13 Established 1961 Monday, October 2, 2017 Sports Wozniacki wobbles on way Dettori wins record 5th Arc as Dettori wins record 5th Arc as to China Open round two Enable caps brilliant season Enable caps brilliant season BEIJING: Caroline Wozniacki had a fright against a local favourite in the CHANTILLY: Frankie Dettori won an unprecedented fifth Prix de l’Arc SHENZHEN: It was seventh time lucky for David Goffin after the Belgian China Open first round yesterday before she composed herself to go de Triomphe yesterday as Enable capped a memorable season. Enable, beat Alexandr Dolgopolov over three sets to win the Shenzhen Open through 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1. The Dane, ranked six in the world, made an the 10-11 favorite, led for most of Europe’s richest horse race to claim yesterday. The world number 12 Goffin tasted defeat in early exit from the Wuhan Open last week, stunned by her fifth consecutive victory after wins in the Epsom Oaks, the Irish his last six finals, a bitter run stretching back to 2014. Maria Sakkari of Greece. She appeared determined to put Oaks, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Yorkshire But the 26-year-old made up for three years of dis- that disappointment behind her in making a lightning-fast Oaks. The John Gosden-trained filly won by 2 1/2 lengths over Cloth Of appointment with a determined display against the start in Beijing, punishing China’s Wang Qiang in the first Stars, ridden by jockey Mickael Barzalona and trained by Andre Fabre. Ukrainian Dolgopolov to seal the title 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), set. But if the fifth seed thought she was going to have it The Michael Stoute-trained Ulysses, ridden by Jim Crowley, was anoth- 6-3 in just over two hours in southern China. He easy, she was mistaken, as the 55th-ranked Wang har- er length and a quarter back in third. “I said to John last week she is the adds the Shenzhen trophy to the two he won in nessed the support of the crowd to fight back. The 25- best she has ever been. To keep this filly at 100 percent all year is fan- 2014 in Metz, France and Kitzbuehel in Austria. year-old Wang sprang a surprise in taking the second tastic,” Dettori said. “I had position ‘A’, I knew I had no weight and she “This one is really special because you know it’s set on the tie break to level the match. But former stays, so I kicked and she gave me four lengths and the race was over. always tough to come back from injuries,” said Goffin, number one Wozniacki, the 2010 China Open “She’s amazing and is an absolute freak. I love her. John is a genius.” It who retired from the French Open and missed champion, regained her poise to seal the deciding was Dettori and Gosden’s second Arc win in three years, after the pop- Wimbledon with an ankle injury. “I cannot be set with ease. — AFP ular Italian won on Golden Horn.—AP happier today.” —AFP Birthday boy Verstappen takes cake in Sepang swansong SEPANG: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate final running of the Malaysian Grand Prix yes- Ricciardo fought off a strong challenge from terday as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished Vettel, who had started from the back follow- second to extend his championship lead over ing engine problems in qualifying. Sebastian Vettel to 34 points. “Seb came really quick at the end and I Verstappen, who celebrated his 20th birth- thought he was going to be a handful,” said day a day earlier, overtook pole-sitter Ricciardo. “But he only had one strong attack Hamilton on lap four before clinching the sec- and then we were able to pull away.” Ferrari’s ond victory of his career and first this season. fortunes had dimmed when Kimi Raikkonen’s Mercedes driver Hamilton finished second car suffered a turbo failure before the start. He with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo third and was pushed back to the pit and the race was Vettel, who started at the back of the grid, over before it had even begun for the former fourth. With five races to go, Hamilton is edg- world champion, who had enjoyed his maiden ing ever closer to the title but Ferrari had a win at Sepang in 2003. weekend to forget, after Kimi Raikkonen didn’t even make the starting grid and Vettel ‘WE RAN OUT OF TYRES’ lost a rear wheel in a bizarre smash after the “Obviously we had some issue. I don’t think any of us know what it is exactly. I’m pretty certain I would have had a very Big congratulations good car today,” a disap- pointed Raikkonen told to Max and reporters. Vettel, who led the championship until just happy birthday a month ago, now has only five races left to overhaul Hamilton’s big lead, starting next week in Japan. finish line. Verstappen won by nearly 13 sec- “I think we have a very good car. If we onds from Hamilton to embellish what has start ahead, we win the race,” he said. “We been a tough season after he failed to finish had a little bit of sniff at the podium but unfor- seven races and only once reached the podi- tunately we ran out of tyres.” Once past um. “The car was unbelievable, if I had to Hamilton, Verstappen started to pull away and speed up I could. It was a very tough race and by lap 14 he had a seven-second cushion. SEPANG: Race winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, center, of the Netherlands with teammate and third incredible to win,” said the Dutchman. Vettel was picking off the back markers placed Daniel Ricciardo, third from left, of Australia celebrates with the teams after the Malaysian Formula Hamilton admitted the Mercedes had been with ease courtesy of his second new engine One Grand Prix in Sepang. — AP second-best. “Big congratulations to Max and of the weekend, and emerged in fourth in front happy birthday, he did a fantastic job today,” of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas after they both pipe. Vettel made one daring attempt to grab degrade. The drama didn’t end there as on his going!” It was the 19th and last Malaysian he said. “The race was a tough one, obviously pitted for new tyres. As the top four entered the last podium spot up the inside of slow-down lap, Vettel collided with the Grand Prix at steamy Sepang. The race will they just had the upper hand on us today... I the final 10 laps of the 56, Vettel set a new Ricciardo at the end of the pit straight with Williams of Lance Stroll which left his Ferrari disappear from the calendar after Malaysia’s feel good but I think we have some work to race lap record of 1min 33.864sec, smashing seven laps to go. But the Australian closed him with one rear wheel on top of his car. government decided it would no longer cover do with the car. Obviously we didn’t have the Juan Pablo Montoya’s 2004 mark of 1:34.223, off and Vettel was forced to drop back and “That’s impossible,” Vettel thundered over the $67 million a year cost of staging the loss- pace this weekend.” and was closing fast on Ricciardo’s exhaust settle for fourth as his front tyres started to the radio. “Stroll wasn’t looking where he was making event. — AFP match a chance to improve on that performance and they largely did so in a bright first half, then through a New Zealand beats scrappy second half when strong defense suppressed the Pumas’ attempted comeback. Argentina 36-10 in Flyhalf Beauden Barrett and full- back McKenzie sparked the All Blacks’ attacking game in the first half, which Rugby Championship contrasted the dour style adopted by the Pumas. Argentina was able to grind away more effectively in the sec- BUENOS AIRES: Captain Kieran Read Africa two weeks ago. Read’s double ond half, gaining a better share of pos- scored two tries and earned a yellow and tries to Damian McKenzie and session and territory which helped sti- card as New Zealand flaunted its Waisake Naholo gave them a 29-3 fle New Zealand. depth in a 36-10 Rugby Championship lead by halftime and David Havili South African referee Jaco Peyper win over Argentina. The All Blacks scored a try on debut in the second had a major role in the match, issuing took the field knowing they had half. For Argentina, backrower Juan three yellow cards. He sin-binned secured the Rugby Championship title Manuel Leguizamon marked his 80th Pumas lock Tomas Lavanini - a serial for the fifth time in six years after test match with a second half try. offender - for a dangerous tackle in South Africa and Australia played a The All Blacks side was similar to the first half, dismissed All Blacks 27-27 draw in Bloemfontein. that which met the Pumas in New flanker Matt Todd for a maul infringe- New Zealand named a weakened Plymouth three weeks ago and was ment and Read in the second for a lineup for Saturday’s match, resting lucky to keep alive New Zealand’s high tackle. NANNING: File photo shows Kohei Uchimura competes on the rings during the men’s all- five frontline players ahead of next unbeaten record against Argentina.