18 FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 sports

Allyson Felix to compete in Edmund makes light Manchester

Allyson Felix BBC I Manchester ix-time Olympic cham- work of Spion Allyson Felix will to face Canadian for a place in the semi-finals compete at the Great CityG- ames in Manchester next sistent baseliners in the game week. but he simply was unable to The American, 32, re - Kyle Edmund won cope with Edmund’s heavier turns to run in the 150m and • weight of shot. 200m events, taking place it 6-3, 6-3 to move into After breaking twice to seal on a pop-up track close to the last eight of an ATP the first set, Edmund spurned the city centre on Deans- Masters 1000 event one match point at 5-2 on Gof- gate. She will be joined by for the first time fin’s serve and then delivered a Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta double fault a game later to set Lou and English athletes nerves jangling. Cheriece Hylton and Bianca Sharapovalov scored But, just as he had done Williams. 6-4,6-4,• win over Raonic against Djokovic the day before, Felix set the 150m CityG- Edmund did not waver, serving ames record in 2013 - then out when a Goffin forehand hit AFP I a world’s best time - and has the net to confirm victory in a held the 200m record since brief hour and 12 minutes. 2011. Also confirmed for the His next opponent Shapov- ritain’s Kyle Edmund fol- alov scored a 6-4, 6-4 win over competition is world indoor Blowed up his surprise win , his fellow Cana- hurdles champion Andrew over by beating dian who is still recovering from Pozzi, who will face 2012 Belgium’s David Goffin yester- an injury-plagued few months. Olympic gold medallist Ar- day to march into the quarter-fi- Kyle Edmund Shapovalov was defaulted ies Merritt. nals of the . when playing Edmund in the Pozzi, 25, won the 60m Edmund had lost in five sets to the first set and once in the sec- this month. He is also only the at 12th. last year for whacking World Indoor Champion- Goffin when they last met, also ond, to move into the last eight second top-10 player Edmund Edmund will now face Ca - a ball accidentally into the eye ships in Birmingham in on clay, in the 2015 Davis Cup of an ATP Masters 1000 event has beaten, coming four months nadian Denis Shapovalov for a of umpire Arnaud Gabas. The March to add to his Euro- but the 23-year-old’s rise has for the first time in his career. after the Yorkshireman oust- place in the semi-finals, with Al- pair have faced each other twice pean indoor title. been sharp since then and this Goffin is no slouch on clay. He ed world number three Grigor exander Zverev a possible foe in more since, with Shapovalov Fellow Briton David King, was a completely different con- reached the quar- Dimitrov at the . the last four. lurks winning on grass at Queen’s in 23, will also compete in the test. The Briton won it 6-3, 6-3, ter-finals last year and made Djokovic, recently back from in the other half of the draw. and Edmund prevailing race, which is free to watch breaking Goffin’s serve twice in the semis in Barcelona earlier injury, is currently under-ranked Goffin is one of the most con- on hard in Brisbane. for spectators. Wayne Rooney set to join DC United Bertens ousts Sharapova BBC I London means the forward, 32, could stay at Goodison Park. ayne Rooney has agreed Rooney re-joined Everton in to reach semis in Madrid Wa deal in principle that July 2017. could see him leave Everton He spent 13 seasons at Man- chester United after signing for Major League Soccer side Service problems DC United this summer in a from Everton as an 18-year- • £12.5m deal. old, becoming their record continued for world Rooney’s representatives goalscorer and winning five No 52 Maria Sharapova have been in the US to negoti- Premier League titles and the in the decider ate terms and the former Eng- Champions League. land skipper is willing to leave It is understood Rooney has the Premier League club. been offered a contract until I Madrid Nothing has been signed yet the end of the 2020 MLS sea- son. The US transfer window and uncertainty over Everton iki Bertens fought from boss Sam Allardyce’s position does not open until July. Earlier this week, Allardyce Ka set down against Maria said Rooney wants to stay and Sharapova to reach the Madrid dismissed suggestions Eng- Open semi-finals yesterday. land’s record goalscorer is The Dutchwoman’s reward frustrated with his role. for a hard-fought 4-6 6-2 6-3 “It would have to be massive victory after more than two for him to want leave Everton,” hours on court is a last-four en- the former England manager counter against seventh seed told Talksport. “I’ve not had Caroline Garcia, who breezed a problem from day one with past Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2 Wayne (but) the Wayne Roon- 6-3. Maria Sharapova ey saga continues on doesn’t Sharapova had overcome it?” to reach for the match at 5-2 as Shara- Kvitova for a place in the final. last month. Allardyce’s future is also the quarters, and carried that pova got one break back, but Halep, who has won the tour- It was sixth seed Pliskova’s uncertain at the club, with form with her into the opening the world No 20 broke her op- nament for the last two years, first claycourt victory over Ha- fans not happy with his style set, taking it 6-4 with a crucial ponent once more to take the had looked imperious on her lep and it was the kind of au- of play. Rooney, who is halfway break in the 10th game. final set 6-3. way to the last eight, dropping thoritative performance that through a two-year deal at However, the Russian’s serve Elsewhere, Karolina Plisko- only nine games in three match- will turn a few heads as the Goodison Park, has played 31 capitulated in the second set va proved too strong for world es including Wednesday’s win French Open looms later this times in the league this season as Bertens, who beat Caroline No 1 and two-time defending against Pliskova’s twin sister month. with four appearances from Wozniacki in the last 16, broke champion , pre- Kristyna. Karolina Pliskova broke for a the bench. He reacted angrily three times to level the match. valing 6-4 6-3 after 70 minutes But her winning streak in 4-3 lead in the opening set and to being substituted against Service problems continued on court. the Spanish capital ended at although Halep saved two set Liverpool in a 0-0 draw last for world No 52 Sharapova in Pliskova broke the Halep 15 matches as her 26-year-old points serving at 3-5 Pliskova month. Wayne Rooney is Ever- the decider as she fell 5-1 be- serve four times en route to opponent continued her im- closed out the opener with a ton’s top scorer with 11 goals hind. victory, and she will now play pressive form on the red clay love hold. Wayne Rooney this season. Bertens could not serve out either Daria Kasatkina or Petra having won the Stuttgart title