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Ting named best M’sian golfer for second year running

Mirabel Ting.

PROFESSIONAL golfer Mirabel Ting emerged as Maybank Championship’s best-performing Malaysian for a second consecutive year, and her first as a professional. The 19-year-old carded a one-over 73 in the final round today to finish T49 with a three under 285 total at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC), which included birdies on Holes Three, Five, 17 and 18, bogeys on Holes Six, 10 and 16 and a double bogey at the Ninth. Despite not producing her best outing, Mirabel remained upbeat about her

“Definitely there is a lot of expectations and trying to do well, but overall it’s still the same because I’m still hitting the ball. I’m still playing the golf course,” she said. Mirabel is planning to secure her LPGA Tour card and expressed a desire to be able to play around 16 to 18 events next year as a rookie. Other Malaysians in the field also finished respectably, with Kelly Tan and Genevieve Ling at T56 with two-under 286 after shooting 75 and 71 respectively, while Ashley Lau (70) carded two-over 290 and Liyana Durisic (T72) with four-over 292. – Bernama

overall performance. “I enjoyed my round, even not playing my best, but was hitting my irons a lot better today. Just putts didn’t really drop, so I just think it’s another day of golf. Sometimes you have a bad day and sometimes you have a good day,” she said to reporters here today. The young golfer, who turned professional this year, did not feel that her transition had changed her performance much. “There is a lot of support definitely, but like I said before, to me, amateur golf or professional golf doesn’t really matter.

Confidence flows back Liverpool snap losing streak as Salah’s 250th goal sinks Villa, Arsenal cruise against Burnley

L IVERPOOL ended a four-game los ing streak in the Premier League as Mohamed Salah scored his 250th goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa yes terday. Salah pounced on an error by Emiliano Martinez to open the scoring before Ryan Gravenberch’s deflected effort secured a long-awaited victory that lifts the defending champions up to third in the table. “I’m glad we are back on track now,” said Salah. “It’s a very tricky season for us because we have a few new players, they are very good players but they need time to adapt. “We lost some players too. It takes time to adapt and know each other’s games, but everything will be fine.” Liverpool boss Arne Slot’s decision to make wholesale changes for Wednesday’s 3-0 League Cup exit to Crystal Palace only piled even more pressure on his returning stars to get back to win ning ways after six defeats in seven games in all competitions. “What I liked most was that I think everybody here felt the importance of the game. I’m talking about my players and I’m talking about the fans,” said Slot. “From start to finish the players showed up.” Liverpool had conceded inside the first 15 min utes of all their four consecutive Premier League defeats and nearly paid for another slow start when Morgan Rogers blasted a shot off the post from on five minutes. Villa were cutting through Liverpool’s press with ease in the early stages, but soon became architects of their own downfall in playing out from the back. The visitors were handed a let off when Dominik Szoboszlai robbed Pau Torres but fired meekly into the arms of Martinez with just the goalkeeper to beat. Hugo Ekitike did power a header past the Argentine only for a VAR review to show the Frenchman was clearly offside from Szoboszlai’s cross. However, Villa did not heed their warning as a terrible error from Martinez teed up Salah to roll his landmark goal into an unguarded net just before halftime. The Egyptian’s struggles have played a major

part in the Reds’ difficult start to the season, but he now has five goals in this campaign and sits behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt as the third top goalscorer in the club’s history. The goal also ended Liverpool’s seven-game run of conceding first and their confidence began to flow back in a dominant second half showing. Villa had won their last four league games, including notable scalps against Tottenham and Manchester City, to begin the day level on points with Liverpool. However, Unai Emery’s men struggled to live with a fired-up Liverpool after the break. Gravenberch was badly missed due to an ankle injury in last weekend’s 3-2 defeat at Brentford. The Dutch midfielder had fortune on his side for Liverpool’s second goal when he surged onto Alexis Mac Allister’s pass before his strike deceived Martinez thanks to a deflection off Pau Torres. A first clean sheet in 11 games rounded off a perfect start to a big week for Slot’s men. Real Madrid visit Anfield in the Champions League on have won five league games in a row to position them selves as firm favourites to end their painful two-decade wait to be crowned English champions. Viktor Gyokeres headed the Gunners ahead fol lowing a Declan Rice corner in the first half at Turf Moor for his first league goal since mid-September – yet more joy for the set-piece specialists. England midfielder Rice himself headed home to double the visitors’ lead in the 35th minute and put them in total control. “The first half was exceptional – we scored two goals and gave nothing away,” Arteta told the BBC . “That was the platform. We had to make a few changes and didn’t have that much control in the second half. Defending was exceptional again, we didn’t give anything.” Arsenal, who have now won nine games in a row in all competitions, have enviable options in attack but their team is built on a rock-solid defence that has conceded just three league goals in 10 games this season. – AFP Wednesday before a visit to Manchester City next week end. On Saturday, Arsenal brushed Burnley aside 2-0 to surge seven points clear at the top of the Premier League. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (left) in action with Aston Villa’s Lucas Digne during their English Premier League match at Anfield yesterday. – REUTERSPIC

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