Wozniacki beats Radwanska for Pan Pacific title
TOKYO: Caroline Wozniacki outlasted Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6 7-5 6-4 in a dog fight of a semifinal at the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday to end the Pole’s reign at the Ariake Coliseum.
The former world number one prevailed in two hours and 50 minutes of hard-fought tennis and will meet local wildcard Naomi Osaka or Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in Sunday’s final.
MARQUEZ SHRUGS OFF CRASH TO CLAIM POLE ALCAÑIZ, SPAIN: MotoGP world championship leader Marc Marquez claimed pole position for the Aragon Grand Prix for the fourth consecutive season after overcoming a crash in practice on Saturday.
The Spaniard dislocated his shoulder as one of seven riders to crash in the third free practice session.
Maverick Vinales and defending champion Jorge Lorenzo completed an all-Spanish front row.
DONISON GRABS POLE AT KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP KOLHAPUR: Senior Max favourite Ricky Donison and Micro Max star Shahan Ali grabbed pole positions for the 13th JK TyreFMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship, winning their respective heats in the fifth and final round with consummate ease here at the Mohite Racing Academy on Saturday.
In the Junior Max, Chirag Ghorpade won the first heat and pulled out of the second to save his wet tyres in the fifth lap.
RESULTS: Senior Max: Heat 1: Ricky Donison 1; Dhruv Mohite 2; Vishnu Prasad 3; Heat 2: Ricky Donison 1; Nayan Chatterjee 2; Dhruv Mohite 3; Junior Max: Heat 1: Chirag Ghorpade 1; Manav Sharma 2; Nirmal Umashankar 3; Heat 2: Mira Erda 1; Aditya Swaminathan 2; Bhargav Pradyumna 3; Micro max: Heat 1: Shahan Ali 1; Aadityansh 2; Arjun Nair 3; Heat 2: Shahan Ali 1; Arjun Nair 2; Aadityansh 3
MODEL SCHOOL, NCC REACH SUBROTO SEMIS NEW DELHI: Government Model High School from Chandigarh and NCC Directorate from Odisha reached semifinals of the Sub-Junior Boys (U-14) 57th Subroto Cup International Football Tournament.
In the first match, Chandigarh beat Government Middle School from Kolasib (Mizoram) 4-2 while in the second NCC boys scored a 1-0 victory over Malaysia’s National Football Development Programme (NFDP) team.