No. 1 Swiatek downed by Krejcikova in Dubai final
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.
Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek. No. 8 Daria Kasaktina was also overcome in the second round.
The Czech is the fifth woman in the Open era to beat the world's top three at the same event.
“It's a big achievement and I think it's going to give me a lot of confidence that I can play with the best ones,” Krejcikova said.
The former French Open champion dominated the final, breaking Swiatek five times. The Pole earned two breaks back in the first set, but Krejcikova then played out a love break and held to love for the set.
In the second, she broke for 2-1 and 5-2 and easily held serve to win her sixth singles title.
Her previous title was in October, when she beat Swiatek for the first time in the Ostrava final.
• Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open in Doha when he defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s
Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second.
Murray fought back but Medvedev stifled him and earned his 17th singles title.
“Sometimes we were playing bad, then suddenly both of us were playing amazing,” Medvedev said. “I'm happy to win.”
Medvedev also won in Rotterdam last weekend and his winning streak is at nine matches.
“Daniil is one of my favorite players to watch and one of the best players on the tour,” said Murray, who was playing in a record fifth Doha final. “It's great for me to get that opportunity to play against someone of his level in a final again.”
• No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz and second-seeded Cameron Norrie won semifinal matches and will meet in today's final at the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro.
Alcaraz worked hard to beat Nicolas Jarry 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-0. Norrie topped Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3).
Alcarez and Norrie also clashed last weekend in the title match of the Argentina Open, which Alcaraz won in straight sets.
Barbora Krejcikova, above, closed out a string of upsets by beating Iga Swiatek for the Dubai Championships title Saturday.
Alcaraz dropped only his second set in the Rio Open tournament against Jarry.
The 19-year-old Spaniard was in trouble with the Chilean's effective service in the first two sets, but showed he had more energy in the third.
Norrie will play his third final of the year. He needed 21/2 hours to beat Zapata Miralles.
Asked what he needs to do differently from the finals in Buenos Aires and Auckland, which he lost to Alcaraz and Richard Gasquet, Norrie said: “I have to play better in the big moments.”
Norrie leads the tour in wins in 2023, with 17 victories against three losses.
Perez leads final day of Formula 1 testing
Red Bull driver Sergio Perez moved up the leaderboard as the sun went down to lead the third and final day of Formula One testing.
It underlined how strong Red Bull looks heading into next weekend's seasonopening race on the same Sakhir desert circuit in Bahrain. Defending world champion Max Verstappen led the first test day.
“A very successful end to the test with another day of uninterrupted running,” Red Bull head of race engineering Gianpiero Lambiase said. “Checo (Perez) was able to complete a variety of test items, including a chance to get a feel for the car under conditions closer to qualifying and the race.”
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was .36 seconds behind Perez in second but the twitchy W14 again experienced problems with balance and traction.
Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas was .52 behind Perez in third ahead of Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc — who led after the morning session —
and Carlos Sainz Jr. The Ferraris were around .7 seconds off Perez's pace but showed good reliability.
Perez drove all day and completed 133 laps. Bottas racked 131. Only Alex Albon did more than them with 136 laps for Williams, while the seven-time F1 champion Hamilton did 65.
Austria's Schwarz wins slalom race
Marco Schwarz of Austria won a tight giant slalom race as the men's World Cup circuit made a stop at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, Calif. for the first time since 1969.
In fifth place after the opening run, Schwarz powered through the course in a combined time of 2 minutes, 23.63 seconds to hold off Swiss standout Marco Odermatt by 0.03 seconds. Rasmus Windingstad of Norway wound up third to earn his first World Cup podium finish since 2019.
It was Schwarz's first World Cup win since a slalom race on Jan. 26, 2021, at Schladming, Austria.
Odermatt has now been on the podium in each of the last 14 World Cup giant slalom races he's started.
It's been quite a season for Odermatt, who also won the giant slalom at the world championships in Courchevel, France, on Feb. 17. Odermatt's performance Saturday extended his lead over Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway in his bid to win back-to-back overall World Cup titles.
The top American finisher was George Steffey in 21st place.
The last time the men were in California — 54 years ago — Reinhard Tritscher of Austria won a giant slalom race and American Billy Kidd took a slalom event.
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Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Johnson on a minor league contract.
National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS:
Agreed to terms with SS Jake Hager on a minor league contract.
BOSTON BRUINS: Waived F Vinni Lettieri. COLORADO AVALANCHE: Acquired G Keith Kinkaid from Boston in exchange for F Shane Bowers. Signed D Keaton Middleton to a two-year contract.
Recalled D Billy Sweezey from Cleveland (AHL).
Acquired a 2024 second-round pick from Winnipeg in exchange for F Nino Niederreiter.
Waived F Jake
Recalled F Mark Kastelic from Belleville.
Recalled F Elliot Desnoyers from Lehigh Valley (AHL). Reassigned G Jonas Johansson to Colorado (AHL).
Claimed F Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from Pittsburgh. Reassigned F Nikita Alexandrov to Springfield (AHL).
Placed D Jordie
Acquired F Vitali Kravtsov from the New York Rangers in exchange for F William Lockwood and a 2026 seventh-round pick.
Reassigned G Michael Hutchinson and D Daniil.
PORTLAND TIMBERS: Signed D Eric Miller to a one-year contract with a club option for 2024.
PGA TOUR-THE HONDA CLASSIC
At PGA National Golf Club Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse:
Yardage:
Third Round
$8.4 million
7,125;
Par:
Chris Kirk ......................... 69-62-66—197 -13 Eric Cole ........................... 67-66-66—199 -11 Justin Suh ........................ 66-64-70—200 -10 Shane Lowry .................... 68-68-65—201 -9 Ben Taylor .......................... 67-65-69—201 -9 Byeong Hun An ................. 70-65-67—202 -8 Tyler Duncan ..................... 67-67-68—202 -8 Brice Garnett .................... 69-64-70—203 -7 Ryan Gerard ...................... 69-63-71—203 -7 Ben Martin ........................ 69-64-70—203 -7 Cameron Percy ................ 69-68-66—203 -7 Sepp Straka ...................... 69-68-66—203 -7 Chesson Hadley ............... 69-66-69—204 -6 Matt Wallace ................... 67-68-69—204 -6 Ryan Brehm ....................... 67-74-64—205 -5 Kramer Hickok ................. 71-68-66—205 -5 David Lingmerth .............. 69-68-68—205 -5 Davis Riley ......................... 71-67-67—205 -5 Adam Svensson ............... 70-66-69—205 -5 C. Bezuidenhout ............... 68-71-67—206 -4 Ben Griffin ......................... 69-71-66—206 -4 Billy Horschel ................... 65-73-68—206 -4 Zach Johnson .................... 68-67-71—206 -4 William McGirt ................ 73-66-67—206 -4 Adrian Meronk .................. 67-69-70—206 -4 AndrewNovak ................. 69-68-69—206-4 Kevin Roy .......................... 72-68-66—206 -4 Adam Schenk .................... 67-68-71—206 -4 Robby Shelton ................. 73-67-66—206 -4 Dylan Wu ........................... 71-68-67—206 -4 Tano Goya .......................... 68-66-73—207 -3 Garrick Higgo ................... 75-66-66—207 -3 Lee Hodges ....................... 71-69-67—207 -3 Stephan Jaeger ................. 71-69-67—207 -3 KellyKraft ......................... 71-66-70—207-3 Taylor Pendrith ................ 69-69-69—207 -3 Webb Simpson .................. 71-70-66—207 -3 Danny Willett .................... 69-70-68—207 -3 Erik Barnes ........................ 72-67-69—208 -2 Brett Drewitt ..................... 71-70-67—208 -2 Harrison Endycott ........... 72-65-71—208 -2 Dylan Frittelli .................... 71-65-72—208 -2 Scott Harrington .............. 69-67-72—208 -2 Jim Herman ....................... 71-70-67—208 -2 Sungjae Im ......................... 67-71-70—208 -2 Matthias Schwab ............. 75-66-67—208 -2 Jimmy Walker ................... 74-65-69—208 -2 Trevor Werbylo ................. 70-71-67—208 -2 Carson Young ................... 65-70-73—208 -2 Kevin Chappell ................. 72-68-69—209 -1 MJ Daffue .......................... 74-67-68—209 -1 Will Gordon ....................... 68-71-70—209 -1 Harry Hall .......................... 68-70-71—209 -1 Padraig Harrington ......... 72-68-69—209 -1 Brandon Matthews .......... 69-69-71—209 -1 Augusto Nunez ................. 70-70-69—209 -1 BrandonWu ...................... 71-68-70—209-1 Ryan Armour ...................... 70-69-71—210 E Akshay Bhatia ..................... 71-65-74—210 E Zac Blair .............................. 71-70-69—210 E Bill Haas .............................. 72-68-70—210 E Mark Hubbard .................... 69-71-70—210 E Min Woo Lee ...................... 68-69-73—210 E J.T. Poston .......................... 73-68-69—210 E Trevor Cone ....................... 71-70-70—211 +1 Trace Crowe ..................... 72-69-70—211 +1 Jason Dufner .................... 68-70-73—211 +1 Seonghyeon Kim ............. 68-73-70—211 +1 Vincent Norrman ............ 72-69-70—211 +1 Kevin Tway ........................ 69-71-71—211 +1 Jhonattan Vegas ............. 69-72-70—211 +1 Aaron Wise ....................... 69-72-70—211 +1 Anders Albertson ............ 72-69-71—212 +2 Joseph Bramlett .............. 65-73-74—212 +2 Pierceson Coody ............. 66-75-71—212 +2 Kyle Stanley ..................... 68-73-71—212 +2 J.B. Holmes ....................... 69-70-74—213 +3 Cody Gribble .................... 71-70-73—214 +4 Geoff Ogilvy ..................... 68-73-73—214 +4 Tyson Alexander ............. 70-70-75—215 +5
At El Camaleon Golf Course Mayakoba, Mexico
Purse:
Yardage:
Second Round
$20 million
7,003;
Par:
70
71
Peter Uihlein .......................... 67-66—133 -9 Talor Gooch ............................ 67-66—133 -9 Charles Howell III .................. 68-66—134 -8 Paul Casey ............................... 65-71—136 -6 Branden Grace ...................... 68-68—136 -6 Matthew Wolff ...................... 70-67—137 -5 Carlos Ortiz ............................. 67-70—137 -5 Graeme McDowell ................ 70-67—137 -5 Marc Leishman ...................... 68-70—138 -4 Abraham Ancer ..................... 70-69—139 -3 Dustin Johnson ....................... 68-71—139 -3 Ian Poulter ............................... 68-71—139 -3 Jason Kokrak .......................... 65-75—140 -2 Sebastian Munoz .................. 72-68—140 -2 Cameron Smith ...................... 69-71—140 -2 Joaquin Niemann ................... 74-67—141 -1 Sergio Garcia .......................... 72-69—141 -1 Pat Perez .................................. 71-71—142 E Danny Lee ................................. 71-71—142 E Dean Burmester ...................... 73-69—142 E
Scott Vincent ........................... 71-71—142 E Mito Pereira ............................. 72-70—142 E Brendan Steele ........................ 72-72—142 E CameronTringale ................... 70-72—142E Anirban Lahiri .......................... 70-72—142 E Richard Bland ........................ 73-70—143 +1 Brooks Koepka ...................... 71-72—143 +1 Kevin Na ................................. 74-69—143 +1 David Puig ............................. 74-69—143 +1 Eugenio Chacarra ................ 75-69—144 +2 Thomas Pieters .................... 76-68—144 +2 James Piot .............................. 73-71—144 +2 Henrik Stenson ...................... 73-71—144 +2 Patrick Reed ........................... 72-72—144 +2 Louis Oosthuizen ................. 76-69—145 +3 Matt Jones .............................. 73-72—145 +3 Sam Horsfield ........................ 71-74—145 +3 Bryson DeChambeau ........... 72-73—145 +3 Jediah Morgan ....................... 70-75—145 +3 Harold Varner III ................... 74-72—146 +4 Lee Westwood ....................... 76-71—147 +5 Phil Mickelson ....................... 72-75—147 +5 Charl Schwartzel .................. 74-74—148 +6 Bubba Watson ...................... 72-76—148 +6 Laurie Canter ...................... 79-73—152 +10 Bernd Wiesberger ............... 76-77—153 +11 Chase Koepka ...................... 74-81—155 +13 Sihwan Kim .......................... 82-77—159 +17
LPGA TOUR-HONDA LPGA THAILAND
At Pattaya Old Course Chon Buri, Thailand Purse:
Yardage:
Third Round
$1.7 million
6,576;
Par:
N. Vongtaveelap ............. 67-65-64—196 -20 Atthaya Thitikul ............. 67-69-64—200 -16 Celine Boutier ................. 68-66-67—201 -15 Anna Nordqvist .............. 65-70-67—202 -14 Maja Stark ....................... 66-67-69—202 -14 Lilia Vu ............................. 66-70-66—202 -14 Ashleigh Buhai .............. 72-65-66—203 -13 Hyo Joo Kim ..................... 67-70-66—203 -13 Lydia Ko ........................... 68-68-67—203 -13 Nelly Korda ..................... 68-66-69—203 -13 Maria Fassi ...................... 72-66-67—205 -11 Georgia Hall .................... 67-68-70—205 -11 Charley Hull .................... 69-67-69—205 -11 Pornanong Phatlum ....... 70-65-70—205 -11 Hye Jin Choi ..................... 69-71-66—206 -10 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ........ 69-66-71—206 -10 Cheyenne Knight ........... 70-68-68—206 -10 Alison Lee ........................ 68-72-66—206 -10 Yuka Saso ........................ 67-68-71—206 -10 Saki Baba ........................... 69-68-70—207 -9 NasaHataoka ................... 65-72-70—207-9 Danielle Kang .................... 70-66-71—207 -9 Frida Kinhult ..................... 67-68-72—207 -9 Leona Maguire .................. 67-68-72—207 -9 Hinako Shibuno ................ 70-71-66—207 -9 Jenny Shin ........................ 66-68-73—207 -9 Jaravee Boonchant .......... 65-69-74—208 -8 In Gee Chun ....................... 71-70-67—208 -8 Carlota Ciganda ............... 69-68-71—208 -8 Brooke Henderson .......... 69-70-69—208 -8 Eun-Hee Ji ......................... 69-69-70—208 -8 A Lim Kim .......................... 73-66-69—208 -8 Jin Young Ko ...................... 68-70-70—208 -8 Xiyu Lin .............................. 65-74-69—208 -8 Ryann O'Toole .................. 70-70-68—208 -8 Emily Pedersen ................. 67-67-74—208 -8 Linn Grant ......................... 72-68-69—209 -7 Sei Young Kim ................... 69-68-72—209 -7 Jennifer Kupcho ............... 65-72-72—209 -7 Madelene Sagstrom ........ 69-71-69—209 -7 Lizette Salas ..................... 71-69-69—209 -7 Amy Yang .......................... 71-70-68—209 -7 Muni He .............................. 70-71-69—210 -6 MoriyaJutanugarn .......... 68-72-70—210-6 Megan Khang .................... 68-70-72—210 -6 Paula Reto ......................... 70-77-63—210 -6 Elizabeth Szokol ............... 69-70-71—210 -6 Sarah Schmelzel .............. 72-68-71—211 -5 Allisen Corpuz .................. 71-67-74—212 -4 Gemma Dryburgh ............ 68-70-74—212 -4 Hannah Green .................... 70-71-71—212 -4 Akie Iwai ............................. 71-70-71—212 -4 Ariya Jutanugarn ............. 71-69-72—212 -4 Sophia Schubert ............... 72-72-68—212 -4 Yuting Shi .......................... 68-73-71—212 -4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen...73-72-68—213 -3 Gaby Lopez ........................ 71-74-68—213 -3 Matilda Castren ............... 68-70-76—214 -2 Chisato Iwai ....................... 74-69-71—214 -2 Jeongeun Lee6 .................. 72-68-74—214 -2
DP WORLD TOUR-HERO INDIAN OPEN
At DLF Golf & Country Club, New Delhi Purse:
Yardage:
Third Round
$2 million
7,393;
Par:
72
72
Yannik Paul ..................... 65-69-71—205 -11 Marcel Siem .................... 69-70-67—206 -10 Joost Luiten ...................... 70-70-68—208 -8 Veer Ahlawat .................... 73-70-68—211 -5 Jorge Campillo .................. 73-71-67—211 -5 Thorbjorn Olesen ............. 73-72-66—211 -5 Angad Cheema ................. 68-71-73—212 -4 Angel Hidalgo ................... 72-73-67—212 -4 Kazuki Higa ....................... 75-66-71—212 -4 Honey Baisoya .................. 66-74-73—213 -3 Jazz Janewattananond .... 72-70-71—213 -3
Nebraska 78, Minnesota 67
Oral Roberts 69, S. Dakota St. 65
Saint Louis 81, Loyola Chicago 62 Toledo 101, Buffalo 71
Wright St. 82, Detroit 71
Sam Houston St. 64, S. Utah 57
Utah Valley St. 66, Abilene Christian 62