SPORTS DIGEST

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.65pts ave, 2 Jon Rahm (Spa) 8.99, 3 Jordan Spieth (USA) 8.40, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.87, 5 Justin Rose (Eng) 7.39, 6 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 7.12, 7 Rickie Fowler (USA) 6.64, 8 Jason Day (Aus) 6.03, 9 Brooks Koepka (USA) 5.95, 10 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 5.65, 11 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.46, 12 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.28, 13 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5.22, 14 Marc Leishman (Aus) 5.01, 15 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4.76, 16 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.69, 17 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.44, 18 Pat Perez (USA) 4.41, 19 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.39, 20 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.75, 21 Brian Harman (USA) 3.69, 22 Xander Schauffele (USA) 3.50, 23 Charley Hoffman (USA) 3.50, 24 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.46, 25 Patrick Reed (USA) 3.35, 26 Gary Woodland (USA) 3.32, 27 Ross Fisher (Eng) 3.30, 28 Branden Grace (Rsa) 3.27, 29 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.21, 30 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.15, 31 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.11, 32 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.08, 33 Tony Finau (USA) 3.08, 34 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 3.05, 35 Daniel Berger (USA) 3.05, 36 Kevin Chappell (USA) 2.93, 37 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.85, 38 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 2.69, 39 Brendan Steele (USA) 2.68, 40 Bubba Watson (USA) 2.61, 41 Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 2.61, 42 Thomas Pieters (Bel) 2.61, 43 Chez Reavie (USA) 2.50, 44 Jason Dufner (USA) 2.49, 45 Webb Simpson (USA) 2.48, 46 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 2.45, 47 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 2.45, 48 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 2.44, 49 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 2.43, 50 Adam Hadwin (Can) 2.43. EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI (prize money in Euros (Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 748,074, 2 Tommy Fleetwood 628,754, 3 Haotong Li (Chn) 523,650, 4 Rory Mcilroy 502,230, 5 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 470,032, 6 Chris Paisley 457,525, 7 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 418,480, 8 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 370,168, 9 Joost Luiten (Ned) 353,060, 10 Ross Fisher 348,330, 11 Alexander Levy (Fra) 323,797, 12 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 322,660, 13 Tyrrell Hatton 229,200, 14 Alexander Bjork (Swe) 219,503, 15 Paul Peterson (USA) 216,339, 16 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 209,209, 17 Ryan Fox (Nzl) 207,466, 18 Chris Wood 194,440, 19 Matthew Fitzpatrick 192,550, 20 Cameron Smith (Aus) 191,660. WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 7.19pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 6.87, 3 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 6.66, 4 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.65, 5 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 5.66, 6 In Gee Chun (Kor) 5.46, 7 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 5.41, 8 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.35, 9 Cristie Kerr (USA) 4.97, 10 Hye Jin Choi (Kor) 4.83, 11 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 4.60, 12 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.10, 13 Inbee Park (Kor) 3.97, 14 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 3.96, 15 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.88, 16 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 3.78, 17 Minjee Lee (Aus) 3.69, 18 Stacy Lewis (USA) 3.46, 19 Danielle Kang (USA) 3.43, 20 Mirim Lee (Kor) 3.28, 21 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 3.23, 22 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 3.17, 23 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.11, 24 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 3.00, 25 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 2.92.

ICE HOCKEY

Winnipeg Jets rose to the top of the Central Division with a 7-2 victory over the Florida Panthers. Kyle Connor netted two goals and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves as the Jets clinched their third straight win, lifting them two points above the Nashville Predators. Florida’s Denis Malgin had opened the scoring in Manitoba as Winnipeg played the ninth game of a 10-fixture homestand. Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers replied for the hosts, before Aleksander Barkov scored Florida’s second and final goal of the game in the second period. That prompted a sustained counter-attack by Winnipeg, who scored five in a row, including four in the third period. In North Carolina, Taylor Hall scored with 22 seconds left in overtime to propel the New Jersey Devils 3-2 over the Hurricanes. A strong performance by Keith Kinkaid saw him stop 40 shots for the Devils, while Nico Hischier and Pavel Zacha were on target for the visitors. Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen found the net in the first period before an equaliser by Jeff Skinner with around two and a quarter minutes left of regulation. Newcomer Tristan Jarry made 35 saves for the Pittsburgh Penguins as the defending champions defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2. The Penguins’ fifth consecutive win took them to the top of the Metropolitan Division to lead Washington Capitals by one point. The Philadelphia Flyers put in another solid performance to dismiss the New York Rangers 7-4, their fifth win on the road, and the San Jose Sharks got their fourth win in five games with a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Carolina Hurricanes 2 New Jersey Devils 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 Edmonton Oilers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Detroit Red Wings 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 3, NY Rangers 4 Philadelphia Flyers 7, San Jose Sharks 5 Dallas Stars 2, Winnipeg Jets 7 Florida Panthers 2.

TENNIS

ATP CHAMPIONS RANKINGS 2018: 1 Roger Federer (Swi) 10105pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 9760, 3 Marin Cilic (Cro) 4960, 4 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 4635, 5 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4450, 6 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4220, 7 David Goffin (Bel) 3280, 8 Jack Sock (USA) 2880, 9 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 2825, 10 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 2815, 11 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 2660, 12 Sam Querrey (USA) 2595, 13 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 2475, 14 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 2470, 15 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 2395, 16 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 2335, 17 Tomas Berdych (Cze) 2230, 18 John Isner (USA) 2205, 19 Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 1985, 20 Andy Murray (Gbr) 1960, 21 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 1850, 22 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 1845, 23 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1810, 24 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1715, 25 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1667, 26 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 1595, 27 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 1560, 28 Gilles Muller (Lux) 1535, 29 Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 1490, 30 Hyeon Chung (Kor) 1472, 31 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 1439, 32 Milos Raonic (Can) 1400, 33 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1380, 34 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1375, 35 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 1335, 36 Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 1320, 37 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 1295, 38 David Ferrer (Spa) 1280, 39 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1265, 40 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1260, 41 Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 1235, 42 Robin Haase (Ned) 1220, 43 Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 1098, 44 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 1091, 45 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1075, 46 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1031, 47 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 1030, 48 Borna Coric (Cro) 1001, 49 Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 999, 50 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 984. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 8010pts, 2 Simona Halep (Rom) 7965, 3 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 6175, 4 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 5910, 5 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 5080, 6 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 5000, 7 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 4625, 8 Venus Williams (USA) 4277, 9 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 3220, 10 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 3086, 11 Julia Goerges (Ger) 2910, 12 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2875, 13 Sloane Stephens (USA) 2813, 14 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 2775, 15 Madison Keys (USA) 2703, 16 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 2585, 17 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 2486, 18 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 2433, 19 Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 2405, 20 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 2362, 21 Elise Mertens (Bel) 2245, 22 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 2125, 23 Elena Vesnina (Rus) 2115, 24 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 2050, 25 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 1940, 26 Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 1820, 27 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 1760, 28 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1740, 29 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 1725, 30 Lucie Safarova (Cze) 1601, 31 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 1600, 32 Shuai Peng (Chn) 1585, 33 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 1485, 34 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1465, 35 Timea Babos (Hun) 1430, 36 Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 1385, 37 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 1380, 38 Irina-camelia Begu (Rom) 1345, 39 Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 1301, 40 Alize Cornet (Fra) 1280, 41 Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) 1275, 42 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 1260, 43 Maria Sharapova (Rus) 1247, 44 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 1232, 45 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 1166, 46 Qiang Wang (Chn) 1160, 47 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) 1142, 48 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 1130, 49 Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 1111, 50 Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 1105. Selected other: 72 Heather Watson (Gbr) 866. WTA DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st rd: Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-4 7-5, Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 3-6 7-6 (11-9) 6-3, Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 7-5 6-4, Naomi Osaka (Jpn) bt (8) Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 6-2 6-2, (7) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2.