Sport in brief
SNOOKER Anthony Hamilton will play Ali Carter in the final of the German Masters following a surprise win over world No.2 Stuart Bingham. The world No.66, who has never won a rankings event and last reached a final almost 15 years ago, recorded a 6-4 success over former world champion Bingham in Berlin. Hamilton had been 5-1 up, and although Bingham reduced the deficit with breaks of 80 and 55, Hamilton compiled 77 in the 10th frame to progress.
Earlier in the day, Carter booked his place in Sunday’s final by ending the title defence of reigning champion Martin Gould.
The world No.14 recovered from dropping the opening frame to beat Gould 6-2 at the Tempodrom. SQUASH Scottish No.1 Alan Clyne gave world champion Karim Abdel Gawad a scare before losing to the Egyptian in the semi-finals of the Swedish Open in Linkoping,
The Inverness player stunned Colombia’s world No.13 Miguel Rodriguez in the first round and then benefited from a walkover when French third seed Mathieu Castagnet pulled out of Friday’s quarter-final due to injury.
Gawad was still feeling the effects of his 98-minute victory over Australian Cameron Pilley, and Clyne capitalised on that to take the opening game. The defending champion eventually went through 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5. CURLING Gina Aitken’s title dreams ended at the Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday, but fellow Scot Bruce Mouat is still on target for a place in Tuesday’s men’s final.
Aitken won six of her first seven round-robin matches but lost the last two, meaning she had to face Swiss skip Briar Huerlimann in a play-off for the last semi-final spot.
The former world junior silver medallist had beaten Huerlimann 6-5 last Wednesday, but Huerlimann took revenge yesterday when a two at the penultimate end gave her a 6-4 victory and clinched a semi-final with Russia’s European champion Victoria Moiseeva. Mouat won all nine of his roundrobin fixtures and now plays Norwegian Steffen Walstad in today’s semis.
Meanwhile, two-time world silver medallist Tom Brewster suffered a shock quarter-final defeat on his home ice at the Aberdeen City Open, crashing out yesterday when Welshman James Pougher defeated him 7-5. TODAY Football LaLiga, Sporting Gijon v Alaves - Sky Sports 1 1940. Snooker World Grand Prix - ITV4 1845. Basketball NBA, Memphis Grizzlies v San Antonio Spurs - BT Sport 1 0230 (Tues).