https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 16 SPORT THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Sindhu, Saina advance NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Son stuns City, gives Spurs the edge 6.30 a.m. Kashyap and Srikanth also move up IPL: Star Sports 1, 2 & Select 1 (SD & HD), 8 p.m. Lloris stops Aguero penalty, enjoys redemption in a troubled campaign; Liverpool eases past Porto SINGAPORE OPEN H.S. Prannoy eked out a 11­ Europa League: Sony ESPN, 21, 21­16, 21­18 win over Sony Ten 1, 2 (SD & HD), CHAMPIONS LEAGUE added to his tally, but blasted France’s Brice Leverdez. 12.30 a.m. (Friday) over after a good cross from Press Trust of India The results: Men: Sameer Ver- Augusta Masters: D Sport, Henderson, who was again Singapore 12.30 a.m. (Friday). Agence France-Presse ma bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon London enjoying a more advanced P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal (Tha) 21-14, 21-6; H.S Prannoy IN BRIEF Tottenham overcame Harry midfield role. and K. Srikanth eased into bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 11-21, Kane’s latest injury woes as Porto, though, showed it the second round of the 21-16, 21-18; Kento Momota Son Heung­Min sealed a was not about to roll over — $355,000 Singapore Open (Jpn) bt Sai Praneeth 19-21, 21- 14, 22-20; P. Kashyap bt Ras- priceless 1­0 win over Man­ the dangerous Marega had a with straight­game wins ov­ low drive well saved by the er their respective rivals mus Gemke (Den) 21-19, 21-14; chester City after Hugo Llo­ K. Srikanth bt Sitthikom Tham- legs of Liverpool keeper Alis­ here on Wednesday. ris saved Sergio Aguero’s pe­ masain (Tha) 21-17, 21-18. nalty in a dramatic son Becker. Sindhu, seeded fourth, The visitors also felt they Doubles: Danny Bawa Chris- Champions League quarter­ took just 27 minutes to get nanta & Kean Hean Loh (Sin) bt should have had a penalty final first­leg on Tuesday. the better of Indonesia’s Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Red- Mauricio Pochettino’s side when the ball struck Alexan­ Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky dy 21-13, 21-17. earned a slender advantage der­Arnold's arm as he she­ 21­9, 21­7 . Sixth seed Saina Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Lyanny thanks to Son’s clinical strike pherded it out but after a tamed another Indonesian Alessandra Mainaky (Ina) 21-9, late in the second half at the VAR review the appeal was in Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-7; Saina Nehwal bt Yulia Yo- Tottenham Hotspur rejected. 21­16, 21­11. sephin Susanto 21-16, 21-11; Stadium. The Portuguese side K. Srikanth defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) While Son soaked up the fought well to stay in the Thailand’s Sitthikom Tham­ bt Mugdha Agrey 21-6, 21-8. Heat’s exit spoils plaudits, much­maligned game in a scrappy second masin 21­17, 21­18 in a 41­mi­ Mixed doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra & N. Sikki Reddy bt Wade farewell keeper Lloris also enjoyed a half to give themselves a nute match. M.R. Arjun and K. Maneesha LOS ANGELES chance of a comeback at P. Kashyap scored a 21­19 sweet moment of redemp­ 21-18, 21-7; Dechapol Puavara- Dwyane Wade was given an home in next week's second 21­14 win over World No. 28 tion in a troubled campaign nukroh & Sapsiree Taerattana- emotional send-off in his leg. when he kept out Aguero’s Priceless: Son Heung-Min’s clinical strike late in the second half gave Tottenham a Rasmus Gemke of Denmark chai bt Saurabh Sharma & final home game with the It will, however, be an­ first­half spot­kick. much-needed edge over City. * AFP 21­19, 21­14. Anoushka Parikh 21-21, 21-12; Miami Heat on Tuesday but gered when it sees television Sameer Verma defeated Lu Ching Yao & Lee Chia Hsin results elsewhere eliminated Kane injured unprecedented quadruple. semifinal since 1984. warning shot with Moussa replays of Salah's over the Thailand’s Suppanyu Avi­ (Tpe) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad the Florida team from playoff Tottenham’s victory was an But City boss Pep Guar­ Marega blasting narrowly top, raised studs challenge hingsanon 21­14, 21­6 while & Juhi Dewangan 21-12, 21-15. contention. The 37-year-old unexpected twist to an en­ diola is adamant it is “almost Upper hand for Reds wide in the second minute on Porto's Danilo Pereira five three-time NBA champion minutes from the end for delivered a 30-point display thralling encounter, espe­ impossible” to achieve a Goals from Naby Keita and but the home side took the cially after Kane injured his clean­sweep of all four major Roberto Firmino earned Li­ lead three minutes later which he could easily have as Heat defeated the been dismissed. Philadelphia 76ers by 122-99 left ankle in a tackle on Fa­ trophies. verpool a 2­0 win over Porto through a Keita shot which bian Delph early in the se­ He might be right on the as Jurgen Klopp's side took deflected off Porto midfiel­ Although Spanish referee at the American Airlines Antonio Mateu Lahoz gave a Arena. But Detroit Pistons’ cond half. evidence of a City display the upper hand in its quar­ der Oliver Torres and beat foul, Salah did not even re­ 100-93 victory over the But City had only itself to that lacked the cutting edge terfinal tie without killing off the helpless Iker Casillas. ceive a yellow card. Memphis Grizzlies ended blame for failing to earn an and intensity required to its Portuguese opponents. Liverpool had its second Miami’s slender hopes of advantage for the second­leg keep Tottenham at bay. On a bitterly cold night at in the 26th minute — Jordan progressing to playoffs. AFP in Manchester on April 17. City’s first defeat since a Anfield, Liverpool was well Henderson split the Porto Having won the League January 29 setback at New­ below its best and Porto de­ defence with a superb pass Cup, reached the FA Cup fi­ castle is not fatal to its Euro­ serves credit for a deter­ to Trent Alexander­Arnold, Anand finishes nal and kept the destiny of pean ambitions, but it will mined performance after go­ whose low cross was tapped the Premier League title in have to improve on this tired ing two goals down in 26 in from close range by in fifth place its own hands, this was City’s effort to stop Tottenham minutes. Firmino Sailing through: P.V. Sindhu took just 27 minutes to get past next hurdle in the race for an reaching its first European The visitors fired an early The Brazilian should have Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky. * FILE PHOTO Sports Bureau SHAMKIR (Azerbaijan) Viswanathan Anand drew Hardik, Rahul with Veselin Topalov in the Return of Smith and Warner adds ninth round to finish Thapa puts Chennaiyin in final fourth with 4.5 points, the depose before same as Alexander Gris­ SUPER CUP chuk and Teimour Radja­ pressure to WC selection: Turner Ombudsman bov in the Shamkir Chess Amitabha Das Sharma P.K. Ajith Kumar At this point, all I Special Correspondent 2019 tournament here. BHUBANESWAR JAIPUR <> However, the Indian was can do is to prepare MUMBAI placed fifth in the rankings Anirudh Thapa made the On the morning of Decem­ to be a part of the With an eye on India’s selec­ behind Magnus Carlsen, star turn for Chennaiyin FC, ber 19, 2018, Ashton Turner squad and train well tion for the World Cup, Har­ Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin scoring one and assisting the woke up at 3 a.m. to the dik Pandya and K.L. Rahul and Grischuk. other, to help his side over­ news that he was picked up ing we’ll go pretty deep in deposed before the BCCI #70929 The results (ninth round): come ATK by two second­ by Rajasthan Royals at the the tournament.” Ombudsman, D.K. Jain, in half goals (2­0) in the second IPL auction. Anand (4.5) drew with Ve- Looking back at his most connection with their loose semifinal of the Super Cup at It would take another selin Topalov (4); David Nava- famous innings, he said: “To comments on the opposite ra (4) drew with Teimour Rad- the Kalinga Stadium here on three months for the world be a part of a win in my first­ sex during a television chat jabov (4.5). Wednesday. to wake up to his talent. ever away series in tough show earlier this year. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov With an astonishing 84 not C.K. Vineeth opened the conditions like India was an Days after the show was (3.5) drew with Sergey Karja- out off 43 balls, he led Aus­ scoring soon after the break unbelievable feeling.” aired in January, Rahul and kin (5); Ding Liren (5) drew off a Thapa assist before the tralia to a four­wicket victory with Anish Giri (3); Magnus “Back home, I’ve been Hardik received a backlash latter doubled the lead with against India in the fourth Carlsen (7) bt Alexander Gris- playing a fair bit of T20 crick­ for their controversial com­ a fine effort. The two­time ODI at Mohali in March. chuk (4.5). et like in the Big Bash League ments on women. As a re­ ISL champion will meet FC Chasing a daunting 360, and it has helped prepare sult, they were sent back Goa in the final on Saturday.