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Monday 14 august 2017
Zverev upsets Federer

for Rogers title

Alexander Zverev, of Germany, celebrates after defeating
Roger Federer, of Switzerland, in the final at the Rogers Cup
tennis tournament Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Montreal.
Associated Press
MONTREAL (AP) — Alexan- He got even for a loss to The gold medal winning US relay team, from left, Shakima Wimbley, Allyson Felix Quanera Hayes
der Zverev kept his winning Federer at Halle, Germany, and Phyllis Francis celebrate after the women’s 4x400-meter relay final during the World Athletics
streak alive with a 6-3, 6-4 on June 25 and leveled Championships in London Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017.
victory over Roger Federer their career head-to-head Americans get the medals at worlds
in the Rogers Cup final on record at two wins each.
Sunday. Zverev used some sharp
The 20-year-old Zverev, groundstrokes to keep Fe- Continued from Page 17 1,500-meter bronze from als,” said Sebastian Coe,
the winner last week in derer from taking control The United States says earlier in the meet. the leader of track’s gov-
Washington, posted a 10th early and get the only ser- goodbye to London in pos- —Elijah Manangoi, who led erning body, the IAAF.
straight match victory and vice break he needed to session of 30 medals, the a 1-2 Kenyan finish in the “It’s because he has an
ended the 36-year-old Fe- win the first set. most it has ever taken from 1,500 meters. opinion. He has a view. He
derer’s winning streak at Zverev escaped a break the worlds. —Hellen Obiri of Kenya, fills a room. We have ter-
16. The German also tied point at 1-0 in the second Of those, 10 were gold, in- who pulled away from fa- rific talent that’s identify-
Federer with a fifth tour- set with consecutive aces, cluding the capper in the vorite Almaz Ayana with ing itself at these champi-
nament victory this year, then broke a mistake-prone women’s 4x400 relay final, 250 meters to go to win the onships. But that’s not the
although Federer’s haul in- Federer for a 4-3 lead and where Allyson Felix won her 5,000-meter race. same as filling that void,
cludes two major titles. served out the match.q 16th medal to finish as the —Sandra Perkovic of Croa- and we have to work at

Svitolina beats Wozniacki 6-4, most-decorated athlete of tia, who added this latest that.” standing-room-on-
discus title to her two Olym-
Bolt’s
all-time at the worlds.
6-0 for WTA’s Rogers title Felix also won gold in the pic golds. ly news conference was
4x100 relay, but the bronze —Mutaz Essa Barshim of scheduled for 15 minutes
she took in her only individ- Qatar, who won the high but went about 35. He dis-
ual event, the 400, makes jump by clearing 2.35 me- cussed his past, the future
this a less-than-perfect trip ters without a miss. and the sport he leaves be-
for her. —The men’s 4x400 relay hind.
In that way, she’s got team of Trinidad and Toba- He said over the long
something in common with go, whose anchor, Lalonde term, he could see himself
Bolt. Between the bronze Gordon, beat American coaching track and occa-
medal in the 100 and the sprinter Fred Kerley to the sionally stepping into the TV
hamstring pull and tumble line. booth for the sport’s big-
to the track that ended —Yang Jiayu of China, Yo- gest events.
his anchor leg of the 4x100 hann Diniz of France, Eider His immediate plans? “I
relay — and still made him Arevalo of Colombia and need to go out and have a
wince when he had to ne- Ines Henriques of Portugal drink,” he said.
gotiate big steps around in race walking. Asked one more time
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina celebrates her win over Caroline the stadium — the cham- Henriques set a world re- about doping, he said he
Wozniacki of Denmark in the final of the Rogers Cup women’s pionships went nothing like cord in winning the first thinks track is on an up-
tennis tournament in Toronto on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. he planned. women’s 50-kilometer walk ward trajectory after two
Associated Press “Someone tried to blame at the worlds in 4 hours, 5 dispiriting years involving a
TORONTO (AP) — Elina Svi- edge in the first set. It was me, and said I started it,” minutes, 56 seconds. doping scandal in Russia
tolina beat Caroline Wozni- Svitolina’s fourth victory Bolt said of a 10-day run There’s not a household and problems across Africa
acki 6-4, 6-0 to win the Rog- over a top-10 opponent filled with upsets and sur- name in the bunch, and and in his own country, Ja-
ers Cup final Sunday, giving this week and third win in prises. “It was just one of though all the performanc- maica.
her a fifth WTA Tour title this two days. those things. It was one es were remarkable in their “I’ve proven to the world
season. The 22-year-old She beat ninth-ranked Ve- of those championships own way, this sport’s lack of that you can do it, that you
Ukrainian used powerful nus Williams in the third where everything does not star power with Bolt out of can be great without dop-
groundstrokes and a big round, topped No. 4 Garb- go your way.” the mix is hard to gloss over. ing,” he said. “Hopefully
serve to keep the sixth- ine Muguruza in a rain-de- Winners on the final day in- “What we’re going to miss young athletes can look at
ranked Wozniacki off bal- layed quarterfinal Saturday cluded: about Usain Bolt isn’t the me.”
ance. A break at love in morning and downed No. —Caster Semenya of three back-to-back Olym- As far as a comeback is
the ninth game gave the 2 Simona Halep on Satur- South Africa, who added pic Games or the clutch concerned, he insists it sim-
fifth-ranked Svitolina the day night.q the 800-meter gold to her of world records and med- ply won’t happen.q