Warner stars in Australia’s easy win over Afghanistan in World Cup PAGE 19 SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019 Grief as Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ star Reyes dies in car crash PAGE 18 CRICKET WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA VS BANGLADESH Attiyah takes outright FIA World Cup lead with Kazakhstan win TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK I was happy to make it Aktau City to the bivouac to the south at problems, I found a new level of speed. It AKTAU CITY (KAZAKHSTAN) Kenderley. was more than flat-out and with no mis- to the end. We lost The Qatari carded a time of 2hrs takes.” OVERDRIVE Racing’s Nasser Saleh al At- time but this is racing 22min 03sec to snatch the outright lead Stage winner Rajhi added: “The navi- tiyah was made to work mightily hard for from his Saudi rival. Defending World gation was very difficult. It was hard to see a second victory in Rally Kazakhstan and and we accept what happens. Champion Jakub Przygonski was just and find the route. We had to do two loops the outright lead in the 2019 FIA World After the problems, I found a new over three minutes behind the stage win- to find the right road in one place and we Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. level of speed. It was more than ner in third and Ten Brinke came in fifth had a puncture.” The Qatari and his French co-driver with the third Toyota in a time of 2hrs Attiyah took an advantage of 5min Matthieu Baumel looked to be in control flat-out and with no mistakes. 30min 26sec. 38sec into the short 148.76km final loop before the fifth demanding selective sec- Nasser Saleh al Attiyah However, Attiyah was awarded a one- stage to the north of Aktau City that also tion through some of the remotest terrain minute time penalty for speeding in a featured a section running along the in eastern Kazakhstan. Lengthy delays for restricted area and the overall lead was shoreline of the Caspian Sea. the crew in that loop stage to the north of leading the championship. Now we are gifted to Rajhi. The Qatari said: “Last year With nothing to lose after his issues on Aktau City meant that the outcome went waiting for Morocco. This is a good year the top 15 at the finish in Aktau. our car was seriously damaged on the first day five, Ten Brinke won the last stage in down to the wire and the Toyota Hilux for us. Six wins in total and six races in After those penultimate stage prob- stage and we had to withdraw. Everything a time of 1hr 15min 08sec, but Al-Attiyah crew had to stave off a fierce challenge which I compete. We controlled the pace lems that cost him third overall, Ten is going according to plan and I am opti- did enough to stave off any late pressure from rival and Dakar legend Stéphane Pe- well today. It was a nice stage, no prob- Brinke said: “We started that stage very mistic, despite the one-minute penalty.” from Peterhansel to secure the victory for terhansel over the final stage to confirm a lems.” fast and pushed a lot in the first part in The second loop stage around Senek, Overdrive Racing and take the outright second win on the longest FIA event in the Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed al Rajhi the dunes. Then we broke a drive shaft to the east of Kenderli, was the longest FIA World Cup lead. calendar. was not able to repeat last year’s success in and got stuck in the sand. It took us 30 of the event at 414.12km and included PROVISIONAL RESULTS (@12.50HRS) Attiyah eventually pressed on down Kazakhstan but he and German co-driver minutes to get moving and then we had to stretches of sand dunes. There was no 1. Nasser Saleh al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 17hrs 58min 06sec the coastline of the Caspian Sea to the Dirk von Zitzewitz claimed two stage change the drive shaft. Then we had a sen- stopping the Qatari on this occasion, 2. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Andrea Peterhansel (DEU) MINI John Cooper finish in Aktau City to secure a winning wins, led after day one and recovered from sor alarm issue and had to stop and reset however, and the Overdrive Racing star Works Rally 18hrs 03min 27sec margin of 5min 21sec and repeat his 2017 a third-day roll and a series of punctures and then decided to quit the stage in case stopped the clocks in a time of 3hrs 52min 3. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Timo Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John Cooper Works triumph on the newest round of the cross- to reach the finish in eighth overall. we damaged the car.” 14sec to set the fastest time and storm into Rally 18hrs 45min 56sec 4. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Marek Sykora (SVK) Ford F-150 Evo 19hrs 27min country calendar. The win gave him an Dutchman Bernhard Ten Brinke and It was an enthralling start to the event an outright lead of 4min 32sec over Przy- 54sec unofficial nine-point lead in the Drivers’ Belgian co-driver Tom Colsoul held third being organised by the Automotorsport gonski, despite another one-minute time 5. Denis Krotov (RUS)/Dmytro Tsyro (RUS) MINI John Cooper Works Rally Championship to take to the final round overall in their Toyota Hilux until issues Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan penalty. 19hrs 44min 40sec in Morocco in October. on the fifth Aktau loop stage cost them a for both Attiyah and Rajhi. They were Attiyah said: “I was happy to make it 8. Yazeed al Rajhi (SAU)/Dirk von Zitzewitz (DEU) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 22hrs 46min 11sec Attiyah said: “I am obviously very hap- lot of time. They won the last stage but separated by just two seconds through the to the end. We lost time but this is racing 19. Bernhard Ten Brinke (NLD)/Tom Colsoul (BEL) Toyota Hilux Overdrive py to win Rally Kazakhstan and now I am hefty time penalties dropped them out of opening 280.35km selective section from and we accept what happens. After the 134hrs 04min 34sec French Open Osaka shocked by Siniakova, says ‘losing best thing’ Djokovic beats qualifier, ready for ‘real deal’ AFP “On a disappointment lev- Victory was hers on Court PARIS: Top seed Novak Djokovic barely broke sweat as he sauntered PARIS el of 1-10 – I am probably at a Suzanne Lenglen when Osaka through the French Open third round with a 6-3 100 at the moment.” unleashed another misguided 6-3 6-2 victory against Italian qualifier Salvatore WORLD number one Naomi Osaka admitted that she forehand. Caruso on Saturday. Djokovic has never lost a Osaka said she had been suf- had been “over-thinking” her The Czech goes on to face Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low fering from headaches because game and her ambitions. Madison Keys of the United as Caruso, and never looked like doing so as of the stress of being top seed “I was over-thinking this States in what will be her first he breezed to two match points, needing just at a Grand Slam for the first calendar Grand Slam thing. appearance in the last 16 of one of those to put Caruso, the world number time and admitted her shock It’s something I wanted to do the majors. 147, out of his misery. “I have been playing exit from Roland Garros on forever but if it was that easy, Despite being top seed for really well this year, and, you know, reaching a Saturday was “the best thing” everybody would have done it.” the first time at a Slam, Osaka Novak Djokovic at second week of a slam is a success,” Djokovic that could have happened. She added: “I have to work had never looked convincing Roland Garros on told a post-match news conference. But now The world number one hard now to put myself in the in Paris. She was two points Saturday. (REUTERS) the real deal starts. So it’s going to get only from Japan saw her hopes position to do it again. away from defeat in the first tougher from here.” The Serbian is yet to drop of winning a third successive “I’m peacing out of this round against Anna Karolina a set in the tournament. He will face either Germany’s Jan-Lennard major ended by world number tournament.” Schmiedlova and came back Struff or 13th seed Borna Coric of Croatia next. Djokovic is bidding to 42 Katerina Siniakova of the Osaka was undone by a from a set and break down to become the first man in the Open era to win each of the Grand Slams Czech Republic who pulled off shocking 38 unforced errors Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova (right) celebrates after winning see off Victoria Azarenka in twice. His triumph in this year’s Australian Open took him to 15 major a sensational 6-4, 6-2 victory. as she finally ran out of luck in against Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the women’s singles third round of round two. singles titles, third only behind Roger Federer (20) and Rafael Nadal “Losing is probably the Paris having had to come back French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday. (AFP) Her defeat also means that (17). “I am grateful to be part of the era with them, because I think best thing that could have from a set down in her first only four of the top 10 seeds in they made me the player I am today,” Djokovic said.