JOHNSON BOUNCES BACK TO WIN IN CANADA
CONSISTENT WINNER
Johnson also becomes the player since Tiger Woods (200509) with at least three wins in three consecutive seasons on the US Tour.
He said the most important aspect of his game that needed improvement, after the British Open disappointment, was his putting.
“I needed to work on the putter, which I did. I started rolling the putter a lot better this week,” he said.
Johnson got off to a strong start on Sunday with back-to-back birdies on the first two holes. He added another on the par-four eighth to make the turn at three under for the round.
He hit his 103 yard approach on the par-four 11th to nine feet and then sank the putt for another birdie.
He made birdie on 16 and then capped his round with a birdie on 18 as he finished just two strokes shy of the tournament scoring record of 263 first achieved by Johnny Palmer in 1952.
An, who was making his Canadian Open debut, improves to 36th in the world rankings after his tie for second. He birdied three of his final six holes.
“Coming down the stretch on those par-fives, I made nice up-anddowns for birdie. So that definitely boosted my confidence,” he said.
Kim earned his third top ten finish of the season after holding a 54-hole co-lead for the first time in his USPGA Tour career. first BELGRADE: Rising Serbian tennis prodigy Olga Danilovic is ready to shine on the big stage after winning her maiden WTA title in stunning fashion.
Danilovic became the first lucky loser from the qualifiers and the first player born in this millennium to win a WTA trophy after beating Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in a dramatic Moscow Open final on Sunday.
“I said last year I was ready to turn professional and I really don’t see myself playing junior tournaments any more,” the 17-year-old told a news conference in the Serbian capital.
“Some plans have now changed and I will definitely aim for bigger tournaments with higher ambitions. I’ve been bracing myself for this for some time. I still haven’t slept and what I have achieved still hasn’t sunk in. I need a few days to clear my head.”
Having lost to Spaniard Paula Badosa Gibert in the final round of the qualifiers, Danilovic was on her way to the airport for a return flight to Belgrade with her mother when the organisers asked her to re-enter the tournament.
The daughter of Serbia’s former trophy-laden basketball player Predrag Danilovic, who had stints with NBA teams Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, then staged one upset after another en route to the trophy. Her victims included Germany’s world No 10 Julia Goerges in the quarterfinals and she also fought back in the third set to beat home crowd favourite Potapova in the final.
The left-handed Danilovic hammered in a barrage of spectacular winners which cancelled out a flurry of unforced errors. The tearful youngster embraced her mother, a Serbian state television presenter, after the 7-5, 6-7(1) 6-4 win as she was cheered on by a contingent of Serbian fans.
Danilovic, who has soared 75 places up the rankings to number 112 on the WTA tour, holds a bright future.