MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India close in on series-win, Federer poised for record Ekta does a ‘High Five’ as restrict Windies to 189/9 Wimbledon triumph India rout Pakistan by 95 runs LONDON, July 2: It's that simple. It's the same for NORTH SOUND Once the openers departed it Pandya returned and dismissed DERBY (ENGLAND), Novak and the same for Rafa," July 2: (ANTIGUA), July 2: got worse for the West Indies, wicket-keeper Shai Hope (25) by Twelve months after shutting said Federer who will start his which needed a good partnership having him caught behind and soon down his season in the wake of a All-rounder Hardik Pandya and Wimbledon campaign against Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht and a batsman, who could stay on Umesh Yadav had his first victim in devastating semi-final defeat, chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav Alexander Dolgopolov of came to the fore with a stellar the crease for a longer period. rival captain Jason Holder (11). Roger Federer returns to yet again proved very effective in Ukraine. show as India crushed arch- The chinaman bowler struck Half the team was back in Wimbledon as favourite to capture the middle overs as India restricted "I think it's very even when we rivals Pakistan by 95 runs in a for the second time when he pavilion. The responsibility to get a record-breaking eighth title and West Indies to a modest 189 for put it all out on the line. low-scoring encounter to record deceived Roston Chase (25) in the the side a fighting total was on become the tournament's oldest nine in the fourth cricket One-day Everybody has their own little their third successive victory in air and the ball clipped the bails, Jason Mohammed and Rovman champion. International, here today. story right now." the ICC Women's World Cup leaving the team at 121 for there in Powell. The evergreen Swiss, who Coming into the must-win For tennis storylines of 2017, here today. 31.2 overs. However both of them departed turns 36 in August, has stunned the match, West Indies elected to bat Federer shares top billing with After a couple of impressive The hosts maintained a decent soon. Powell, attempting to hit one critics who wrote him off as yes- and were off to a steady start but Nadal after the Spaniard defied the outings by the batswomen, it run-rate but now they needed to hard from Umesh, miscued one to terday's man when he went down lacked character for a flourishing doubters to win a 10th French was the turn of Bisht (10-2-18- accelerate to present some chal- Ravindra Jadeja while Mohammed to Milos Raonic in five gruelling finish against the visitors, who now Open. 5) and Co. to defend a meagre lenge before the formidable batting hit straight to Jadeja while slashing sets on Centre Court in 2016. look set to clinch the series. That took him to 15 Grand total of 169, skittling the opposi- line-up. one from Pandya.(PTI) The loss forced him off tour Openers Evin Lewis (35) and Slam titles, one ahead of Sampras tion out for a lowly 74 in 38.1 for the remainder of the year to rest Indian eves celebrating victory against arch rivals Pakistan in Kyle Hope (35) put on 57 runs in a and just three behind Federer. overs. a knee injury, leaving his Grand Womens World Cup at Derby in England on Sunday. steady start for the hosts before Indian boxers continue to But for Nadal, Wimbledon has India now have six points Slam title count on 17 where it had young Pandya (3/40) broke the always been bittersweet. from three games and are at the ple of wickets more. only manage a paltry 169 for 9 been since 2012. partnership by getting rid of the lat- He was champion in 2008 -- top of the table. Pakistan never recovered after electing to bat. shine in Asian Youth C’ships Fast forward a year and ter. where he beat Federer in a final It was a sweet revenge for from that setback. Seamers The Indian innings never Federer is poised to break the tie Kuldeep, who has looked BANGKOK, July 2: Next up for him is Japan's widely regarded as the greatest the Indian eves, who were beat- Jhulan Goswami (1/12 in 5 gained momentum in their for seven Wimbledon titles he impressive from the beginning of Nakagaki Ryutaro, who got the ever played -- and 2010 as well as en at home when the two teams overs) and young Mansi Joshi innings once in-form Smriti Indian boxers continued to shares with Pete Sampras and take his debut, made life tough for the better of Sri Lankan finishing runner-up in 2006, 2007 met in the ICC World T20 in (2/9 in 6.1 overs) were also on Mandhana (2) was dismissed produce commanding perform- his career tally at the majors to 19. West Indies batsmen with his stock Kudavithanage Lasindu in his and 2011. Delhi, last year. target. Deepti Sharma (1/21) and cheaply. Worse, skipper Raj (8) ances and four of them advanced With eternal rivals Andy ball and googlies. first-round clash. Injury forced him to skip What looked like a sub-par Harmanpreet Kaur (1/6) were and her deputy Harmanpreet to the quarterfinals on the second Murray and Novak Djokovic in Lewis tried to open his arms, Ankit registered a similarly Wimbledon in 2009 and 2016 score turned out to be a chal- economical as all the Kaur (10) could not also score day of the Asian Youth slumps of varying degrees, and going for a drive off Kuldeep, but comfortable win over Indonesia's while the years 2012-2015 saw lenging one for Pakistani bat- batswomen struggled to get too many runs, making it diffi- Championships here. Rafael Nadal fretting over whether the ball turned a bit and went Midhun Reza to enter the quar- him lose to Lukas Rosol (world ters, who have never successful- going. cult for the other players to Sudeep Kumar (52kg), Ankit or not his knees will bear the stress straight to captain Virat Kohli at terfinal. Awaiting him tomorrow ranked 100), Steve Darcis (135), ly chased more than 134 in a 50- Opener Nahida Khan (23 off accelerate. Kumar (60kg), Naveen Boora of grass courts, it is Federer once mid-wicket. is Kyrgyzstan's Egenberdi Uulu Nick Kyrgios (144) and Dustin over World Cup game. 62 balls) and skipper Sana Mir Opener Poonam Raut (48) (69kg) and Mohammed Etash again in the box seat. With Pandya and Kuldeep Adilet, who got a first round bye. Brown (102). They were all at sea against (29) were the only ones to reach consumed 72 balls while Deepti Khan (56kg) won their respective Federer, who captured a fifth (2/31) bowling in tandem accurate Naveen defeated A fourth round run in 2014 Ekta's arm balls. She removed double figures for Pakistan. Sharma fared no better playing opening bouts to enter the last- Australian Open in January, will lines, the hosts found the going Kyrgyzstan's Yryskulov Erzhan represents his best recent effort. Ayesha Zafar (1), Sidra Nawaz Indian skipper Mithali Raj 63 balls for a sedate 28. eight stage. go into Wimbledon buoyed by a tough. Lack of application from the to set up a clash with Huang Rui Nadal admits that if he suffers (0) and Iram Javed (0) in her praised Ekta for her perform- It was keeper Sushma Verma Sudeep was the first to take ninth title on the grass of Halle and home batsmen made the job easier of China. Rui also got an open- a new problem with his knees on first four overs to wreak havoc. ance. (33 off 35 balls), who used the the ring and he was up against refreshed by skipping the clay- for India. ing-round bye. the Wimbledon grass, where the All three deliveries were "I am proud of Ekta's per- long handle to get the team near Iraq's Eskander Yahya Husham. court season. Paceman Umesh Yadav (3/36) The experienced Etash, who lower bounce of the ball piles almost identical where the bat- formance. Whenever she has 170-run mark. The Indian was expected to win However, he will not write off also contributed in cleaning up the has competed in the World Youth more pressure on the legs and ters played for the turn but it been handed the new ball, she One of the main reasons for and he did so without any trou- his three major rivals with whom middle over by scalping three bats- Championships as well, sailed joints, then his visit to London didn't turn much after pitching. has performed. There were some India not being able to get past ble, fetching a unanimous verdict he has shared all the Wimbledon men. past Mongolia's Tsagaanbaatar may again be short-lived.(PTI) She later came back to get a cou- anxious moments when we lost 200-run mark was because of a in his favour. Munkhbaatar in his first round titles since his maiden triumph in the top-order (while batting). very slow fifth wicket partner- contest. 2003. The partnership between ship between Mona Meshram (6, The continental showpiece "If Andy is anything close to 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket Sushma Verma and Jhulan 35 balls) and Harmanpreet (10, features 120 boxers from 23 100% physically, I consider him Goswami towards the end was 23 balls).