15 SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2019 sports Federer posts new Slam record her most convincing display in Federer reaches dispensing with German Julia • Goerges 6-3, 6-4. historic milestone as he Barty, bidding to become beats Pouille to march on the first Australian Wimble - 350 don women’s champion since Nadal eases into matches Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon• last 16 have been won by her second title in 1980, will play Roger Federer unseeded American Alison Riske for ninth time for a place in the last eight. She is also the first Australian Serena into fourth woman to make the second week round• for 16th time second round. since 2010. On the women’s side Barty and Williams goes on to face Williams could meet in a block- Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro AFP | buster quarter-final if they win for a place in the quarter-finals. their last 16 matches on ‘Manic Eleventh seed Williams, who ight-time Wimbledon Monday’. defeated Goerges in last year’s singles champion Roger Two of the top 10 seeds did semi-finals, is bidding to equal EFederer posted yet more bow out, Dutch fourth seed Kiki Margaret Court’s all-time record landmarks yesterday as all the Bertens and American ninth of 24 Grand Slam titles. main contenders male and fe- seed Sloane Stephens losing to “It’s been an arduous year for male encountered few problems Czech Republic’s Barbora Stry- me, so every match I’m hoping in reaching the Last 16. cova and Britain’s to improve tons,” said Williams, Federer registered a record semi-finalist re- who had a knee problem which 350th win in Grand Slam match- Switzerland’s Roger Federer serves against France’s Lucas Pouille spectively. affected her season. es in his 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) win While Barty will be in new There was no fairytale win in over Lucas Pouille of France and Earlier his great rival two- ninth time was replicated on Kyrgios in the previous round, territory playing singles at Wim- the mixed doubles, though, for in the process reached the fourth time Wimbledon champion the women’s side by Ashleigh said he was delighted with the bledon in the second week for the star of the championships round for an unprecedented 17th Rafael Nadal had a much more Barty -- who will be breaking manner of his victory describing the first time, for Williams it is Coco Gauff. time. enjoyable experience than his new ground in appearing in the every match as a battle. the 16th. The 15-year-old American -- “It’s a number to achieve previous match as he eased last 16 for the first time -- and Federer and Nadal’s one-time who has wowed the crowds in I’ve enjoyed my time at the into the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3, Serena Williams. fellow member of the big four ‘Such a buzz going around’ reaching the last 16 of the wom- Slams,” said Federer of his Grand 6-2 romp over French veteran Nadal, who embraced Tsonga Andy Murray’s hopes of men’s Barty overwhelmed British en’s singles -- and her British Slam record. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. fondly at the end in stark con- doubles glory ended early as he wild card Harriet Dart 6-1, 6-1 partner lost 6-1, 6-4, “It’s been nice winning that The ease with which Nadal trast to the chilly handshake he and French partner Pierre-Hu- while 37-year-old, seven-time in the first round to Robert Lind- much.” made the fourth round for the had with fiery Australian Nick gues Herbert went out in the champion Williams produced stedt and Jelena Ostapenko. Teunissen ‘dream’ winner finish third at women’s World Cup of Tour opening stage AFP | Nice, France as Asllani put Sweden in front. Left-back Alex Greenwood weden ended their women’s was at fault, totally miskicking SWorld Cup campaign on a an attempted clearance straight high by beating England 2-1 in to Asllani, who drilled a low Saturday’s third-place play-off finish into the net. in Nice, as ’s Neville’s team were all over first-half strike proved to be the the place at the back and almost winner. fell two goals down inside the England were looking to claim quarter-hour when Jakobsson the bronze medals for the sec- ran clear and fired against the ond successive World Cup, but post. it was ’s side The Montpellier winger was who finished third for the third not to be denied in the 22nd time. minute, though, cutting inside gave Swe- and bending the ball past the Team Jumbo-Visma rider Mike Teunissen, right, sprints to the line ahead of den an 11th-minute lead, before despairing dive of England goal- Sweden’s Sofia Jakobsson (centre) celebrates scoring her side’s second goal of Peter Sagan Jakobsson curled in an excellent keeper Carly Telford. the game AFP | Brussels, Belgium The race was marked by two second midway through the first An end-to-end opening pe- falls as young Dutch sprint- half, and although Fran Kirby third straight major tournament on Sunday. riod continued as Kirby, back utch rider Mike Teunis- er Dylan Groenewegen, who quickly pulled one back, Eng- semi-final loss when beaten 2-1 England, whose men’s team in the English starting line-up Dsen won a chaotic opening many tipped for the stage win, land could not find an equaliser. by reigning champions the Unit- also lost the third-place play-off after coming on as a substitute stage of the Tour de France on caused a mass fall as the ten- It was a second defeat in un- ed States on Tuesday. in last year’s World Cup to Bel- against the Americans, clipped Saturday after a collision in the sion mounted a kilometre from der a week for Phil Neville’s The Americans will face the gium, started slowly and were the ball in off the far post to final kilometre blew the bunch home. Lionesses, after suffering their Netherlands in the final in made to pay for slack defending score her first World Cup goal. sprint wide open in Brussels. One of the Tour de France The 26-year-old Jumbo-Vis- overall favourites, Denmark’s ma rider becomes the first yel- Jakob Fuglsang also crashed low-jersey holder on the 2019 18km from the finish but strug- De Jong swayed by Tour and the first Dutchman to gled back to the peloton look- Argentine federation seeks answers Barcelona’s ‘key lead the race since Erik Breu- ing shocked and bleeding from kink 30 years ago. the head. player’ promise Teunissen edged Peter Sa- Greg Van Avermaet claimed on suspected VAR interference gan in a photo finish at the the first King of the Moun - AFP | Barcelona winning line, with the Slovak tains polka dot jersey after AFP | Buenos Aires been given. taking the green sprint points winning an intense struggle on And what angered them most ising Dutch star Frenkie jersey after he won the early the 7.8 percent gradient Mur rgentina’s football asso- was that Ecuadoran referee Rde Jong said that Barce- intermediate sprint. de Grammont climb at 45km, Aciation on Friday asked Roddy Zambrano refused to lona’s promise to make him “I never thought I could beat which often features in the the company supplying the consult VAR to check the valid- a “key player” convinced the sprinters, but in the end I Flanders one-day classics. VAR technology being used at ity of their claims. him to sign for the Catalan got it,” said Teunissen. The 34-year-old Van Aver- the Copa America to clarify “We’re very concerned that giants earlier this year, as he “I started cycling with these maet, on his golden Olympic whether Brazil President Jair Brazilian media and news web- was presented at the Camp kind of dreams. It’s a dream champion bike, was in Satur- Bolsonaro’s security team in- Ecuadorean referee Roddy Zambrano sites are talking about possible Nou on Friday. come true. I’ll remember this day’s early breakaway, from terfered with Tuesday’s semi- gestutes at Argentina’s German problems and interference in The 22-year-old mid - day for a long, long time.” which he also came second final. Pezzella the system of communication fielder impressed as Ajax Australian rookie Caleb on the day’s other, lesser, Argentina lost 2-0 to hosts between the VOR (video oper- won the Eredivisie title Ewan took the young rider’s Bosberg climb securing the Brazil in front of the watch - were infuriated that they were ating room) and the field offi- and reached the Champi- white jersey after staying clear polka dot jersey after just ing Bolsonaro at the Mineirao denied two penalty claims that cials,” said the AFA federation ons League semi-finals last of the crash. 50km. stadium in Belo Horizonte but replays suggested should have on its website. season.