CANOEING

Aberdeen’s David Florence finished second in the men’s C1 at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague.

The triple Olympic silver medallist, who is a reserve for the upcoming Games in Tokyo, set a time of 97.44 and was only 0.24 seconds behind Czech winner Lukas Rohan.

He said: “It feels really, really good, to be honest. It has been a strange time with Covid and it was tough missing out on the Olympic place. “But it’s just really good to be back paddling how I feel I’m capable of and to get on the podium in second – pretty close to the gold – I’m so happy with it, delighted.”

The 38-year-old Scotsman only snuck into the final in the last qualifying spot and added: “I thought I was really lucky to get into the final – sometimes it goes your way.

“I actually thought I was going to beat the Czech guy Rohan but he just pipped me at the line. “After that we were so close, I thought everyone was going to go just in front of us or just behind us and luckily for me it was the latter.” Another British team stalwart, Fiona Pennie, 38, blitzed her way through the Extreme Slalom – which will be introduced to the Olympics at Paris 2024 – only to narrowly miss out on the win in the final to Austrian Corinna Kuhnle.

GOLF

GARMOUTH & KINGSTON – Gents Club Championship - Scratch - I. Robertson 70,71 141; J. Henderson 67, 76, 143; J. Barclay 75,79 154;- Handicap B. Grant (14) 61,69 130; P. Spurling (19) 68, 63 131; J. Henderson (5) 62, 71, 133.

INVERNESS – Club Championship Round 1 – B. Gunn (17), M. Mitchell (13), S. Gilbert (10), D. Buchan (17) 67; S. Caithness (10), E. Forbes (2), S. Paterson (3) 68; J. Rogers (8), M. Ross (4), J. Brooman (21), A. D. Fraser (17), D. A. Robertson (12), K. J. Dick (12) R. Cowan (14) 69. INVERNESS LADIES – Club Championship Round 1 – S. Campbell (21) 68; A. MacLean (34) 70; G. Omand (17), A. Riding (28) 72; M. L. Howieson (9), M. M. McCulloch (24), I. Warburton (29) 73.

TENNIS

ATP NOVENTI OPEN, Halle, Germany

1st rd: Marcos Giron (USA) bt Vasek Pospisil (Can) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6), Corentin Moutet (Fra) bt (7) David Goffin (Bel) 1-6 7-5 ret, (5) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Ilya Ivashka (Blr) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, Jordan Thompson (Aus) bt Daniel Altmaier (Ger) 6-2 7-6 (7-4), Sebastian Korda (USA) bt (6) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 6-3 7-6 (7-0).

WTA Bett10pen, Berlin, Germany. 1st rd: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) bt Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) 6-3 6-2, Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-3 6-1, Madison Keys (USA) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 6-3 6-4, (5) Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt Jule Niemeier (Ger) 4-6 6-4 7-5.