China Daily - 30.07.2019

SPORTS

CHINA DAILY Tuesday, July 30, 2019 | 23

Scoreboard

BASEBALL
Results of the Major League Baseball games on
Sunday (home team in CAPS):
Tampa Bay 10 TORONTO 9
Minnesota 11 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
Houston 6 ST. LOUIS 2
Kansas City 9 Cleveland 6
LA ANGELS 5 Baltimore 4
OAKLAND 6 Texas 5
SEATTLE 3 Detroit 2 (10 innings)
PHILADELPHIA 9 Atlanta 4
CINCINNATI 3 Colorado 2
MIAMI 5 Arizona 1
NY METS 8 Pittsburgh 7
WASHINGTON 11 LA Dodgers 4
Chicago Cubs 11 MILWAUKEE 4
San Francisco 7 SAN DIEGO 6
NY Yankees 9 BOSTON 6

CYCLING

Tour de France
Leading 21st and final stage results on Sunday
from Rambouillet to Paris:

1. Caleb Ewan (AUS/LOT) 3 h 04:08, 2. Dylan Groe-
   newegen (NED/JUM) at 0, 3. Niccol Bonifazio (ITA/
   TDE) 0, 4. Maximiliano Richeze (ARG/DEC) 0, 5.
   Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/DDT) 0, 6. Andr Grei-
   pel (GER/ARK) 0, 7. Matteo Trentin (ITA/MIT) 0, 8.
   Jasper Stuyven (BEL/TRE) 0, 9. Nikias Arndt (GER/
   SUN) 0, 10. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) 0, 11. Sonny Col-
   brelli (ITA/BAH) 0, 12. Marco Haller (AUT/KAT) 0, 13.
   Andrea Pasqualon (ITA/WGG) 0, 14. Julien Simon
   (FRA/COF) 0, 15. Hugo Houle (CAN/AST) 0, 16. Jens
   Debusschere (BEL/KAT) 0, 17. Alejandro Valverde
   (ESP/MOV) 0, 18. Elia Viviani (ITA/DEC) 0, 19. Willi-
   am Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 0, 20. Sven Erik Bystrom
   (NOR/UAE) 0.
   Overall standings


2. Egan Bernal (COL/Ineos) 82 h 57:00, 2. Geraint
   Thomas (GBR/INE) at 1:11, 3. Steven Kruijswijk
   (NED/JUM) 1:31, 4. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOR)
   1:56, 5. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/DEC) 4:05, 6. Mikel

Landa (ESP/MOV) 4:23, 7. Rigoberto Uran (COL/

EF1) 5:15, 8. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 5:30, 9. Ale-

jandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 6:12, 10. Warren

Barguil (FRA/ARK) 7:32, 11. Richie Porte (AUS/TRE)

12:43, 12. Guillaume Martin (FRA/WGG) 22:08, 13.

David Gaudu (FRA/FDJ) 24:03, 14. Fabio Aru (ITA/

UAE) 27:41, 15. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 30:28, 16.

Roman Kreuziger (CZE/DDT) 36:09, 17. Sastien

Reichenbach (SUI/FDJ) 44:29, 18. Daniel Martin

(IRL/UAE) 45:21, 19. Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ/AST)

48:52, 20. Jesus Herrada (ESP/COF) 51:57.

Class standings

Green sprint points jersey:

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) 316 pts, 2. Caleb Ewan
   (AUS/LOT) 248, 3. Elia Viviani (ITA/DEC) 224, 4. Son-
   ny Colbrelli (ITA/BAH) 209, 5. Michael Matthews
   (AUS/SUN) 201, 6. Matteo Trentin (ITA/MIT) 192, 7.
   Jasper Stuyven (BEL/TRE) 167, 8. Greg Van Aver-
   maet (BEL/CCC) 149, 9. Dylan Groenewegen (NED/
   JUM) 146, 10. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/DEC) 119
   Polka dot ‘King of the Mountain’ points jersey:


2. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 86 pts, 2. Egan Bernal
   (COL/INE) 78, 3. Tim Wellens (BEL/LOT) 74, 4. Dami-
   ano Caruso (ITA/BAH) 67, 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/
   BAH) 59, 6. Simon Yates (GBR/MIT) 59, 7. Nairo
   Quintana (COL/MOV) 58, 8. Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ/
   AST) 45, 9. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/JUM) 44, 10.
   Mikel Landa (ESP/MOV) 42
   Team overall:


3. Movistar 248 h 58:15, 2. Trek at 47:54, 3. Ineos
   57:52, 4. Education First 1 h 25:57, 5. Bora 1 h 29:30, 6.
   Groupama-FDJ 1 h 42:29, 7. Jumbo 1 h 52:55, 8. AG2R
   La Mondiale 2 h 08:17, 9. UAE Emirates 2 h 10:32, 10.
   Astana 2 h 27:37, 11. Mitchelton 2 h 34:00, 12.
   Deceuninck 3 h 15:42, 13. Wanty 3 h 49:46, 14. CCC 4
   h 02:12, 15. Bahrain 4 h 08:22, 16. Dimension Data 4 h
   12:27, 17. Cofidis 4 h 20:51, 18. Arkea - Samsic 4 h
   21:11, 19. Sunweb 4 h 45:01, 20. Lotto 5 h 59:31, 21.
   Total Direct Energie 7 h 00:33, 22. Katusha 7 h 32:21.
   White under-25s jersey:


4. Egan Bernal (COL/INE) 82 h 57:00, 2. David Gaudu
   (FRA/FDJ) at 24:03, 3. Enric Mas (ESP/DEC) 58:20, 4.
   Laurens De Plus (BEL/JUM) 1 h 02:44, 5. Gregor

Mlberger (AUT/BOR) 1 h 04:40, 6. Giulio Ciccone

(ITA/TRE) 1 h 20:49, 7. Lennard Kna (GER/SUN) 1 h

39:36, 8. Tiesj Benoot (BEL/LOT) 2 h 07:33, 9. Nils

Politt (GER/KAT) 2 h 14:28, 10. Elie Gesbert (FRA/

ARK) 2 h 33:02.

GOLF

WGC St Jude Invitational

Leading scores after Sunday’s final round in Mem-

phis, Tennessee (USA unless noted, par-70):

264 - Brooks Koepka 68-67-64-65

267 - Webb Simpson 69-66-68-64

268 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 69-69-63-67

269 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 68-70-65-66, Matt-

hew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 67-64-69-69, Rory McIlroy

(NIR) 69-67-62-71

270 - Jon Rahm (ESP) 62-71-68-69

271 - Ian Poulter (ENG) 66-69-67-69

272 - Bubba Watson 65-70-68-69, Billy Horschel

67-66-69-70

273 - Justin Rose (ENG) 67-68-70-68

274 - Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) 70-71-67-66, Aaron

Rai (ENG) 72-69-66-67, Patrick Cantlay 65-68-73-68,

Cameron Smith (AUS) 65-68-73-68, Jordan Spieth

70-70-66-68, Patrick Reed 73-66-67-68, Justin Thom-

as 68-69-66-71, Alex Noren (SWE) 66-69-66-73

275 - Nate Lashley 66-70-71-68, Louis Oosthuizen

(RSA) 73-69-66-67, Dustin Johnson 69-69-69-68, Li

Haotong (CHN) 69-69-67-70

276 - Andrew Putnam 66-71-72-67, Adam Long

71-70-67-68, Matthew Wolff 72-70-65-69

LPGA Evian Championship

Leading fourth round scores in the Evian Champi-

onship on Sunday (par 71):

269 - Ko Jin-young (KOR) 65 71 66 67

271 - Feng Shanshan (CHN) 69 66 68 68, Kim Hyo-joo

(KOR) 69 64 65 73, Jennifer Kupcho (USA) 66 70 69 66

273 - Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 70 71 64 68

274 - Park Sung-hyun (KOR) 67 66 66 75, Moriya Jut-

anugarn (THA) 68 72 66 68

275 - Park In-Bee (KOR) 65 68 69 73, Megan Khang

(USA) 68 70 67 70

276 - Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 70 69 67 70

277 - Kim In-kyung (KOR) 74 66 68 69, Ally McDonald

(USA) 71 68 69 69

278 - Lizette Salas (USA) 74 67 69 68, Lee Mi-rim

(KOR) 71 68 70 69, Hur Mi-jung (KOR) 68 71 67 72

MOTOR SPORTS

Formula One German Grand Prix

Results on Sunday:

1. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull-Honda) 1 h
   44:31.275, 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) at 7.333,


2. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Honda) 8.305, 4.
   Lance Stroll (CAN/Racing Point-Mercedes) 8.966, 5.
   Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/McLaren-Renault) 9.583, 6.
   Alexander Albon (THA/Toro Rosso-Honda) 10.052,


3. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Haas-Ferrari) 16.838, 8.
   Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari) 18.765, 9.
   Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 19.667, 10. Robert
   Kubica (POL/Williams-Mercedes) 24.987, 11.
   George Russell (GBR/Williams-Mercedes) 26.404,


4. Kimi Rkken (FIN/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari)
   42.214, 13. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo Rac-
   ing-Ferrari) 43.849, 14. Pierre Gasly (FRA/Red Bull-
   Honda) at 3 laps
   Did not finish: Sergio Pez (MEX/Racing Point-Mer-
   cedes), Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Renault), Lando
   Norris (GBR/McLaren-Renault), Charles Leclerc
   (MON/Ferrari), Nico Hkenberg (GER/Renault), Valt-
   teri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes), Pierre Gasly (FRA/Red
   Bull-Honda)
   World championship standings
   Drivers


5. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 225 pts, 2. Valtteri Bottas
   (FIN) 184, 3. Max Verstappen (NED) 162, 4. Sebas-
   tian Vettel (GER) 141, 5. Charles Leclerc (MON) 120,


6. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 55, 7. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 48, 8.
   Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 27, 9. Kimi Rkken (FIN) 25, 10.
   Lando Norris (GBR) 22, 11. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS)
   22, 12. Lance Stroll (CAN) 18, 13. Kevin Magnussen
   (DEN) 18, 14. Nico Hkenberg (GER) 17, 15. Alexander
   Albon (THA) 15, 16. Sergio Pez (MEX) 13, 17. Romain

Grosjean (FRA) 8, 18. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA) 1, 19.

Robert Kubica (POL) 1

Constructors

1. Mercedes 409 pts, 2. Ferrari 261, 3. Red Bull-Hon-
   da 217, 4. McLaren-Renault 70, 5. Toro Rosso-Honda
   42, 6. Renault 39, 7. Racing Point-Mercedes 31, 8.
   Haas-Ferrari 26, 9. Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 26, 10.
   Williams-Mercedes 1
   SWIMMING
   World championships
   Results of the finals on Sunday:
   Women’s 400m medley final


2. Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 4:30.39 secs


3. Ye Shiwen, China, 4:32.07


4. Ohashi Yui, Japan, 4:32.33
   Men’s 400m individual medley final


5. Daiya Seto, Japan, 4: 8.95 secs


6. Jay Litherland, United States, 4:09.22


7. Lewis Clareburt, New Zealand, 4:12.07
   Women’s 50m freestyle final


8. Simone Manuel, United States, 24.05 secs


9. Sarah Sjoestroem, Sweden, 24.07


10. Cate Campbell, Australia, 24.11
    Women’s 50m breaststroke final


11. Lilly King, United States, 29.84 seconds


12. Benedetta Pilato, Italy, 30.00


13. Yuliya Efimova, Russia, 30.15
    Men’s 50m backstroke final


14. Zane Waddell, South Africa, 24.43 seconds


15. Evgeny Rylov, Russia, 24.49


16. 
    

    Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia, 24.51

    
    


17. Xu Jiayu, China, 24.64
    Men’s 1500m freestyle final


18. Florian Wellbrock, Germany, 14:36.54 secs


19. Mykhailo Romanchuk, Ukraine, 14:37.63
    3. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy, 14:38.75
    Men’s 4x100m medley relay final
    
    
    1. Britain, 3:28.10 secs
    
    
    2. United States, 3:28.45
    
    
    3. 
       

       Russia, 3:28.81

       
       
    
    
    4. China, 3:31.61
       Women’s 4x100m medley relay final
    
    
    5. United States, 3:50.40 secs
    
    
    6. Australia, 3:53.42
    
    
    7. 
       

       Canada, 3:53.58

       
       
    
    
    8. China, 3:57.11
       TENNIS
       ATP Hamburg
       Final result on Sunday (x-denotes seedings):
       Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x4) bt Andrey Rublev
       (RUS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
       ATP Atlanta
       Final result on Sunday:
       Alex De Minaur (AUS x3) bt Taylor Fritz (USA x2)
       6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
    
    
    
    

ATP Gstaad

Final result on Sunday:

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) bt Cedrik-Marcel Ste-

be (GER) 6-3, 6-2

WTA Baltic Open

Final result on Sunday:

Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x1) bt Katarzyna Kawa

(POL) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

WTA Palermo

Final result on Sunday:

Jil Teichmann (SUI x8) bt Kiki Bertens (NED x1) 7-6

(7/3), 6-2

GOLF

Up-and-coming Chinese golfer Bai Zhengkai, a student at the University of Central Florida, has been blazing a trail on the PGA Tour Series-
China of late and is close to earning membership for next year’s Korn Ferry Tour, the gateway to the PGA Tour proper. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

Bai’s balancing act tipping

towards tour promotion

By SHI FUTIAN
[email protected]

Just a few months ago, Bai Zheng-
kai made the difficult decision to
forego his senior golf season at the
University of Central Florida to turn
pro.
After missing the cut at the Euro-
pean Tour’s Volvo China Open in
Shenzhen in May, his decision
proved a good one.
Bai currently sits 12th on the PGA
Tour Series-China order of merit
and has one title under his belt —

last month’s Huangshan Champion-

ship in Anhui province.

Despite feeling his game is strong

enough to play at an elite level, Bai

will return to school in the fall, when

he plans to balance his studies with

playing the final four events of the

season in a bid to seal a place on the

2020 Korn Ferry Tour.

Last year, Bai’s compatriot Yuan

Yechun finished 25th on the order of

merit before battling his way

through qualifying to earn a card for

the Korn Ferry Tour, where he is cur-

rently playing a full season.

Now Bai is looking to emulate his

good friend and join Yuan in the US.

“I’m planning to go back to school

but I think I can balance the school-

work and leave to play professional

tournaments,” said Bai.

“Even if I get onto the Korn Ferry

Tour, I will still keep up with my

studies and probably take some

online courses.

“Also Yuan is a very good friend of

mine and we have both been

coached by Sean Foley so it would be

great to play together next year.”

Now Bai is aiming for a top-10 fin-

ish on the order of merit, which

would book him a spot in the final

stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualify-

ing Tournament.

Just making it to that stage would

guarantee him Korn Ferry member-

ship next year, but a top-45 finish

would guarantee him starts.

Bai said he’s ready to make the

step up.

“I think my game is really good at

the moment. I didn’t have too much

expectation before I came to China

this summer but I knew my game

was good enough to do well here,” he

said.

“I think my game is ready for the

Korn Ferry Tour.

“I’ve come very close to getting

into some events, and I missed the

Monday qualifier by one or two

shots so I hope I can play there next

year. I feel ready.”

Chasing wins in China while going

to school in Florida a daunting task

Lane locks it down at Dongguan Open

By SHI FUTIAN
[email protected]

American Joey Lane earned his
first professional victory after being
declared the 36-hole champion at
the Dongguan Open on Sunday.
Officials had originally reduced
the event to 54 holes, but after
another extended weather delay
they determined the tournament
would be limited to 36.
Roughly half the field was forced
to complete second rounds on Sun-
day, but Lane didn’t have to play a
single hole after taking the club-
house lead at 10-under a day earlier.
Japan’s Yuwa Kosaihira was just
three shots back with six holes to
play, but he failed to close the gap on
Lane after finishing with six straight

pars to secure solo second.

Japan’s Masamichi Uehira carded

a 67 to share third with Canada’s

Richard Jung (68), one shot ahead of

American Charlie Netzel (65) and

France’s Cyril Bouniol (67).

It was a well-deserved victory for

Lane, who carded an opening 8-un-

der 62 on the Norman Course at

Mission Hills Golf Club to grab a

four-shot lead after the first com-

pleted round. He notched a 68 in the

second round to move to 10-under.

“It’s a hard golf course, and there

were some tough pins so from tee to

green it was awesome, probably one

of the best rounds I’ve ever played,”

Lane said of his 62.

“Inside of 10 feet, I made almost

everything so it was just a great

round and one that only happens

every once in a while.”

Lane is playing his first season in

China after being talked into com-

peting by good friend and fellow

PGA Tour Series-China player David

Kocher, who remains third on the

order of merit after a T7 finish this

week. With the victory, Lane

jumped 22 spots into eighth place.

Although quiet in the first half of

the season, Lane last month fol-

lowed up a tie for 18th in Suzhou

with a tie for seventh in Huangshan

before coming away with his break-

through win.

“It’s an awesome feeling. This is

actually my first professional win on

any tour, and this is the best tour I’ve

played on so it’s an awesome week,”

said Lane, who is looking to play on

the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour.

“Finishing in the top 10 has

always been one of my main goals

for this year. I also have my eyes on a

top-five in the order of merit. With

four more events, hopefully I can

play well and keep moving up.”

Joey Lane with the Dongguan

Open trophy.PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

Digest

SWIMMING

Silver lining for Ye

on final day of worlds

China’s Ye

Shiwen won a

silver medal in

the women’s

400m individ-

ual medley

(IM) on Sun-

day, the final

day of the

FINA World

Champion-

ships in

Gwangju, South Korea.

Ye touched home in 4:32.07 —

1.68 seconds behind world-record

holder Katinka Hosszu of Hungary,

who finished in 4:30.39.

The Chinese swimmer came

from behind on the last length to

prevail over Yui Osashi of Japan

(4:32.33), who pocketed bronze.

“I did very well this evening. I

always had fear in this event, but I

tried to swim in the 400 medley to

prove my mentality,” said Ye.

“During the competition, I tried

to overcome things that I’m afraid

of. Today, I felt very relaxed and I

was even smiling before the start

of the race,” said the 23-year-old.

A double gold medalist at the

London 2012 Olympics, Ye also

won silver in the 200 IM.

SNOOKER

Teenager Yan pots

historic win in Latvia

Yan Bing-

tao became

only the

third Chi-

nese player

to win a

ranking

event after

emerging

victorious at

the Riga

Masters in Latvia on Sunday.

The 19 year-old, who for several

years has been touted as Chinese

snooker’s next superstar, overcame

England’s Mark Joyce 5-2 in the

final to become the first teenager

to win a ranking title for 13 years.

Yan, who earned $62,000 for the

victory, joins stalwarts Ding Jun-

hui and Liang Wenbo as China’s

only ranking-event champions.

“I’m so happy to win the title. I

was a little bit lucky. Ding is still

the best Chinese player, so I have to

improve,” Yan told worldsnook-

er.com.

“There are a lot of teenage Chi-

nese players getting better and bet-

ter, especially those who come to

play in the UK. Hopefully more of

them can win titles, and of course I

hope I can win a lot of ranking

events.”

SOCCER

Donadoni taking reins

for Shenzhen Kaisa

Italy and AC Milan legend Rob-

erto Donadoni is set to be

appointed

the new

head coach

of Chinese

Super

League side

Shenzhen

Kaisa.

“The deal

is already

done and the

Ye Shiwen

Yan Bingtao

Roberto

Donadoni

club will make an official

announcement soon,” a source told

Xinhua on Monday.

Donadoni arrived in China on

Sunday and watched from the

stands as Shenzhen dropped to a

2-0 defeat against Jiangsu Suning

in Nanjing.

The former Italy coach will suc-

ceed Spaniard Juan Caro, who guid-

ed Shenzhen to promotion last

season but has managed only three

wins this term to leave Kaisa deep in

relegation trouble, just three points

off cellar-dwelling Beijing Renhe.

Donadoni has not managed

since being fired by Serie A club

Bologna last May.

The 55-year-old guided Italy to

the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 and

has also had spells in charge of

Napoli, Cagliari and Parma.

Reus named German

player of the year

Borussia Dortmund’s Marco

Reus has been voted Germany’s

player of the

year, Kicker

magazine

announced on

Sunday.

It is the sec-

ond time the

30-year-old

Germany

international

received the

most votes

from the Association of German

Sports Journalists in the annual

poll. He also won in 2012.

Reus received 158 of the 540

votes to win the award ahead of

Bayer Leverkusen youngster Kai

Havertz (121 votes) and Bayern

Munich’s Joshua Kimmich (35).

Dortmund captain Reus scored

17 goals and provided 12 assists in

27 Bundesliga games last season.

“It is nicer than it was seven years

ago. It is a different feeling if you

have only three or four years to play.

With every title I get more emotion-

al than before,” Reus told Kicker.

ATHLETICS

Muhammad sets new

mark in 400m hurdles

Olympic champion Dalilah

Muhammad smashed the long-

standing women’s 400m hurdles

world record

in Des Moines,

Iowa, on Sun-

day, clocking

52.20sec with

a superb dis-

play at the US

Track and

Field Champi-

onships.

Muham-

mad, a gold medallist at the 2016

Rio Games, shattered the previous

best of 52.34 set by Russia’s Yuliya

Pechonkina in 2003.

“I’m just shocked,” Muhammad

said afterwards.

“My coach kept telling me (the

record) was there. I just had to

trust that and go for it.

“I wanted it so bad I knew I had

to go out there and prove myself.”

Sydney McLaughlin, who had

beaten Muhammad in the final few

strides of this season’s Oslo Dia-

mond League meeting, never

looked like closing the gap as the

New Yorker powered home.

CHINA DAILY — AGENCIES

Marco Reus

Dalilah

Muhammad