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Sinner seals first ’26 title Italian overturns 0-4 tiebreak deficit to deny Medvedev Indian Wells trophy

Sabalenka finds a way to triumph again ARYNA SABALENKA had plans for every eventu ality going into the Indian Wells final yesterday but even when nothing went right the world No. 1 still found a way to win, claiming the title with a gutsy a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) victory over Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka had lost the 2023 final to Rybakina as well as the title deciders at last year’s WTA Finals and the Australian Open in January, and the Belarusian looked to be on the way to another defeat to the Kazakh in the Californian desert. However, the four-times Grand Slam champion showed all her battling quali ties to claw her way back into the match and go on to record victory.

W ORLD NO. 2 Jannik Sinner surged home to beat Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4) yesterday to cap ture his first Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 crown. Four-time Grand Slam champion Sinner won his first title of 2026, rallying from 0-4 down in the second-set tiebreaker to seal the win against a resurgent Medvedev, winner of the title in Dubai last month who was riding a nine match ATP winning streak. That included an upset semifinal triumph over Carlos Alcaraz that ended the top-ranked Spaniard’s 16-match winning streak to start the season. But Sinner, who didn’t drop a set in the tour nament, proved just that bit better in a match where both sets went to the tiebreakers without a break of serve. “I kept believing and kept pushing,” Sinner said of his closing burst. “I went for my shots a little more. A third set, we would have started even, so I tried my best to close it out and I am very happy. “It was an incredible ending,” added Sinner, who said he wasn’t troubled by the hot after noon temperatures thanks to the lack of humid ity and some extra days of pre-tournament preparation. Sinner roared home to join Novak Djokovic

and Roger Federer as the only players to win all six of the ATP’s hardcourt Masters 1000 tournaments. “It feels amazing, great achieve ment,” said Sinner. “I have couple of days to relax (but) there is not so much time in between here and Miami… we try to play the best ten nis possible there, too.” Medvedev said the outcome was “bittersweet” after a semifi nal victory over Alcaraz – who beat him in the Indian Wells finals in 2023 and 2024 –

Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka crowned champions at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells yesterday. – REUTERPIC

“The whole point was to have A, B, C, D, E, and blah, blah, blah plans. Today, A, B and C definitely didn’t work,” Sabalenka told reporters. “So I had to basically run there and put as much ball back at her as possible, and when I felt more confident, I went back to my usual game which is an aggressive and dominat ing game. “I’m super happy

that felt like win ning the tour nament. “But that’s not the reality,” he said. “There is a final to play. I had my opportunity, small opportu nity in the first set. A bit bigger opportunity in the tiebreak in the second. “But at the same time, I was hanging by not big margins in the whole set. “It’s a bitter sweet feeling where it feels good to do what I did this week. But of course I wanted to try to push him even more. He was serving phe nomenal. (It) was super tough to be on the return position today.” – AFP

that I was able to progress that far and to have so many tools in my game, so that no matter what happens in the match, I’m able to still find the small things that are going to help me to win the match.” Sabalenka said losing

big finals in the past had helped her build mental strength. “With so many finals I’ve lost, they also teach me a lot of things that the game is never done till it’s done. So if it’s a matchpoint, you still have a chance to get back into the game,” Sabalenka said. “That’s something I learned, to be mentally strong no matter what. Though I lost so many big ones and painful ones, I’m still able to go out there, even when things are not going well, and stay focused and fight for it.” – Reuters

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Young claims Players victory

DeChambeau seizes win after Lee error BRYSON DECHAMBEAU capitalised on a costly mistake from Richard T. Lee by defeating the Canadian wildcard with a par on the first playoff hole to win the LIV event in Singapore on Sunday. The contest at Sentosa Golf Club looked set to extend to a second playoff hole, but Lee was left stunned after failing to convert his short par putt on the 18th, handing DeChambeau his fourth LIV Golf victory. DeChambeau started the final round one shot off the pace but surged into the lead at the end of the round with Lee after carding a final-round 5-under-par 66, highlighted by four birdies, an eagle and a bogey. After finishing the first playoff hole with a par, the American two-time US Open champion was prepared to head back to the tee box until Lee’s astonishing miss. “It was a bit of a shock. “I thought he was just going to knock it in and I have a chance to play great golf on that second playoff hole,” said the 32-year-old. “You never want to win that way. I’ll be the first to admit it. “But golf is a fickle game. Sometimes that’s just the way the cards fall. “I’m grateful I’m on the positive end of it. I just didn’t like seeing it happen. It was tough to see that,” added DeChambeau. Despite the disappointment Lee is hopeful of bounc ing back. “The adrenaline was pumping a little bit and I hit it a little too hard. Hopefully I can try again next week,” said Lee, who was bidding to become the first wild card to win on LIV. – AFP

CAMERON YOUNG outduelled England’s Matt Fitzpatrick down the stretch to fire a 4-under par 68 and claim a one-shot vic tory at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass yesterday. The 28-year-old from New York, who started the day four shots adrift of third round leader Ludvig Aberg, pocketed the biggest PGA Tour win of his career after rattling in five birdies and a bogey in his final round. An elated Young said the mentally taxing nature of Sawgrass’s unforgiving 7,352-yard layout had made yesterday’s victory extra special. “It’s absolutely exhausting,” Young said. “This place has had my number the last few years. I’ve never really had a good finish here. It is incredibly taxing. “Every shot all day long you can get yourself into trouble. There’s no easy ones. There’s no givens. And you’re going to make mistakes. “It’s a great test of will, a test of patience and obviously a test of hitting some good shots. I feel like I did a lot of those things really well this week.” Young conjured a moment of magic on Sawgrass’s notoriously tricky par three 17th to thrust himself into conten tion. Trailing Fitzpatrick by one shot with two holes to play, Young drilled his tee shot onto the water-encircled island

green to 10 feet and then rolled in the birdie putt to leave it all square heading to the 18th. Young then hit a majestic tee shot into the center of the fairway. His second found the back of the green to win the biggest title and payday of his career with a US$4.5 million (RM17.7m) win ner’s check. Fitzpatrick contrasted Sunday’s gal leries with the bedlam at Bethpage Black last year during the Rydter Cup. “Listen, the crowd, that was literally child’s play compared to Bethpage,” Fitzpatrick. “If they think that that was anything, then they need to reassess. Get yourself up to New York. “That’s how it is. I would hope it’s the exact same – well, it probably wouldn’t be because we’re a little bit more polite in Europe – but I would hope it would be of similar intensity in Europe. It’s funny to me. I find it hilarious.” Xander Schauffele took third place with a 3-under par 69 that left him on 11 under. Sweden’s Aberg was left ruing a collapse over the back nine that torpe doed his bid for the title after starting the day three shots clear of the pack. – AFP

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