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SPORTSMonday 5 October 2015
Nibali ends disappointing
season with Il Lombardia win
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali celebrates as he crosses the finish line to COMO, Italy (AP) — Italy’s ahead of Daniel Moreno close to catching Nibali on
win the Giro Di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy) cycling race in Vincenzo Nibali ended a of Spain and 32 ahead of the final climb but the Ital-
Como, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. disappointing season by Thibaut Pinot of France. ian’s superior descending
winning Il Lombardia in “What a fantastic day,” skills again proved decisive.
Associated Press style on Sunday to claim his the 30-year-old Nibali said. Nibali, who has won all
first Monument victory. “I tried to attack twice on three Grand Tours, was
Nibali, who is one of the the climb, but I was too thrown out of this year’s
strongest riders on de- closely marked and I real- Spanish Vuelta for holding
scents, pulled away at the ized I would have to try in on to a team car and fin-
top of the penultimate another way. ished more than eight min-
climb. The Astana cyclist “My teammates were ex- utes behind winner Chris
finished the 245-kilometer ceptional. It wasn’t easy Froome in his attempt to
(152-mile) race from Ber- but we didn’t give up all defend his Tour de France
gamo to Como 21 seconds race.”Moreno seemed title.q
Venus Williams wins Wuhan Open, Parker has triple
Muguruza retires in second set
-double, U.S.
WUHAN, China (AP) —
Venus Williams won the women win in Spain
Wuhan Open on Satur-
day when her Spanish op- Venus Williams of the U.S. poses with her trophy after winning GIRONA, Spain (AP) — They pick things up quickly.
ponent and fifth-seeded the final match against Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the Candace Parker had a They shared the ball and
Garbine Muguruza retired WTA Wuhan Open in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province triple-double with 14 points, you saw Candace Parker
with a left ankle injury while Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. 12 assists and 10 rebounds with 12 assists.
trailing 6-3, 3-0. to help the U.S. women’s You’ve got some of the
It was the unseeded Wil- Associated Press team open its European best scorers in the WNBA
liams’ 47th WTA singles title. tour with a 94-52 victory and they’re looking to
“It’s not easy when you Muguruza from No. 8 to No. a 2-0 deficit in the second over Uni Girona on Sunday make plays for other peo-
don’t play your best,” Wil- 5, her top-five debut. set, but the No.1-seeded night. ple. I think that kind of atti-
liams told Muguruza, add- Earlier Saturday, Martina Hingis and Mirza won 6-2, The Los Angeles Sparks star tude is why we are who we
ing that “I probably didn’t Hingis and Sania Mirza 6-3. The Swiss-Indian pairing was 7 of 11 from the field are.”
have a chance if you felt beat Irina-Camelia Begu have seven WTA doubles ti- and had three steals and Since being selected to
well.” and Monica Niculescu in tles this year and have won two blocks. coach the team in 2009,
Muguruza said she was straight sets in the dou- their last three tournaments “I didn’t know I was even Auriemma has directed
“very sorry” at having to bles final. The winning duo in a row — the U.S. Open, close to a triple-double,” the squad to a 23-0 record
retire. dropped serve three times Guangzhou and Wuhan — Parker said. “This is my first and gold medals at the
Williams rallied from 5-3 and had to fight back from and 13 straight matches.q one. I’ve always been re- 2010 and 2014 FIBA World
down in the third set of the ally close, but never got it.” Championships and 2012
quarterfinals to beat British Elena Delle Donne of the Olympic Games.
qualifier Johanna Konta, Chicago Sky had 21 points The Americans will face
and she saved a match in her first game for the na- Italy in Rome on Wednes-
point during a 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 tional team. day night, Dike Naples on
(4) semifinal win over Ro- “We’ve got a great Thursday night in Italy, and
berta Vinci. group,” said coach Geno finish the tour Friday night
Both finalists are projected Auriemma of the University at EuroLeague champion
to make major moves up of Connecticut. “They love USK Prague.
the rankings — Williams playing together. They’re Uni Girona won the Spanish
from No. 24 to No. 14 and very, very competitive. League title last season.q
