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Zverev vows to surpass Sinner

INSIDE EDGE Flower return as Test coach ENGLAND have left the door ajar for Andy Flower to return as their Test coach after announcing Sunday that Brendon McCullum had been sacked from his red-ball role. McCullum, who remains England’s limited overs coach, paid the price for a run of seven defeats in nine Tests, including a woeful 4-1 Ashes series loss in Australia. The former New Zealand captain was retained as Test coach despite the Ashes humiliation but a recent 2-1 loss in England to his native Black Caps proved the final straw for the England and Wales Cricket Board hierarchy. ECB chief executive Richard Gould told reporters at Lord’s yesterday there is no require ment for McCullum’s successor to be English and they may also be able to combine the role while still retaining a position in the lucrative T20 fran chise Indian Premier League. Zimbabwe cricket great Flower guided England to three Ashes series wins, including their last away triumph, during a five-year spell at the helm from 2009-14 that also saw the side climb to number one in the Test rankings. Former England cap tain Nasser Hussain has urged the ECB to do everything they can to bring the “meticulous” Flower back on board. One potential obstacle is that Flower is currently in charge of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru. But Gould, who insisted he’d had yet to have conversations with Flower or any other potential successor to McCullum, said the ECB were open to a possible job-share arrangement. McCullum paying price of ‘Ashes hangover’ BRENDON MCCULLUM’S sacking as England Test coach announced yesterday is part of a “long hango ver” from a woeful Ashes tour of Australia, according to former England captain Michael Atherton. McCullum will remain in charge of the white-ball set-up but England are now looking for both a new Test coach and captain ahead of next month’s series with Pakistan after Ben Stokes announced his interna tional retirement during the recent series-losing clash against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. “The Test team has been struggling for some time,” Atherton, who led England in 54 Tests between 1993 and 2001, told Sky Sports News . “They have lost seven of their last nine, they are lan guishing somewhere towards the bottom of the World Test C’ship.” Atherton added: “Because the Ashes went so badly, it left them (the England hierarchy) with very little wriggle room if things went wrong after that – and things went wrong against New Zealand.”

ALEXANDER ZVEREV insisted he can surpass Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz as the preeminent force in tennis despite his painful loss in yesterday’s Wimbledon final. Zverev had a chance to follow his first Grand Slam title at the French Open in June by winning Wimbledon after taking the first set in the showdown with Sinner. But the 29-year-old was unable to topple the relentless world No. 1 as Sinner hit back to win in a bruising battle on Centre Court. Although Zverev was frus trated to miss out on becoming the first German man to win Wimbledon since Michael Stich in 1991, he took comfort from a remarkable two months. He shook off his tag as the most talented player never to win a Grand Slam by taking the title at

pushed them to the limits, I would say,” he said. Sinner is the main obstacle to Zverev’s hopes of more Grand Slam glory. The 24-year-old Italian has won his last 10 meetings with Zverev. “He’s still the best player in the world … I’ve challenged him today. Not enough, obviously, because I still sit here as the loser. I will continue doing

Roland Garros, then banished his long struggle on grass by making his first Wimbledon final. Zverev will rise to world No. 2 in the ATP rankings next week, just behind Sinner and ahead of Alcaraz, who has missed the last two Grand Slams due to a wrist injury. Now Zverev believes

he is ready to launch a sus tained assault on the world No. 1 spot and the sport’s top prizes. “I hope so. That’s what I’m here to do. This year has been a progress. I’ve been pushing those guys. I haven’t beaten them this year, but I’ve

that. The big tour naments are still around the cor ner.” – AFP

Irrepressible Sinner

Jannik Sinner celebrates from the Centre Court

balcony after winning the

Wimbledon men’s singles final at the All England Club in London yesterday. – REUTERSPIC

World No. 1 enjoying ‘very rare’ Wimbledon triumph after outlasting Zverev in the final

J ANNIK SINNER said he still considers winning Grand Slam tournaments a “very, very rare” achievement, despite securing his fifth major title on Sunday by defending his Wimbledon crown. The world No. 1 outlasted Alexander Zverev in a bruising encounter 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the All England Club. It was Sinner’s first Slam triumph since winning his maiden Wimbledon title 12 months ago, despite reeling off a remarkable six consecutive Masters 1,000 tournament victories. “There is no failure if you don’t win a Grand Slam,” Sinner told reporters. “It’s very, very rare days. Now I have five in my whole life. We talk about five Grand Slams. “But at the end of the day, it’s five days of so many other days. “You just want to enjoy it. Today was a very tough day. If I lose, it’s still a great day. Playing a Grand Slam final, it’s so rare and so special. So for me, I never take things for granted.” Sinner lost last year’s US Open final to great rival Carlos Alcaraz and was then beaten by Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semis in January. The Italian’s most agonising loss came at the French Open last month, when he blew a two-set and 5-1 lead against unheralded Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round. The 24-year-old did not play again before SOUTH KOREA’S Ryu Hae-ran defeated Canadian Brooke Henderson with a birdie on the first play off hole to win her second women’s major this season at the Evian Championship yesterday. Overnight leader Ryu, the winner of the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine on June 29, had taken a three-shot lead into the final round in France. A day after hitting nine birdies and an eagle to set the scoring record for women’s majors with an 11-under 60, Ryu dropped to a level-par 71 in the final round with one bogey before a birdie on the

Wimbledon, but grew into the tournament after needing five sets to beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. “I have improved throughout the whole tournament,” Sinner said.

“If you see the performance from the first two, three matches, then how I ended the tournament, it has been always growing. “That’s exactly what I needed.” Sinner is now just two behind

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Alcaraz’s Grand Slam tally of seven titles, with the Spaniard currently side lined through injury. “He’s going to have a long, distinguished career,” said Sinner’s coach Darren Cahill. “He’s going to put himself in a position to win more of these majors. “I don’t think this one was any more important than any of the others that he’s played, but it felt damn special.” Sinner was greeted by Britain’s future king Prince William and future queen Princess Catherine after his win, as well as their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

He admitted he struggled to know what to say to the royal family after last year’s final, but said it was “no easier” a second time round. “I asked the kids if they still play. They are very happy, yes, they do,” smiled Sinner. “We had a very, very small conversation. But I love it,” he added. – AFP Ryu win back-to-back majors in Evian

in for birdie, it was the 25-year-old Korean who claimed her second major win in just 13 days. “It feels like unreal right now. It was so tough today because my putt always missed the cup,” Ryu said. “Just made the one birdie on the last hole. This gave me confidence for the playoff. I’m a lucky girl. Before these three weeks I didn’t have a major championship – now two in a row. I am so happy, I can’t believe it,” she added. Ryu joins world No. 1 Nelly Korda as the only other major champion this season. – AFP

18th hole. Henderson, who began the day seven strokes adrift, carded a 64 in the final round, with three birdies, two eagles and a hole-in-one on the par three eighth hole at Evian Resort Golf Club. The Canadian made an eagle on the 72nd hole, her sixth this week for the most in any tour nament in LPGA history, to force a playoff. Both players finished on 19-under 265. Henderson and Ryu went back to the 18th tee to begin the playoff, but after Ryu found the green in two and Henderson was unable to chip