DJOKOVIC BECOMES FATHER OF BABY GIRL

TWELVE-TIME Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena have become parents of a baby girl, local media reported yesterday. Jelena gave birth on Saturday evening and their second child will be named Tara, Blic newspaper reported on its online edition. The couple have a two-year-old son Stefan. The 30-year-old Djokovic announced in July he would miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury. The Serb retired from his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Tomas Berdych in July because of the problem, from which is suffering for a year-and-a-half. Between mid-January 2015 and June 2016, Djokovic won 17 of his 22 finals played in 24 tournaments. It seemed nothing could interrupt his dominance of world tennis. But for months the Serbian national hero – now fourth in the world rankings – has been a shadow of his former self. Since winning the French Open last year to complete the career Grand Slam, he has failed to claim another major title. one shot ahead of Spieth and Rose, who both rebounded from one-over 72s in the first round to shoot 65s yesterday. Both of Rahm’s mistakes came on his front nine which he began on the 10th tee. After parring his first two holes he made bogey on the par-four 12th. The 22-year-old Spaniard had a double bogey on the par-three 16th but answered it two holes later with an eagle on 18. His 200 foot approach set him up nicely for a 12-foot putt that curled right to left into the hole. “It felt like very different – that front nine and back nine,” Rahm said. “I played a nearly perfect back nine. Felt like I didn’t miss a shot. But that front nine is the one that probably looked worse than what it felt. It felt like I was making great swings. We misjudged the wind a couple times or we got a couple gusts and ended up missing greens.”