MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 SPORTS Del Potro to have surgery Eight hooligans arrested Froome ready for challenge BUENOS AIRES: Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will undergo MEXICO: Eight hooligans were arrested and five supporters and two MADRID: Tour de France winner Chris Froome will race against Alberto a second wrist operation in four years today and miss the rest of the season, policemen badly injured as Guadalajara fans fought with police near the Contador for the first time this season when the seven-stage Tour of Argentine media reported. end of their 1-1 derby draw with bitter rivals Atlas, Mexican media reported Catalonia gets under way. Del Potro, who pulled out of the Miami tournament this week, will have sur- yesterday. Both men have been in fine early season form as Froome eased to victo- gery on his left wrist which he uses for his backhand, having had an operation The Guadalajara Chivas took an early lead through striker Aldo De Nigris ry in the Tour of Oman, whilst Contador won the Tirreno-Adriatico ‘Race of on his right wrist in May 2010. but Paraguayan Jose Ortigoza equalised in the 72nd minute for home side the Two Seas’ last week. Froome had been due to compete in Italy as well, The big Argentine, who won the Sydney tournament Atlas at the Jalisco stadium on Saturday. but was forced to pull out due to a back problem. However, the Briton in January before a disappointing Australian Open, has In a running battle on Jalisco’s upper-south terraces lasting about 15 insists his absence was merely a precaution with bigger targets to come lat- dropped down the ranking from world number four to minutes, police were hugely outnumbered and came off worse with two er in the year. “It’s definitely been disappointing to miss out on Tirreno. It eighth and last played at Dubai nearly a month ago. The officers taken to hospital, the Sports paper Record (www.record.com.mx) was an important race for me and offered me a good 25-year-old tried to overcome his problem with physio- said. Television footage showed police helmets and truncheons flying opportunity to build on the form I had at the Tour of therapy but has now decided to resort to American through the air and officers pushed down the terraces by fans wearing Oman,” he told TeamSky.com. “With my back prob- surgeon Richard Berger, the wrist specialist who shirts with Guadalajara’s red and white stripes, who had earlier lit dozens of lem though, we felt it was a better idea to play it safe operated on his right wrist in 2010, the daily La flares. and look at the bigger picture, which is making sure Nacion reported on Saturday. Guadalajara are seventh in the Clausura championship standings with I’m ready for the Tour de France in July. We’ve erred on “I have the experience of how the rehabilita- 17 points from 12 matches and Atlas 12th with 14. The top eight qualify for the side of caution in that respect. “I’m training hard tion is, the time it takes,” La Nacion quoted Del the knockout phase at the end of the 17-match league stage. Leaders Cruz for that right now and looking forward to compet- Potro as having said when he pulled out of Azul were held to a 0-0 draw at title holders Leon, who had Mexico’s veter- ing again. It’s a very testing race and they’ve put Indian Wells two weeks ago and foresaw the an World Cup captain and former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez sent some pretty hard stages in there with some tough possibility of surgery. —Reuters off in the closing minutes for a second booking.—Reuters summit finishes.—AFP Lydia leads Founders Cup PHOENIX: New Zealand teenager Lydia bogeyed the 15th and shot 70. She’s mak- Ko topped the crowded leaderboard in ing her third start on the LPGA Tour after the JTBC Founders Cup, pulling ahead winning three times on the Korean LPGA. with two late birdies Saturday. Sun Young Yoo, the 2012 Kraft Nabisco The 16-year-old shot a 5-under 67 to winner, was 14 under after a 68. Michelle reach 16-under 200 at Desert Ridge. She Wie had a 67 to join Azahara Munoz, So tapped in for birdie on the par-5 15th Yeon Ryu, Amy Yang and Chella Choi at after missing an 8-foot eagle putt and 13 under. took the outright lead with a 10-footer on “I couldn’t get anything to the hole, the par-3 17th. Jessica Korda and Mirim but scrambled and shot 5 under,” Wie Lee were a stroke back, and a dozen play- said. “I’m really happy to be in the posi- ers were within four shots on a course tion that I am. I’m really excited for that gave up a 63 and two 64s in the third tomorrow.” round. Munoz, coming off a playoff loss to “Obviously, there’s going to be some Paula Creamer three weeks ago in nerves,” Ko said. “Of course, that’s always Singapore, shot 64 ‚Ä” one of 19 rounds of there.” Ko was 3 under on Wildfire’s 67 or better in the 74-player field Arnold Palmer-designed front nine Saturday. Yang had a 67, and Ryu and Saturday after playing it in even par the Choi shot 68. Choi holed out from the first two days. She eagled the par-5 fifth fairway for eagle on the par-4 18th. after hitting a 5-wood to 7 feet. She’s 13 Creamer had a 64 to match defending under on the Nick Faldo-designed back champion Stacy Lewis and Morgan nine, where the tournament will be Pressel at 12 under. decided. Creamer played the first 15 holes in 9 “I played much better on the front under, then bogeyed the short par-4 16 nine, so I was really happy with that,” Ko after driving into a bunker. “I have hit the said. Ko tapped in for birdie on the par-5 ball great this week,” Creamer said. “I’ve 15th after missing an eagle try and took given myself so many opportunities, it’s the outright lead with a 10-footer on the kind of ridiculous. I just didn’t putt my par-3 17th. “You never know until the last best the last two days.” hole, last putt,” Ko said. In Singapore, she holed a 75-foot Ko won the Canadian Women’s Open eagle putt to beat Munoz on the second as an amateur the last two years and took extra hole. Lewis and Pressel, 9 under the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters after 11 holes Thursday, shot 67. in December in Thailand in her second “Pretty disappointing,” Lewis said. “I EDMONTON: Sam Gagner No. 89 of the Edmonton Oilers skates with the puck against Ken Agostino No. 51 of the Calgary Flames during an NHL start as a professional. She has five victo- left a ton of shots out there today. The game at Rexall Place.—AFP ries in pro events, also winning in greens were a bit softer and I just didn’t Australia and New Zealand. quite adjust to it. Speed was a little bit “It would be pretty special and espe- different.” Cristie Kerr matched the cially at the Founders Cup,” Ko said. course record with a 63 to reach 11 Bruins see off Coyotes “Without the founders, there would be under, finishing an hour before the lead- no LPGA. This has been my dream tour.” ers teed off. “I saw Cristie shot 9 under GLENDALE: The Boston Bruins came back with injury-hampered season as Los Angeles beat Florida. time in five games. Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak and Ko will play alongside Korda. They also and Paula was 8 and I was like, ‘Wow! three third-period goals, the go-ahead score by Trevor Lewis, Mike Richards, Alec Martinez and Nazem Kadri had goals for the Maple Leafs, who played together in the first two rounds. That’s serious scoring,” Korda said. “But Shawn Thornton with 3:18 to play, to win their 12th captain Dustin Brown scored for the Kings, who have dropped four straight. “It’s always cool to play with her,” Ko said. the greens are a little bit bouncier in the in a row, 4-2 over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday. completed their five-game homestand with back- Korda, the winner in the season-opening afternoon and you can kind of see where The Bruins are two shy of the franchise mark of to-back wins after three straight one-goal defeats. HURRICANES 3, JETS 2 event in the Bahamas, birdied the final people have walked.” Kerr, playing a new 14 straight set in the 1929-30 season. They also have Quick earned his 172nd career victory and sur- The Carolina Hurricanes scored three straight two holes for her second bogey-free 66 in set of irons this week, had an eagle, eight the most points in the NHL with 103, two more than passed Rogie Vachon. The shutout was the 30th of goals in just under three minutes in the second peri- a row. birdies and a three-putt bogey. “I’m glad Western Conference-leading St. Louis. Quick’s career, two shy of Vachon’s franchise od and held on for a win over the Winnipeg Jets. Jim “I look at her like a little sister,” Korda that I had the courage to switch because Jarome Iginla scored his 27th and 28th goals of mark.The Kings recorded their 11th shutout, tying Slater scored his first goal of the season 7:48 into the said about Ko.