Page 23 - ARUBA TODAY

SPORTS Monday 25 SepteMber 2017
A23

Federer beats Kyrgios as

Europe wins 1st Laver Cup

PRAGUE (AP) — Roger the rest of the world. Sam Querrey, John Is-
Federer rallied to beat Seen by some as a tennis ner, Jack Sock, Denis
Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 7-6 (6), version of the Ryder Cup Shapovalov and Fran-
11-9 Sunday and clinch in golf, the inaugural La- ces Tiafoe played for the
the new Laver Cup tour- ver Cup was played on world.
nament for Europe on an unusual black hard The tournament is to
Sunday. court. honor Rod Laver, an 11-
The three-day competi- Rafael Nadal, Alexander time major champion
tion at Prague’s O2 Are- Zverev, Marin Cilic, Dom- who won two calendar-
na pitted a team of the inic Thiem and Tomas year Grand Slams. Team Europe together with tennis legend Australian Rod Laver
best six European players Berdych also formed the Chicago will host it in hold a trophy after defeating team World in the Laver Cup tennis
against the top six from European team, while 2018.q tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017.
Associated Press
Bosnian Damir Wozniacki beats Pavlyuchenkova

Dzumhur wins first to retain Pan Pacific title

title in St. Petersburg TOKYO (AP) — everything was going

Caroline Wozniacki over- my way.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) whelmed Russia’s Anas- In the second set she
— Unseeded Damir Dzum- tasia Pavlyuchenkova served better, so it was
hur became the first player 6-0, 7-5 to retain her Pan tricky for me to break.”
from Bosnia-Herzegovina Pacific Open title on The first set lasted only 20
to win an ATP World Tour Sunday. minutes as Pavlyuchen-
singles title, beating Fabio The victory gives Wozni- kova struggled to get a
Fognini 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Sunday acki, also champion in foothold.
in the final of the St. Peters- Tokyo in 2010, her first ti- “I was really disap-
burg Open. tle of the year. The Dane pointed in the first three
The 25-year-old Dzumhur’s had lost all six of her pre- games,” said the Rus-
maiden title came after vious finals in 2017. sian.
reaching his first career fi- “This was my seventh fi- “I felt I was a bit un-
nal in Winston-Salem in Au- nal of the year — it gets lucky and really believe
gust. harder to get that last if I had turned those Caroline Wozniacki of Den-
“I couldn’t find my best win,” said world No. 6 points round and won mark holds aloft the winner’s
rhythm, couldn’t find my Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia Wozniacki, who has now the games, it may have plate after defeating Anasta-
best game,” Dzumhur said. and Herzegovina holds his won at least one title ev- been a different match. sia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia
“But the experience of trophy after winning the the ery year since 2008. I was a little down on at the Pan Pacific Open tennis
St. Petersburg Open ATP ten-
tournament in Tokyo, Sunday,
playing one final already nis tournament final match “I’ve been putting my- myself and missed more Sept. 24, 2017.
helped me a lot and in the against Fabio Fognini of Italy self in a position to win than I should.”
end I won.” in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sun-
The third-seeded Fognini day, Sept. 24, 2017. all year. It was really im- The Russian fought hard-
was chasing his second ti- Associated Press portant for me to stay fo- er in a second set that “It’s disappointing to
tle of the year after Gstaad cused and positive.” went with serve until the lose no matter which
in July. He eliminated top- of the decider, and a sec- Wozniacki had crushed 12th and final game. round it is, even more
seeded Roberto Bautista ond break in the seventh world No.1 Garbine Mu- Yet she failed to earn disappointing in the fi-
Agut in the semifinals here game helped sealed vic- guruza 6-2, 6-0 in the a break point in the nal,” said Pavlyuchenko-
and was also a finalist at tory for Dzumhur. semifinals and a simi- match and appeared va, who needed three
the tournament in 2012. Dzumhur improved his re- lar score looked on the outclassed in her first sets to win all four of her
Fognini cruised through cord since the end of July cards here Sunday. Premier-level final since matches en route to the
the opener on the indoor to 15-3. “The court suits my Moscow in 2015. Semifi- final.
hard-court with two breaks Roman Jebavy and Mat- game. nal opponent Angelique “I felt a little flat due to
of serve, but the Italian lost we Middelkoop defeated She plays powerfully so it Kerber was the only seed the previous matches. I
four straight from 4-4 in the Julio Peralta and Horacio was important for me to she faced this week be- didn’t have so much en-
second. That included his Zeballos 6-4, 6-4 to win the make her move around fore third-seeded Wozni- ergy left.”
serve in the opening game doubles title.q early on. In the first set acki. q