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Johnson tops Cink Rookie captures inaugural Champions Tour event in Portugal

Wimbledon champ Noskova ready for ‘new opportunity’ WIMBLEDON CHAMPION Linda

“Maybe I will not realize it a hundred percent, you know, it’s always just one of those big things that actually hap pen and you’re not preparing yourself for that, it’s kind of like a big shocker,” Noskova said. The key thing, she said, was making sure she didn’t treat the achievement of such a long-cherished goal as an ending but as a beginning. “I had to tell myself that it is not the end of the world,” Noskova said. “My career is not ending here, it is hopefully only starting. “Winning a Grand Slam is an unreal thing. But at the same time, I’m still 21, I feel like since I accomplished this so soon, I feel like it’s even a bigger moti vation for me to keep going.” Noskova is in the bottom half of the draw anchored by second-seeded Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina, with fourth-seeded Coco Gauff looming in her quarter. She’ll face either qualifier Tatjana Maria or Caty McNally in her second round opener and could come up against rising Philippines talent Alexandra Eala in the third round. – AFP

Noskova is eager to get back to work at the WTA 1000 hard court tournament in Toronto after the whirlwind that fol lowed her first Grand Slam title. “Obviously the last couple of weeks have been nothing more but crazy and chaos, so I’m glad I can kind of start over,” said the 21-year-old, who was feted by Czech President Petr Pavel amid a welter of media appearances in her homeland before squeezing out a little holiday time in Italy. Noskova sounded almost relieved as she spoke to reporters yesterday that another tournament had rolled around. “It’s a new week, new tournament, new surface, it’s all the changes at the same time,” she said. “I’ll have to get used to it as fast as possible, but it’s a new opportunity for me to work on my tennis and get better.” Noskova, who moved to her current career-high seventh in the world after beating fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in the Wimbledon final, said it took a while for the achievement to sink in – if it actually has.

P GA CHAMPIONS TOUR rookie Zach Johnson birdied his first three holes and shot a seven-under-par 65 yester day to capture the inaugural Portugal Invitational at The Els Club Vilamoura in Algarve, Portugal. Johnson, who finished at 19 under 197, won for the fourth time in 2026 and edged second-round leader Stewart Cink by two shots. Ireland’s Padraig Harrington shot a two-under 70 to finish in third place at 15-under. Tim O’Neal (-13) placed fourth and Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg tied for fifth at -12. Cink made a critical bogey on the par four second hole and fell back to 12-under. He trailed Johnson by three strokes after three holes but got back to 14-under with back-to-back birdies on holes four and five. Harrington assumed a brief lead with a birdie on the first hole and

68 on Sunday. He erased that deficit after yesterday’s quick start. He putted in from just off the green on the par-five 11th to increase his lead to four strokes. “I really should have had ample birdie putts there (on holes 11 and 12), and I really did not, but I man aged to make one of them,” Johnson said. “I just knew Stewart was going to make a birdie, a couple birdies even, 15 through 18. He’s a champion. That’s what Stewart does. Yeah, I kept the pedal down.” Cink, who leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings, was denied his fifth victory on the tour this sea son. He was disappointed but enjoyed the weekend at Ernie Els’ well-planned-out event. Els, the South African tourna ment host, finished at eight-under par, tied with six others for 17th place. – Field Level Media

knotted Johnson at 15-under after another birdie at No. 5. But he gave that back with a bogey on the par three sixth hole before Johnson went on a crucial run. Johnson responded with birdies at Nos. 7, 9 and 11 and sealed the vic tory with a birdie on the closing hole. “I’ve played nice. I mean, that goes without saying,” he said. “And I’ve earned it. It has not been easy. At the same time, it just – you know, when you have successes, you really reflect pretty easily. “You think about – it’s easy for me; I think about the people, I think about the individuals that support me on and off the golf course. I think about – my family, obviously, is para mount, giving me the ability, free dom to go do what I love to do.” Johnson surged out to an 18-hole lead by shooting an eight-under 64 on Friday, but he backed up into fourth place with an erratic round of

Sabalenka aims to bounce back in Toronto ARYNA SABALENKA’S (pic) world No. 1 ranking will be on the line at the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, where the Belarusian star aims to extend her hard court dominance in the build up to her US Open title defense. Sabalenka has won 23 of her 24 hard court round of 16 in Toronto, Kazakhstan’s Rybakina can rise to number one if she lifts the trophy. Sabalenka has never made it past the semifinals in Canada, which alternates each year between Montreal and Toronto, but she said she was feeling rested and ready to reassert herself after taking time off in the wake of her All England Club exit. Sabalenka said the scheduling is “tricky” for any player that does well in the grass court season, with the Canadian tournaments followed by a 1000-level event in Cincinnati in a sched ule that offers little respite before the US Open begins on Aug 30. “If you go far at the grass court (sea

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son) you feel really fatigued and you’re not able to pull out any good tennis so what’s the reason of coming when your body is really so much stress,” she said. “It’s very tricky, but this year I didn’t do well so I’m here.” Play got underway yesterday with Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima booking a second-round meeting with Sabalenka with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spain’s Cristina Bucsa. Czech Sara Bejlek posted a 6-3, 4-6, 7 5 victory over China’s Wang Xiyu, who was hobbled by a left leg problem, and booked a second-round meeting with Swiatek. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams bowed out in the first round, falling 6-4, 6-1 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova. – AFP

matches this year, the lone defeat her loss to Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open final. But she was turfed out in the quarterfinals on the clay of Roland Garros and fell to Naomi Osaka in the round of 16 on the grass courts of Wimbledon. If Sabalenka fails to reach t he

“Clay and grass, I wouldn’t say they were that bad,” she said. “I was trying a couple of things, didn’t go the way that I expected. And now we’re kind of back to basics and I really hope it’s going to work out well.” Sabalenka had exited Wimbledon saying she wanted to “forget about ten nis”. She did that with a summer holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos. “I think the rest was much needed,” she told reporters yesterday. “I spent there five, six days maybe. I felt much better, I couldn’t wait to get back on court and start working towards my goals for this swing.”

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alone approaching US$200 million (RM819m). “I don’t think he cares about his ranking either. I honestly don’t think so,” Zverev added of Djokovic, currently ranked No. 5 in the world. Zverev said weary players would be more likely to be tempted back if the Masters events that have swelled to 11, 12 or even 13 days were scaled back to a week. “If you’re forcing us to be away for two and a half, three weeks during Grand Slams and the same then goes for Masters events, you can’t force us to play. Sorry, that’s nonsense.” Russian teen wins in Memphis RUSSIAN 16-year-old Kristina Liutova won the WTA Memphis title yesterday, beating Darja Vidmanova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to capture the crown in her first main-draw appearance. Liutova became the youngest player to win a WTA title since 15 year-old Coco Gauff triumphed in Linz in 2019. When she fired a stinging forehand to the corner to seal the win on her fourth match point, Liutova dropped to her knees, then ran to the stands to share a tearful embrace with her mother. Liutova’s run to the title in the 250-level event included wins over top-seeded Ekaterina

Alexandrova and sixth-seeded Caty McNally. Ranked 229th in the world, Liutova had come through qualifying to book her spot in the draw. Having started the year ranked 714th in the world, Liutova is now projected to rise to 126th. Vidmanova, 23 and ranked 114th, remains in

Zverev rejects cash fix TOP SEED Alexander Zverev said that money won’t solve the problem of big-name absentees as the ATP Montreal Masters kicked off yesterday without Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and injured Carlos Alcaraz. Amid their frustration, Canadian officials have called for financial and other player sanctions over the series of late with drawals from the first of two major events prior to the August 31 start of the US Open. But world No. 2 Zverev said throwing dollars at the problem will make zero difference to any of the trio of elite multimillionaires. “It’s not rocket science,” the Wimbledon runner-up said. “We get bonuses at the end of the year if we play all nine Masters. You think Novak will care if he gets a bigger bonus? I think the guy has – if I would have to guess, the guy is north of US$400 million (RM1.6 billion) in his bank account. I’m not sure he would care about US$50,000 (RM204,750) more or less.” Zverev said that also applied to ranking level for the 39-year-old Serb, who owns 24 Grand Slam singles titles and has career prize money earnings

search of her first WTA title. Rain stops title clash

THE Washington Open women’s final between Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala was sus pended in the second set and pushed back due to rain, while matches at the Canadian Open in Toronto and Montreal were also rescheduled due to the weather. The Washington final was delayed by three hours before play got under way yesterday, with American Pegula taking the opening set 6-4 and the Philippines’ Eala leading 2-1 in the second when the match was halted due to rain. The men’s final between American Taylor Fritz and Spain’s Rafael Jodar was also moved. Weather conditions also affected the Canadian Open, which runs from Aug 1-14, with the women’s tournament taking place in Toronto and the men’s event in Montreal.

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