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Park wins in golf’s return to action in South Korea
Park Hyun-kyung won the KLPGA Championship title on Sunday as women’s golf in South Korea joined the country’s professional baseball and football leagues to restart amid the coronavirus pandemic. adsbygoogle || []).push({});
Park signed off with a second successive round of 67 to erase a three-shot deficit and triumph by one stroke in the tour’s first event since December.
Overnight leader Lim Hee-jeong (71) and Bae Seon-woo (68) shared second place at 16-under 272 in the event played without spectators at the Lakewood Country Club in Yangju.
An emotional Park hugged her father, who was caddying for her, after the winning putt.
She was showered with petals from her peers who also did elbow bumps in what is likely to be a new normal in sports.
“I was so disappointed not to have been part of that winner’s group last year,” Park was quoted as saying.
“I am so happy that I got the first win out of the way in the first tournament of the year.”
“I don’t think the next win will come easily for me. I have to keep trying.”
Park pocketed 178,400 dollars for her maiden KLPGA victory in her second year on the tour.
It was an unusual experience for those at the Lakewood Country Club, which was open only to players, caddies, officials and media.
Caddies wore masks, players dined separately and fist and elbow bumps replaced post-round hugs and handshakes over the last four days.
Next month’s men’s Korea Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, was cancelled on Friday owing to the pandemic.
South Korea on Sunday reported five new domestic cases of coronavirus, raising fears of a fresh wave of contagion after weeks of nearly no new domestic cases.(Reuters/NAN)
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Women’s World Cup Kicks-off, Amidst Auckland Shooting
The largest women’s World Cup on kicked off on Thursday 20th July, 2023 in Auckland after a fatal shooting earlier in the day.
Co-hosts New Zealand and former champions, Norway kicked off the women’s World Cup on Thursday in Auckland, after a short opening ceremony. adsbygoogle || []).push({}); googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js">
A minute silence was observed for the victims of a shooting earlier in the day in the city.
The short ceremony at Eden Park had the indigenous people of host nations Australia and New Zealand at its centre, while singers Benee and Mallrat did the official tournament song “Do It Again.”
The World Cup trophy was presented before the two teams kicked off the biggest women’s World Cup. The contestants were increased to 32 teams from 24 at the last edition 2019 in France.
Australia were set to play Ireland in the opening day’s other game.
Two-time reigning and record four-time overall champions U.S. are the top favourites, with other contenders including two-times winners, Germany and European champions Germany.
The World Cup which runs until 20th August 2023 started under a cloud of the shooting earlier in the day in which three people died – including the suspected gunman, with five others injured.
Football’s governing body FIFA said later that the opening game would “proceed as planned”, and the added minute silence was impeccably observed at Eden Park. (dpa/NAN)
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Banja Luka Exit: Djokovic said hopeful of hitting top form on clay
The world number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic has said he was still hopeful of finding his groove on clay before next month’s French Open.
The Serb revealed this as he was far from his best in his quarter-final defeat to Dusan Lajovic at the Srpska Open. adsbygoogle || []).push({}); googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js">
Djokovic had dropped just four games across his previous two meetings with compatriot Lajovic.
He had missed several chances to get past his opponent on Friday, converting just one of 16 breakpoints as he fell to a 6-4 7-6(6) defeat.
The loss is Djokovic’s second early exit from a tournament in as many weeks, following his third-round defeat to Lorenzo Musetti at the Monte Carlo Masters last week.
“Lajovic played well. On the other hand, I played much worse than I wanted to,” Djokovic told reporters after the defeat in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“I cannot win matches against opponents who are this solid on this surface by playing like this.
“I didn’t feel well on the court, my legs were slow and my footwork was torpid, many missed shots, totally without direction. I played well at times but I played noticeably under my level.”
With Rafa Nadal having skipped a string of clay tournaments due to injury, Djokovic will be looking to build momentum ahead of the French Open where the Serbian will target a 23rd Grand Slam to go ahead of the Spaniard.
The French Open, the second Grand Slam of the season, begins on May 28.
“I hope to get into tip top shape for Roland Garros. I want to play my best tennis there,” said Djokovic, who has also been struggling with an elbow injury.
“The conditions are totally different there in comparison with Monte Carlo and Banja Luka. There are still several weeks to practice and play.
“In the previous seasons, I’ve always had an unsatisfying and slow start on clay and then played much better tennis in the final stages.
“I hope to repeat the same pattern this year.” (Reuters/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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