EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2019 SPORT 21 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Mithun Perera clinches title Anuj Uppal Humpy NBA: Sony Six (SD & HD), 7 a.m. takes honours second in Vijay Merchant Trophy: Fi­ An even­par show helps the Sri Lankan to an one­stroke win nal, Star Sports 3, 9 a.m. Special Correspondent Monaco GP Big Bout League: Star RCGC GOLF NEW DELHI Sports 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. Anuj Uppal won the Delhi V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Premier League: SS Select 1 HYDERABAD (SD & HD), 1.15 a.m. Y.B. Sarangi State 15­red snooker title KOLKATA (Tuesday) here. Grandmaster Koneru Hum­ Serie A: Sony Ten 2 (SD & Overnight joint leader Mith­ In the final, Uppal de­ py’s comeback journey HD), 1.15 a.m. (Tuesday) un Perera’s even­par show­ feated Jaison Malhotra 65­ continued in the women’s ing enabled register a one­ 38, 60­25, 66­43, 15­58, 70­ FIDE Grand Prix in Monaco IN BRIEF stroke win in the inaugural 17, 56­61, 38­65, 43­66, 65­ on Saturday night, finish­ ₹40 lakh ICC RCGC Open at 13. ing runner­up and retain­ Uppal and Malhotra will ing the World No. 3 (Elo the Royal Calcutta Golf Club Champions, indeed! The victorious USA team. * GETTY IMAGES course here on Sunday, represent Delhi in the Na­ 2580) position. Sanjeev Kumar, who res­ tional championship. umed from third spot, card­ Crucial loss The Hindu ed a 71 to take the second Bagan eyeing USA triumphs Humpy told on place. Sunday, a ninth­round loss to German Elisabeth Pahtz Perera turned around a full points Internationals succumb on final day had affected the final disappointing start, includ­ als, who led for the first analysis. ing three bogeys on front against Kerala PRESIDENTS CUP three days of the biennial Russian Aleksandra Go­ Siakam shines as nine, to perform amazingly matchplay event but failed ryachkina went into the Raptors down Nets on back nine. The never­say­ Press Trust of India Agence France-Presse Kolkata to deliver the killer blow last round with a full­point LOS ANGELES die Sri Lankan, who had Melbourne against a more experienced advantage over Humpy Pascal Siakam scored 30 dropped four shots by the On a high after thrashing Tiger Woods’ United States and accomplished US team. and Alexandra Kosteniuk points, 10 rebounds and five 11th hole, raised his game to­ TRAU FC, Mohun Bagan produced a stunning turna­ (eventual champion). The assists, as Toronto Raptors wards the close and birdied It was the United States’ will look to bag full points round to deny Internation­ Indian would have won the defeated the visiting four of the last five holes, 11th victory in 13 editions of against Gokulam Kerala in als a first Presidents Cup in title if Kosteniuk had lost to Brooklyn Nets 110­102 in the barring 17th. its I­League fixture at Kalya­ the event. NBA on Saturday. Getting it right: Mithun Perera raised his game towards the 21 years on Sunday, domi­ Pahtz. As Sanjeev was in the ni Stadium on Monday. The results: Internationals 14 The results: Houston Rockets close to triumph. * RAJEEV BHATT nating the singles on a tense But, the former World lead, Perera played with grit. The match will be the lost to USA 16 [Abraham Ancer 107 lost to Detroit Pistons final day that went to the lost to Tiger Woods 3 & 2; Hideki Champion won convinc­ 115; Dallas Mavericks 118 lost On 18th, his second shot tra­ away earlier this year,” said (71, 70, 67, 72); 281: Sanjeev Mariners penultimate fix­ wire. ingly and emerged winner velled more than 200 yards ture before the high­voltage Matsuyama tied with Tony Fi­ to Miami Heat 122; Perera, who recently be­ Kumar (75, 68, 67, 71); 284: Veteran Matt Kuchar was nau; CT Pan lost to Patrick Reed thanks to a better tie­ Milwaukee Bucks 125 bt to lie within three feet from came a father himself. Anil Mane (69, 68, 76, 71), Sha­ derby against East Bengal. the hero, with his winning 4 & 2; Li Haotong lost to Dustin break. Cleveland Cavaliers 108; the pin. Perera, the only golfer in mim Khan (74, 73, 66, 71). Gokulam has an all­win putt on the 17th in the pe­ Johnson 4 & 3; Adam Hadwin Humpy will not play the Toronto Raptors 110 bt The 32­year­old main­ the field not to shoot over­ 285: Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (69, record from two games so nultimate match enough to tied with Bryson DeChambeau; third of the Grand Prix se­ Brooklyn Nets 102; Denver tained his composure to sink 76, 71, 69), Ankur Chadha (68, far and look well­organised Im Sung­jae bt Gary Woodland 4 Nuggets 110 bt Oklahoma par, claimed the winner’s ensure victory, sparking ries in Lausanne (March 1 a birdie and celebrate his purse of ₹ 6,46,600 for his 73, 74, 70), Kapil Kumar (68, while Bagan redeemed it­ wild celebrations from play­ & 3; Joaquin Niemann lost to Pa­ to 14, 2020) as the result City Thunder 102; Chicago 68, 72, 77) and Manu Gandas first professional victory in seventh win and his first self with a 4­0 victory over ing­captain Woods, who set trick Cantlay 3 & 2; Adam Scott there would not affect her Bulls 109 bt LA Clippers 106; (76, 70, 74, 65); 286: Chiragh lost to Xander Schauffele 2 & 1; Memphis Grizzlies 128 bt the city. since March 2018. debutants TRAU FC in its the tone by getting the first standing. She would, in­ Kumar (74, 68, 73, 71); 287: previous game, after failing An Byeong­hun lost to Webb Washington Wizards 111; “I dedicate this win to my Kapil Kumar, who was in Yashas Chandra (75, 73, 71, 68), point on the board. stead, like to devote the to register a win in its first Simpson 2 & 1; Cameron Smith Phoenix SAuns 119 lost to San father and one of Sri Lanka’s the lead for the first three Sunit Chowrasia (70, 72, 70, 75) bt Justin Thomas 2 & 1; Louis time to improving her Antonio Spurs 121. AFP all­time great golfers, Nanda­ days, finished tied­fifth. and Abhinav Lohan (75, 70, 67, two. Crushing loss Oosthuizen tied with Matt Ku­ game, she said. sena Perera, who passed The scores: 280: Mithun Perera 75). Spanish coach Fernando It was a crushing loss for Er­ char; Marc Leishman tied with She would next play the Varela, however, refused to nie Els’ young Internation­ Rickie Fowler]. women’s World rapid and read much into Gokulam’s blitz championship from recent form and success December 25 though it “is Barsoton, Shone win in record time against its opponent it had not my cup of tea being a beaten in its only previous Gold for Tasnim; classical player”. Tokyo unveils main Srinu Bugatha and Kiranjeet are the fastest Indians encounter this season, in Olympics stadium the Durand Cup. TOKYO KOLKATA 25K Mohun Bagan gaffer Kibu Tara takes silver Tokyo formally unveiled its Vicuna brushed aside his Press Trust of India seeded Tasnim claimed a 17­ 60,000­seater main Olympic Y.B. Sarangi side’s previous result Surabaya (Indonesia) 21, 21­11, 21­19 win. Both girls Stadium on Sunday, more KOLKATA against Gokulam. bettered their performances than seven months before Tasnim Mir clinched her Kenyan Leonard Barsoton “It is a different game to­ from the last edition when the 2020 opening ceremony maiden under­15 women’s and Ethiopian Guteni Shone morrow. That match was they had reached the quar­ — with a host of special very even and we didn’t title at the U­17 & U­15 Asia features to beat the feared won the elite men and wo­ terfinals in Myanmar. men’s titles with new event take advantage of the junior badminton cham­ heat. Built on the site of the pionships outshining com­ stadium used for the 1964 records on an altered course chances we had at the end In Saturday’s semifinals, in the $100,000 Tata Steel of the match. We know that patriot Tara Shah in the final Tasnim thrashed Sora Ishio­ Tokyo Olympics, it has five here on Sunday. floors above ground and two Kolkata 25K here on Sunday. we have a hard game to play ka of Japan 21­16, 21­11, while below, with greenery on the Barsoton, who confirmed but we are prepared to face The young shuttlers Tara beat Kazune Iwato, al­ Koneru Humpy. decks to provide shade from participation only two it.” fought hard before top­ so of Japan, 21­18, 21­14. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the scorching sun. The eaves weeks ago, left the others be­ around the outer perimeter hind with 4km to go and Leonard Barsoton. Guteni Shone. will help channel breeze into crossed the line in 1:13:05s. * RAJEEV BHATT * RAJEEV BHATT the stadium. AFP “Am excited to have bro­ for a considerable period, the Indians got ₹2.75 lakh. ken the record (1:13:48) of took a break after a bout of the great Kenenisa Bekele on vomiting. The results: Elite: Men: 1. Leo­ first attempt,” said Barsoton, nard Barsoton (Ken) 1:13:05; 2. It allowed Kiranjeet Kaur, Betesfa Getahun (Eth) 1:13:33; 3. who returned a superb who spent almost 21 hours in Bayelign Yegsaw (Eth) 1:13:36. 59:09 at the Valencia half­ transit from Delhi to Kolkata Women: 1. Guteni Shone (Eth) marathon earlier this year. due to a flight delay by Air 1:22:09; 2.