SPORTS DIGEST
BADMINTON
YONEX FRENCH OPEN 2019 (Paris) Women’s Singles 1st rd: Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) bt Kirsty Gilmour (Sco) 19-21 21-17 21-9. Women’s Doubles 1st rd: Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) bt Chloe Birch & Lauren Smith (Eng) 21-19 21-16. Mixed Doubles 1st rd: Ben Lane & Jessica Pugh (Eng) bt Nipitphon Phuangphuapet & Savitree Amitrapai (Tha) 21-19 21-16, Tak Ching Chang & Wing Yung NG (Hkg) bt Sam Magee & Chloe Magee (Irl) 21-19 21-15.
GOLF
OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 11.58pts, 2 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 9.34, 3 Dustin Johnson (USA) 8.21, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 8.16, 5 Jon Rahm (Spa) 7.65, 6 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 7.00, 7 Justin Rose (Eng) 6.84, 8 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.76, 9 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 5.74, 10 Tiger Woods (USA) 5.71, 11 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 5.43, 12 Webb Simpson (USA) 5.42, 13 Tony Finau (USA) 5.41, 14 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.39, 15 Adam Scott (Aus) 5.10, 16 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.07, 17 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.04, 18 Gary Woodland (USA) 5.00, 19 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.83, 20 Rickie Fowler (USA) 4.60, 21 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.44, 22 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 4.04, 23 Kevin Na (USA) 3.96, 24 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.85, 25 Marc Leishman (Aus) 3.83, 26 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.80, 27 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.70, 28 Jason Day (Aus) 3.57, 29 Matt Wallace (Eng) 3.55, 30 Daniel Willett (Eng) 3.45, 31 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.38, 32 Chez Reavie (USA) 3.33, 33 Bubba Watson (USA) 3.06, 34 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.03, 35 Billy Horschel (USA) 3.03, 36 Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 3.02, 37 Jordan Spieth (USA) 2.90, 38 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 2.82, 39 Ian Poulter (Eng) 2.80, 40 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.76, 41 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 2.72, 42 Adam Hadwin (Can) 2.71, 43 Sungjae Im (Kor) 2.65, 44 Andrew Putnam (USA) 2.65, 45 Cameron Smith (Aus) 2.65, 46 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 2.61, 47 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.60, 48 Keegan Bradley (USA) 2.59, 49 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.56, 50 Phil Mickelson (USA) 2.46.
WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1Jin Young Ko (Kor) 10.59pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 7.64, 3 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 6.38, 4 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 6.21, 5 Lexi Thompson (USA) 5.98, 6 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 5.91, 7 Nelly Korda (USA) 5.71, 8 Minjee Lee (Aus) 5.63, 9 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.47, 10 Inbee Park (Kor) 5.37, 11 Danielle Kang (USA) 5.22, 12 Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 5.01, 13 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 4.86, 14 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.85, 15 Jessica Korda (USA) 4.52, 16 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 4.48, 17 Hyo Joo Kim (Kor) 4.43, 18 Lizette Salas (USA) 4.19, 19 Hannah Green (Aus) 3.95, 20 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.80, 21 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 3.73, 22 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 3.49, 23 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.45, 24 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.12, 25 Bronte Law (Eng) 3.09.
GRIDIRON
The New England Patriots maintained their 100 per cent start to the NFL season with a resounding 33-0 victory over the New York Jets.
Jets’ quarterback Sam Darnold had a game to forget, completing only 11 of 32 passes for 86 yards. The 22-year-old was picked off four times including twice in the red zone as New York were shut out for the first time since December 2017, and fall to 1-5. Conversely, the Patriots offence fired on all cylinders against their AFC East rivals with Tom Brady leading two touchdown drives for New England in the first quarter. The Pats went into the break 24-0 up and Sony Michel got his third rushing touchdown of the night in the fourth. The Patriots hold the league’s best record at 7-0. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: New York Jets 0 New England Patriots 33.
ICE HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Dallas Stars 2 Ottawa Senators 1, Philadelphia Flyers 6 Vegas Golden Knights 2, St Louis Blues 3 Colorado Avalanche 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT).
TENNIS
WTA ELITE TROPHY (Zhuhai, China) Group A: Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
Group C: Saisai Zheng (Chn) bt Madison Keys (USA) 6-4 6-2.
Group D: Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) 6-3 6-4.