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SPORTS FRIDAY | JUNE 19, 2026

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Scheffler chases career Slam … but gusting winds, formidable playing field stand in way of world No. 1

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De Minaur eases into quarterfinals TOP SEED Alex de Minaur dis patched Canadian Denis Shapovalov with ease to move into the Queen’s Club quarterfinals yes terday where he will face American Brandon Nakashima. World No. 6 De Minaur produced a clinical dis play on a sunny Andy Murray Arena to win 6-4, 6-1 in little more than an hour – improving his record over Shapovalov to 6-0. De Minaur stepped up a level from the previ ous day when he beat another Canadian, Gabriel Diallo, looking every bit the accomplished grass court player that he is. Next up is Nakashima, who eased to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Peru’s Ignacio Buse. British wildcard Arthur Fery also reached the quarterfinals as he beat wily French veteran Adrian ITALIAN Lorenzo Musetti pulled out of Wimbledon yesterday as he continued to recover from the thigh injury that meant the former world No. 5 also missed the French Open. Musetti, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2024, has not played since he fell to Casper Ruud in the fourth round of the Italian Open in Rome in mid-May. “I want to update you on my recovery from the injury I sustained in Rome: rehabilitation is going very well and the medical results are encourag ing,” the 24-year-old Musetti wrote on Instagram . “Unfortunately, as I have not yet been able to begin a full athletic training programme, and after careful evaluation, we have come to the difficult conclu sion that I will not be able to par ticipate in Wimbledon this year. It is not an easy decision, but it is the right one.” Coco crumbles in Berlin COCO GAUFF made a quick exit from the Berlin grass court tourna ment yesterday, beaten 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Paula Badosa. It was the fifth seeded American’s first match on grass this season, less than two weeks before the start of Wimbledon. After comfortably win ning the first set, world No. 7 Gauff fell apart against Badosa. The American’s first-serve percentage dropped in each set and the Spaniard broke twice each in the second and third sets as she won in one hour, 36 minutes. Badosa will next face her doubles partner Jessica Pegula. The third-seeded American despatched Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-4 in just over an hour. It was Pegula’s fifth straight victory over the Czech. Mannarino 7-6(7), 6-4. No Wimbledon for Musetti

T OP-RANKED Scottie Scheffler and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy made final US Open preparations yesterday in the last practice session before a major showdown at formi dable Shinnecock. A field of 156 players tees off overnight at the 7,440-yard Long Island layout, where guesting winds combine with dense rough and fast greens to create one of golf’s toughest tests. “This course, it demands so much patience and it can really lure you into taking on things that you probably shouldn’t,” McIlroy said. “If everything is going the way everyone wants it in terms of weather, setup, I think it’s the best cham pionship test in the country.” Scheffler, trying to complete a career Grand Slam with a triumph this week, starts off the first tee alongside defending champion JJ Spaun and US Amateur champion Mason Howell. “Would it be a dream to win the US Open? Of course,” Scheffler said. “But at the end of the day, the Grand Slam has never been a motivating factor for me. I always just wanted to be the best version of myself and that got me this far.” The US Golf Association announced plans to water greens between the morning and afternoon wavesfor the first two days and just before Saturday’s

makes his 100th consecutive major start. “We’ve seen what’s happened here the last two US Opens. It doesn’t need to get that fast to play incredibly difficult and challenging,” McIlroy said. “You get a day with a lot of wind and dry, clear conditions and we’re just going to have to be mindful of that.” McIlroy will be cautious as crosswinds shrink proper landing spots on wide fairways and greens require a delicate touch. “Looks like we’re going to get some pretty heavy wind,” he said. “If you can get your ball to the middle of the greens and just putt to the cor ners wherever the flags are going to be, that’s never going to be a bad strategy.” McIlroy was the US Open runner-up in 2022 and 2023, capping a run of six straight top-10 efforts before sharing 19th last year. For Scheffler, finding fairways in the brisk winds is paramount. “Driving accuracy is extremely important,” Scheffler said. “You put a 30kph wind out there, these fair ways with how firm they are, are not going to play super wide. When you look at your poor tee shots hitting it into in the rough in this fescue, it’s going to be virtually impossible to get the ball on the green.” – AFP

start to keep greens with reduced speed levels playable due to expected high wind. The USGA also revealed a purse of US$22.5 million (RM90m) and a winner’s prize of US$4.5 million (RM18m), up from US$21.5 million (RM86m) and US$4.3 million (RM17.2m) for last year’s tournament. McIlroy, who won his sixth major title at the Masters in April, also has an early start with England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg. “It tests all aspects of the game: driving, iron play, you need to have your wits about you on the greens,” McIlroy said of Shinnecock. “It’s a lot of strategy, thoughtfulness.” It’s also a course that can go from on the edge to over the top in terms of fairness, players mind ful of claims the US Golf Association “lost the course” at Shinnecock in the 2004 and 2018 US Opens. Groundskeepers were watering the greens between groups in hopes of keeping them play able those years as balls rolled off wind-swept greens. “You’re on a knife’s edge, so if the weather turned, which is very hard to predict, it becomes unplayable in certain spots,” said Adam Scott, who

Reduced green speeds vital: Rose

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JUSTIN ROSE was pleased to hear organisers will reduce green speeds for this week’s US Open with gusting winds set to howl across Shinnecock. The 45-year-old Englishman and 2013 US Open champion said on the eve of the opening round that the move was vital to keep conditions playable. “It’s necessary,” Rose said. “The way the wind is blowing, the direction of the forecasted wind… with wind gusts up to 60kph, we wouldn’t be playing many major championship ven ues with winds at 60. You wouldn’t be playing Augusta with 60kph winds. It would be called off. “This is more of a coastal golf course. I think the chances of high winds are slightly higher, so I think preparing for that is not a

“Feeling pretty decent about things,” Rose said. “Seeing a lot of good signs in my game, a lot of good range sessions.” Rose is looking for a strong start when he begins todayay alongside Spain’s Jon Rahm and American Jordan Spieth. “The goal is to kind of get out, get on the front foot, play well, and if you do that, then I have every sort of belief in my game that I can contend,” Rose said. “If I go out and I play well, I’m going to put myself in a spot where I know I can compete this week. “The overall test of the US Open is about patience. Sometimes that’s a lesson you keep having to learn and it’s a hard lesson to learn. But that’s ultimately what it takes to win a US Open.” – AFP

bad thing. Knowing what’s com ing, that’s definitely the only way to go.” Seventh-ranked Rose played in the 2004 and 2018 US Opens at Shinnecock, where fast greens and brisk winds had many players saying the US Golf Association had “lost the course.” “It does get battered by the elements. The course changes dramatically from morning to afternoon,” Rose said. “Some slightly different protocols this week make sense to me. “With the wind coming as well, it’s definitely going to be all you want and a handful.” Rose shared third at the Masters in April and 10th last month at the PGA Championship after taking his 13th career PGA Tour title in February at Torrey Pines.

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US teen gets look at idols as youngest player at US Open THE youngest player in this week’s US Open, high school teenager Miles Russell, is getting an up close and personal look at the stars he idolised when picking up golf. realise who you’re hitting balls next to. “That’s really cool. I was hitting balls next to Jordan Spieth the other day. I looked up to him as a little guy. I think it’s probably even cooler for my parents.

“He’s great,” Rusell said. “I was walking down the range the other day, and he was hitting balls. He stopped what he was doing, came over and said hi and just chatted for a minute. It was pretty cool.” Russell avoided picking his brain about Shinnecock secrets. “I’m not sure he wants to give all that out,” he said. Russell is paired with British Open winner Cameron Smith of Australia and three-time major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland for the first two rounds. – AFP

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Whether it is a chat with two-time US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau or a driving range session alongside three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, 17-year-old Russell is living the dream at Shinnecock. “I’m trying to focus on me and do my thing on the putting green or range,” Russell said. “Every once in a while you have to take a second and

“I think it kind of hits them more than it hits me, just because they see their kid hitting balls next to somebody they looked up to when they were little.” The high school senior left-hander from Jacksonville, Florida, played alongside DeChambeau in a YouTube video.

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