EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Nadal to take nothing for granted as he meets a ‘solid’ Medvedev The Spaniard, seeking his 19th Grand Slam, runs into the in­form Russian in the summit clash US OPEN THE RESULTS Agence France-Presse Men: Semifinals: 5-Daniil Med- New York vedev (Rus) bt Grigor Dimitrov Rafael Nadal will play for his (Bul) 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3; 2-Rafael 19th Grand Slam title, one Nadal (Esp) bt 24-Matteo Ber- rettini (Ita) 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-1. shy of Roger Federer’s all­ Doubles: time men’s record, after bat­ Men: Final: 1-Juan Sebastian tling past Italy’s Matteo Ber­ Cabal & Robert Farah (Col) bt 8- rettini on Friday and into his Marcel Granollers (Esp) & Hora- fifth US Open final. cio Zeballos (Arg) 6-4, 7-5. The 33­year­old Spaniard Women: Semifinals: 4-Elise dispatched Berrettini 7­6(6), Mertens (Bel) & Aryna Sabalen- 6­4, 6­1 at Arthur Ashe Stadi­ ka (Blr) bt Caroline Dolehide & um to reach a Sunday show­ Vania King (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. down against Russian fifth Mixed doubles: Final: Jamie Murray (GBr) & seed Daniil Medvedev, who Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) ousted Bulgarian Grigor Di­ bt 1-Michael Venus-Chan Hao mitrov 7­6(5), 6­4, 6­3. (Nzl) & Ching (Tpe) 6-2, 6-3. Nadal, who shook off an early season right hip injury backhand and then hit a fore­ to win a 12th French Open tit­ hand long to hand Nadal the le, seeks his fourth US Open set. crown — one shy of the Open­ Nadal, who never faced a era record of five shared by break point, took his first Federer, Pete Sampras and break for a 4­3 lead in the se­ Jimmy Connors — to reach cond set, held twice to take the brink of Federer’s mark. the set, then rolled to victory in two hours, 35 minutes. ‘Just another chance’ Meanwhile in the men’s “It’s just another chance on doubles, Colombian top Sunday,” Nadal said. “I want seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal to enjoy a day off, have a and Robert Farah won their good practice and Sunday is second consecutive Grand the day to play my best.” Slam title, beating Spain's Nadal, into his 27th Grand Marcel Granollers and Argen­ Slam final, beat Medvedev in tina's Horacio Zeballos 6­4, last month’s Montreal final in 7­5 their only prior meeting. But “It has been unreal,” Fa­ the World No. 2 skipped Cin­ said of Medvedev. title in Cincinnati and a be this good. So I have to say I and the first Russian to reach Berrettini, the first Italian set, jumped ahead 4­0 in the rah said. “Is this a dream? cinnati, where Medvedev Medvedev, in his first breakthrough US Open run. love USA.” the US Open final since Safin man in the US Open semi­fi­ tie­break and seized two set What's going on here?” was champion the following Grand Slam final at 23, has “I’m just happy to be in Medvedev is the first Rus­ won the 2000 crown. nals since Corrado Barazzutti points at 6­4 as the Ashe Cabal and Farah became week. gone 20­2 in the past six the final,” Medvedev said. sian in a men’s Grand Slam fi­ Nadal has dropped only in 1977. crowd roared with delight. the first duo from South “He’s one of the more so­ weeks with runner­up efforts “When I was going to USA, I nal since Marat Safin won the one set at the Open but was Berrettini denied Nadal on But the Italian netted two America in the Open Era to lid players on tour,” Nadal in Washington and Canada, a didn’t know it was going to 2005 Australian Open title severely tested by 24th seed six break points in the first backhand volleys, a baseline claim the US title. England faces a daunting task Qadir: an epitome of buoyancy THE ASHES when Broad had him lbw. It S. Dinakar was the sixth time Warner, Chennai AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE like Smith appearing in his The icy winter winds MANCHESTER first Test series after com­ brought several layers of England was 18 for two, pleting a 12­month ban, had woollens out. It was early Ja­ chasing a target of 383, in the fallen to Broad in this Ashes. nuary and Lahore was bitter­ fourth Test of the Ashes at Marnus Labuschagne ly cold. Old Trafford on Saturday. Pa­ failed to reach fifty for the The year was 2006 and ceman Pat Cummins sent first time in four Test innings India was touring Pakistan. back Rory Burns and skipper when he was trapped in Ahead of the first Test, we Joe Root off successive balls front by Archer for 11. were on a visit to the Nation­ in the first over of the host’s Earlier, England, which al Cricket Academy of Pakis­ second innings. Both fell for had resumed at 200 for five, tan for a glimpse of the ducks. avoided following­on, country’s emerging cricke­ thanks to Jos Buttler’s cover­ ters. Smith on song driven four off Mitchell Even as we were following Australia had declared its se­ Starc. Buttler was last man a net session, we heard cond­innings at 186 for six, out, bowled for 41. Taking a walk! Broad is done in by a Starc beauty. * GETTY IMAGES some excited voices that sig­ with Steve Smith making 82 nalled the arrival of some­ Two of a kind: Qadir and Imran were like chalk and cheese in — his lowest score in a series SCOREBOARD one special. bowling parlance, but genius was the common thread. where he has made 671 runs The man was a cricketing at an average of 134.2 with Australia — 1st innings: 497 for 166, 4-175, 5-196, 6-228, 7- overs): 186. great and brought with him a few deliveries at the nets ous. “I loved playing in In­ three hundreds, including sunshine and warmth even if too and he could still impart dia. The people were friend­ eight decl. 243, 8-256, 9-283. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-16, 3-24, 211 in the first innings here. England — 1st innings: Rory Australia bowling: Starc 22-7- 4-44, 5-149, 6-158. the temperatures were serious revolutions on the ly. The bonds between us is The most England has down. ball. You could hear the strong,” he said. The am­ Burns c Smith b Hazlewood 81, 80-3, Hazlewood 25-6-57-4, England bowling: Broad 14-4- made in the fourth innings to Joe Denly c Wade b Cummins 4, Cummins 24-6-60-3, Lyon 54-2, Archer 14-2-45-3, Over- Yes, Abdul Qadir, still sound of the ball hissing bience was one of love, not win a Test is 362 for nine, Craig Overton c Smith b Hazle- 36-4-89-0. ton 5.5-1-22-0, Leach 9-0-58-1. bubbly, buoyant and so full through the air. No wonder hate. “People to people con­ chasing a target of 359 in the wood 5, Joe Root lbw b Hazle- Australia — 2nd innings: David of life, was paying a visit to he destroyed line­ups with tact and cricket would bring England — 2nd innings: Rory wood 71, Jason Roy b Hazle- Warner lbw b Broad 0, Marcus series­levelling win in the Burns c Head b Cummins 0, Joe the NCA. his drift, dip, two­way spin, us closer,” he said. wood 22, Ben Stokes c Smith b Harris lbw b Broad 6, Marnus third Test at Headingley a Denly (batting) 10, Joe Root b Then, he walked up, ex­ and bounce. Another Pakistan great Starc 26, Jonny Bairstow b Labuschagne lbw b Archer 11, fortnight ago. Cummins 0, Jason Roy (batting) tended an arm and followed Then wading through the Majid Khan also invited us to Starc 17, Jos Buttler b Cummins Steve Smith c Stokes b Leach 8; Total (for two wkts. in seven it up with a hug. “Welcome bustling streets of Lahore, his home for lunch, picked 41, Jofra Archer c Paine b Cum- 82, Travis Head b Archer 12, overs): 18. Warner, Broad’s bunny mins 1, Stuart Broad b Starc 5, Matthew Wade c Bairstow b to Pakistan,” he said and we travelled to a restaurant us up and drove us back in The sixth ball of Australia’s Jack Leach (not out) 4; Extras Archer 34, Tim Paine (not out) Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0. then insisted that we should of his choice. The food was his car. What we saw was second innings saw opener (b-4, lb-11, nb-4, w-5): 24; Total 23, Mitchell Starc (not out) 3; Australia bowling: Cummins 3- have lunch together. great but it was Qadir’s in­ love, affection and genuine David Warner out for his (in 107 overs): 301. Extras (b-5, lb-2, w-7, nb-1): 15; 1-8-2, Hazlewood 2-1-2-0, Lyon The flexible man with nate charm and hospitality warmth that cut across bar­ third straight Test duck Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-25, 3- Total (for six wkts. decl. in 42.5 1-0-5-0, Starc 1-0-3-0. dexterous wrists sent down that was even more sumptu­ riers. South Africa’s India Red outshines Green, emerges champion Maninder comes T20 team arrives in India Wakhare’s five­for sends the latter tumbling to an innings defeat to Warriors’ rescue 30, Mahipal Lomror lbw b Raj- Press Trust of India DULEEP TROPHY poot 15, Ishan Kishan c Wadkar b New Delhi Ashwin Achal Rajpoot 39, Aditya Sarvate st The Quinton de Kock­led Bengaluru Wadkar b Jadeja 38, Jaydev Un- South Africa team set foot A disappointing batting per­ adkat (not out) 32, Akshay Wak- hare lbw b Jadeja 0, Avesh Khan on India on Saturday for formance by India Green al­ b Tanveer 12, Sandeep Warrier c the upcoming three­match lowed India Red register an Akshath b Shorey 1; Extras T20 series.