hopefully I can build on that. 2014 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 “We have three more Grand Simona Halep ROM as an unseeded player will put raises your level,” said the Dane. 2013 Serena Williams USA 6-4, 6-4 pressure on her rivals. “You have to play your best Slams left this year, and this is Maria Sharapova RUS “I think it’s always great to level, and I think having some- Caroline Wozniacki the first one after Australia and Source: WTA *Data correct as of May 21 © GRAPHIC NEWS have the best players play, and it one like Serena back, it’s keep- I’m going to try and do my best.”