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sports Diabierna 9 September 2022

Ferrari heads to Monza with new look but same problems

MONZA, Italy (AP) — behind defending champion anniversary of the circuit and
It might be a new look Max Verstappen with seven the 75th one of the team.
for Ferrari at the Ital- races remaining. He led the
ian Grand Prix but some championship as recently as Ferrari has only won one
things remain very much May. of the past 11 editions of
the same as the famous the Italian Grand Prix, with
Scuderia heads into its The pressure is again on Fer- Leclerc emerging victorious
home race plagued by rari heading to its home track at Monza in 2019.
problems. and there was speculation
that further blunders in front Fernando Alonso, who cur-
A strange season full of of the passionate red-clad ti- rently drives for Alpine, was
botched strategy decisions fosi could signal the end for the previous winner for the
and bizarre incidents contin- Binotto. Italian team back in 2010.
ued last week at the Dutch
Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz Jr. The fans will pack out Mon- "At least in my case, I never
had to endure a lengthy stop za but in contrast to the sea paid too much attention to
and later picked up an unsafe of red, the Ferrari drivers will rumors," said Alonso, who
release penalty. wear yellow racing suits and finished on the podium at
there will be a special one-off Monza in all but one of his or when you're in Formula change. It's the same for driv-
Ferrari teammate Charles livery, with touches of yellow five seasons with Ferrari. One in general you have to ers, mechanics, designers,
Leclerc has fallen 109 points on the car, to mark the 100th "When you are in Ferrari perform, if not things will bosses.

IOC warns Indian officials, puts Olympic meeting at risk

Vancouver, Canada, are also
preparing bids. All three cit-
ies previously hosted a Win-
ter Games.
A delegation of Indian of-
ficials will meet the IOC in
Lausanne later this month for
talks to avert any sanctions.

The IOC said it would "con-
sider immediate suspension"
of the India Olympic com-
mittee at its December board
meeting if no solutions are
LAUSANNE, Switzerland internal disputes, governance next May is now postponed — whether in Mumbai or found. If the suspension is
(AP) — Indian Olympic shortcomings and ongoing until at least September. elsewhere if India's issues are enforced, the next Session
officials were given a final court cases" including a fail- not resolved — is confirming will be moved from Mumbai
warning by the IOC on ure by India's Olympic body The meeting, to be held in a the host of the 2030 Winter — though that embarrassing
Thursday and told their to hold scheduled elections conference center owned by Games. outcome seems unlikely at
hosting of the organiza- last December. the Ambani family, has been this stage.
tion's annual meeting in intended to showcase India's Sapporo in Japan is a lead-
Mumbai next year was The IOC said its so-called Olympic ambitions includ- ing contender to be picked The IOC reminded that In-
postponed and could yet Session — an annual meet- ing aiming to host the Sum- in December by the IOC ex- dia was suspended from the
be canceled. ing of about 100 individual mer Games in 2036. ecutive board as the preferred Olympic movement "for
members including Indian candidate for 2030 with ex- similar reasons between 2012
The International Olympic billionaire Nita Ambani — A key decision intended to clusive negotiating rights. and 2014."
Committee cited "ongoing due to be held in Mumbai be taken at the 2023 Session Salt Lake City, Utah, and

Alcaraz tops Sinner at 2:50 a.m.; latest US Open finish ever

NEW YORK (AP) — This likely, will, a tour de force p.m. and easily surpassed the the fans to get even loud- tending a rally by wrapping
was a match that would of big cuts on the full sprint previous mark for latest time er. And, naturally, the fans his racket behind his back to
not end. Should not end, and plenty of guts, conclud- of finish at the U.S. Open, would oblige. make contact with the ball.
one might say. Carlos Al- ing as a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), which had been 2:26 a.m., One more: Alcaraz fell onto
caraz and Jannik Sinner, 7-5, 6-3 victory for the No. shared by three matches. It was as back-and-forth as his backside, then sprung up
two of the brightest young 3-seeded Alcaraz, a 19-year- could be. The highlights were to race to smack a backhand
stars of men's tennis, trad- old from Spain. Not only did this one run too many to list. Just one: Al- that won that point.
ed shots of the highest late, it ran long: Only a caraz won one point after ex-
quality and countless mo- "Honestly," said Alcaraz, who 5-hour, 26-minute match
mentum swings across five saved a match point in the between Stefan Edberg and
sterling sets for 5 hours, 15 fourth set, "I still don't know Michael Chang in 1992 took
minutes until Alcaraz fi- how I did it." more time at the U.S. Open.
nally won the last point at
2:50 a.m. on Thursday, the When the 382nd, and final, Still, even with thousands
latest finish in U.S. Open point was over, Sinner and and thousands of empty
history. Alcaraz hugged each other. A seats, there were enough who
handshake at the net would remained on hand to make as
It was "only" a quarterfinal, not suffice. much noise as a full house
no trophy at stake, yet was at times. Both players would
as taut a thriller as this year's This match began Wednes- wave their rackets or motion
tournament has produced or, day evening at about 9:35 with their arms to encourage