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Switzerland's Roger Federer acknowledges the crowd after
winning his first round match against Germany's Peter Gojowczyk
at the Swiss Indoor tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in
Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019.
Associated Press
Federer wins easily

at Basel in 1,500th Tiger Woods of the United States, left, and Jason Day of Australia, right, hold their hands on the
18th hole after the Challenge: Japan Skins event ahead of the Zozo Championship PGA Tour at
tour singles match Accordia Golf Narashino C.C. in Inzai, east of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Associated Press

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — and 268 losses. Jason Day beats Tiger in Japan
Playing in his 1,500th tour- The 38-year-old Swiss is top- Skins _ and also with quips
level match, Roger Federer seeded this week as he
needed just 53 minutes to looks to add to his 102 ca-
cruise past German qualifi- reer tour titles. By STEPHEN WADE first event after surgery two he was going for." Woods
er Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-1 Federer won the last four AP Sports Writer months ago, the fifth on his agreed. "I hit in between
Monday at his hometown times he played the Swiss INZAI CITY, Japan (AP) — left knee. He'll get a stiffer the greens, so it looked kind
Swiss Indoors event. Indoors — missing the Not only did Jason Day win test at the Zozo Champion- of like I kind of didn't know
The nine-time Basel cham- 2016 edition through injury the inaugural "The Chal- ship that opens Thursday — what I was doing," he said.
pion hit 12 aces in the first- — since a 2013 final loss lenge: Japan Skins" game the first-ever full PGA Tour Both greens at No. 4 will
round match to extend his against Juan Martin del on Monday, beating Tiger event in Japan. be used this week at the
winning streak at St. Jakob- Potro. Woods, Rory McIlroy and Wood said it was great "just tournament. A hole will be
halle to 21 straight match- He next plays 33rd-ranked Hideki Matsuyama, he also being able to compete cut in each and players will
es, and improve his ATP Dusan Lajovic or 49th- won the needling contest. again. I haven't done this in choose which to play to.
a little bit now."
The Narashino club is lo-
Turning to Woods after re-
career record to 1,232 wins ranked Radu Albot.q
ceiving the trophy, Day By his own assessment, he cated about 50 kilometers
asked how many similar started very slowly. (30 miles) northeast of To-
Andy Murray chosen to represent events Woods had played "I did not play well at the kyo in Chiba prefecture.
Britain in Davis Cup finals in. "Tiger, this is what — your beginning," he said. "I hit a The course for next year's
lot of bad shots and did not Tokyo Olympics will be at
fifth of sixth?"
Before Woods could reply, putt well. Once I got into Kasumigaseki Country Club
on Sunday for the first time Day supplied the rejoinder. the flow of competing and in neighboring Saitama
since hip surgery in Janu- "He hasn't won one yet. I feeling the round, it just got prefecture.
ary, has not played in the found that out today when exciting. We were compet- Four famous rugby players
team tournament since he told me." itive, the banter was great, really got the match mov-
2016. Woods and everyone else the back and forth." ing at No. 7 when they
Britain will play the Neth- laughed, which captured Woods, who had a hand paired up with the pros
erlands and Kazakhstan in the lighthearted day at the in organizing the event, for one hole. Matsuyama
the group stage of the re- Narashino Country Club, said he hoped "we were dropped a 35-foot putt
vamped tournament next where the made-for-TV entertaining everyone and for birdie, and then was
month in Madrid. skins game finished under everyone who's watching embraced by his team-
Also, Rafael Nadal and floodlights on the 17th and had a good time." mate — former South Af-
Daniil Medvedev could 18th holes. They probably did. rican rugby player Bryan
meet in a repeat of the U.S. "First time I've ever finished On No. 4, Woods seemed Habana. The 100-kilogram
Open final after being cho- under lights, so that was ex- to try to take advantage (220-pound) Habana al-
sen to represent Spain and citing," Day said, surprised of the fact the Narashi- most crushed Mastuyama
Russia, respectively. The the sun goes down about 5 no Country Club has two as he screamed: "That's my
Andy Murray of Britain poses 2018 champion Croatia is p.m. in the fall in the Tokyo greens on every hole. It's a partner."
with the trophy after winning also in that group. area. tradition at some courses in Seconds later, former Ire-
the European Open final tennis Top-ranked Novak Djokov-
match in Antwerp, Belgium, Day won eight skins and Japan, alternating greens land rugby player Brian
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. ic has been named to Ser- $210,000. Woods had five to keep them both in good O'Driscoll holed another
Associated Press bia's team, which faces skins and $60,000 with McIl- shape. long putt, matching Mat-
France and Japan. roy taking four and winning Woods hit a shot between suyama's birdie. Jason Day
LONDON (AP) — Andy Mur- Kei Nishikori is missing from $60,000. Matsuyama won two greens and Day got on then holed another shorter
ray has been chosen to Japan's team. An arm injury only one skin and $20,000. him. birdie putt.
play for Britain in the Davis has prevented the eighth- "I'm disappointed I had "I asked him (Tiger) to let Walking one fairway, Mc-
Cup finals, organizers said ranked Nishikori from play- only one," Matsuyama me know which green he Ilroy was asked by a TV in-
Monday. ing since his U.S. Open said, speaking through an was going for," Day said. terviewer about comments
The three-time Grand Slam third-round loss to Alex de interpreter and also get- "But he was in between so by Brooks Koepka about
champion, who won a title Minaur in August..q ting a laugh. It was Woods' I still don't know which one the Irishman's game.q