SPORTS Sunday, November 8, 2015 31 Paris Masters Djoker, Murray to contest final Paris up the Australian Open, it also stopped him op seed and defending champion Novak from becoming just the third man, after Don SCOREBOARD Djokovic will take on second seed Andy Budge and Rod Laver, to win all four Grand MurrayT in today’s Paris Masters final. Slam titles in the same year. In yesterday’s semis, Djokovic defeated A break in the third game was enough Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 , while Murray for Djokovic to take the first set and, when edged past David Ferrer 6-4, 6-3. he broke to lead 2-0 in the second, it looked Paris is the last of the nine Masters 1000 like a straightforward win against a player series for the season with Djokovic having who had finished his punishing quarter- already won five and Murray two. final match against Rafael Nadal well after The win over Wawrinka was sweet revenge midnight. for world number one Djokovic who lost the But Wawrinka summoned up his last French Open final to the Swiss star on the energies to run off five games in a row and other side of Paris in June. the level the set scores. That prevented the 28-year-old Serb from A love service game for Djokovic to completing his career haul of Grand Slam start the third set, however, reversed the titles. momentum and Wawrinka visibly wilted As he subsequently won the Wimbledon allowing the Serb to power into the final for Novak Djokovic and US Open titles, having already wrapped the third straight year. (AFP) Andy Murray Sri Lanka beat Burns, Warner tons help Aussies pound Kiwis West Indies Brisbane Pallekele oe Burns smashed two sixes n unbeaten century by to reach his maiden Test SCOREBOARD Marlon Samuels went Jcentury and David Warner Australia 1st innings 556-4 Bowling: Starc 17.2-4-57-4 (2nb, Ain vain as Sri Lanka defeated joined illustrious company declared (U. Khawaja 174, 1w), Johnson 21-3-105-3 (1nb), the West Indies by 19 runs with back-to-back tons as D. Warner 163) Hazlewood 21-5-70-1 (1nb), Lyon yesterday to sweep the three- Australia amassed a huge lead 17-3-46-1, Marsh 5-0-32-1 (3nb), match one-day international over New Zealand in the first New Zealand 1st innings Voges 1-0-3-0 series 3-0. Gabba Test yesterday. (overnight 157-5): Set a revised Duckworth- Burns, playing in only his Guptill c Warner b Hazlewood 23 Australia 2nd innings: Lewis target of 190 off 36 overs third Test match but his first as T. Latham c Lyon b Starc 47 J. Burns c Taylor b Craig 129 after a rain interruption, the opener, blasted spinner Mark Williamson c Nevill b Starc 140 D. Warner c Boult b Craig 116 hosts were 180-5 from 32.3 Craig for two sixes over long R. Taylor c Smith b Johnson 0 U. Khawaja not out 9 overs when it started drizzling off to race from 88 to 100 in McCullum c Voges b Johnson 6 S. Smith c Williamson b Boult 1 again and umpires decided to just three balls. J. Neesham b Starc 3 M. Marsh c McCullum b Craig 2 call off play with three overs When bad light stopped Watling c Nevill b Johnson 32 A. Voges not out 1 remaining. play on the third day, Australia M. Craig c Marsh b Lyon 24 Extras (lb1, w1, nb4) 6 The in-form Kusal Perera had stretched their overall lead Australia’s Joe Burns (left) celebrates his 100 runs as teammate D. Bracewell b Marsh 16 Total (4 wickets; 42 overs) 264 gave the hosts a flying start, to 503 runs at 264 for four David Warner looks on T. Southee b Starc 14 Bowling: Boult 8-0-61-1, hitting a quickfire 50 off 47 and an overnight declaration it over the rope,” Burns said. It was also the first time any T. Boult not out 0 Bracewell 11-1-63-0(4nb), balls before useful knocks by imminent. First-innings “I can’t think of a better opening pair had compiled Extras (lb4, w1, nb7) 12 Neesham 9-0-61-0 (1w), Craig the middle order batsmen centurion Usman Khawaja was place to do it than at the Gabba 150-run plus partnerships in Total (all out; 82.2 overs) 317 14-0-78-3 ensured a comfortable victory not out nine with Adam Voges in front of friends and family.” each innings of a Test match. in the end. on one. Burns, who belted 129 Warner dashed to his second “When you’re on top in The teams next play two off 123 balls with 14 fours and century of the match and 14th the first innings you get to go It was remarkable scoring Warner (163) and Khawaja Twenty20 games, with the first four sixes, thrilled his home overall with 116 before he gave out like today and play the by Test rookie Burns and even (174) in Australia’s first innings match scheduled for Monday. Queensland crowd with some his wicket away with a switch way you want to play, with all relegated the usually rapid- and Kane Williamson’s defiant Earlier, Samuels smashed prodigious hitting to reach hit to the deep off spinner Mark the confidence in the world,” scoring Warner to a supporting 140 in New Zealand’s innings. an unbeaten 110 to guide the his first Test ton after three Craig. It was only the third Warner said. role against the under-strength Skipper Steve Smith West Indies to a competitive consecutive Test half-centuries. time that a batsman has scored “You get that opportunity Kiwi bowling attack, which was given out for one to a 206-9. “The plan was to hit six a Test century in both innings to go back to back. That’s was minus pace spearhead close-to-the-ground catch by Samuels, 34, anchored the singles but I just kind of on three separate occasions something special, as a pair as Tim Southee, off the field Williamson off Trent Boult innings with his 95-ball knock, blacked out a bit and swung as along with Test greats Ricky well, a century-run partnership with a back injury. It was the that needed a lengthy umpire’s hitting one six and 15 fours in hard as I could and luckily got Ponting and Sunil Gavaskar. in both innings.” fourth century of the Test after review. the day-night game. Oman’s Al Habsi emerges as champion in Junior Karting DT News Network Khalid Al Wahibi, also of Oman our appreciation to the national Manama completed the podium placers in third. motor federations of Oman, Morocco, hihab Al Habsi of Oman Commission Internationale de Karting Cyprus, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the triumphed last night in the (CIK) Chairman and Bahrain Motor BMF for helping make this first-of-its- Sfirst-ever MENA KF-Junior Federation (BMF) President Shaikh kind event a success.” The inaugural Championship, held at Bahrain Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa commented: MENA championship was organised International Karting Circuit (BIKC) “Congratulations to Shihab for being by BIKC in cooperation with Bahrain in Sakhir. crowned as the first-ever champion of International Circuit and the BMF, and Al Habsi claimed the victory after the MENA KF-Junior Championship. sanctioned by the CIK. a heated battle for most of the race “It was a wonderful weekend of After a heated warm-up session and with Bahrain’s Shaikh Isa bin Salman racing that we enjoyed from the very Pre-Final earlier in the day, the Final Al Khalifa and with only a few laps start. The competition was fierce and promised to be an exciting affair and Winners celebrate on the podium remaining, Al Habsi managed to wrest we can really see a bright future for all Al Habsi (17 minutes 33.584 seconds) had to settle for fourth place as the Shaheen (+34.617secs) were sixth the lead away from his rival and hold the drivers who took part. “We thank won after completing the featured leading Bahraini finisher with Demos and seventh, respectively, Omar on to it till the very end. each and every one of them and their 18-lap sprint, followed by Taoufik Episkopou (+15.916secs) of Cyprus Abdulla (+46.073secs) of Egypt Sami Taoufik of Morocco finished families, as well as their teams for being (+0.691) behind while Al Wahibi classified fifth, while Bahrainis Talal eighth place, while Bahrain’s Hussain runner-up, while day one leader a part of this meeting and express (+0.754) was third. Shaikh Isa (+1.249) Beshara (+23.821secs) and Talal did not finish.