Halep advances, Stephens exits
CINCINNATI: Top seed Simona Halep returned to sew up victory over Ajla Tomljanovic on Thursday after their second round match at the Cincinnati Open had been suspended the previous day due to rain, while reigning US Open champion Sloane Stephens was knocked out in the third round by Elise Mertens.
Stephens, seeded third, fell to the 15th seeded Belgian 7-6(8), 6-2 and failed to reach the quarter-finals for the third time in her past four events. German fourth seed Angelique Kerber was also upset, going down 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 to American Madison Keys, while Aryna Sabalenka beat sixth seed Caroline Garcia 6-4, 3-6 7,-5.
MAN CITY’S DE BRUYNE OUT FOR THREE MONTHS
MANCHESTER: Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will miss up to three months of action but will not need surgery after scans revealed the full extent of his knee injury, the Premier League club said on Friday.
De Bruyne, who came on as a substitute in City’s 2-0 victory over Arsenal in their first league match of the season , suffered the injury in training this week.
DYNAMOS SIGN SERBIAN STRIKER ANDRIJA
NEW DELHI: Delhi Dynamos FC signed Serbian forward Andrija Kaluderovic on Friday for the Indian Super League. The striker joins the ISL side on the back of finishing as the top scorer for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian League last season.
Kaluderovic’s signing takes the Dynamos foreign quota to four players.
The 31-year old has had stints in Serbia, China, Spain, Switzerland, Lithuania and Australia and has scored more than 100 goals in 236 club appearances.