D2 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.SUNDAY, MAY 15 , 2022
TENNIS
Djokovic’s 1,000th win
puts him in Rome final
This is just what Novak
Djokovic needed a week before
the French Open.
The top-ranked Serb beat
Casper Ruud , 6-4, 6-3, at the
Italian Open on Saturday in
Rome to reach his biggest final of
the year.
Having missed a big portion of
the season because he wasn’t
vaccinated against the
coronavirus, Djokovic will
attempt to extend his five-match
winning streak over Stefanos
Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final.
“I can expect a big battle, but
I’m ready for it,” Djokovic said.
Tsitsipas reached his first
Rome final by rallying past
Alexander Zverev , 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Djokovic is seeking his sixth
title in the Italian capital.
In the women’s semifinals, top-
ranked Iga Swiatek routed
Aryna Sabalenka , 6-2, 6-1, for her
27th consecutive win and will
face another player on a run, Ons
Jabeur , as she attempts to defend
her Rome title.
Jabeur beat Daria Kasatkina ,
6-4, 1-6, 7-5, for her 11th straight
victory after she lifted the Madrid
Open trophy last week.
Djokovic recorded the
1,000th win of his career, making
him only the fifth man to reach
that mark after Jimmy Connors
(1,274 wins), Roger Federer
(1,251), Ivan Lendl (1,068) and
Rafael Nadal (1,051)....
Matteo Berrettini withdrew
from the French Open as he
continues his recovery from
surgery on his right hand.
AUTO RACING
C olton Herta stopped an early
slide, overcame two late pit stops
and eventually pulled away from
Simon Pagenaud to win the wild,
wacky and wet IndyCar Grand
Prix in Indianapolis.
Herta beat the three-time race
winner by 3.0983 seconds amid
roostertails coming from the
saturated road course. The
2 2-year-old California driver won
for the first time this s eason and
seventh time overall.
“This is awesome,” Herta said.
“That’s the hardest race I think
I’ve ever done — wet to dry, dry
back to wet.”
Pole winner Will Power l ost
three spots on the first lap and
wound up third, though he took
over the points lead....
Z ane Smith drove away from
pole sitter John Hunter
Nemechek and Ty Majeski on a
restart with nine laps to go at
Kansas Speedway i n Kansas City,
Kan., for his third NASCAR Truck
Series victory of the season....
Christopher Bell qualified on
the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR
Cup Series race at Kansas....
Matt Hagan made the quickest
Funny Car run in Virginia
Motorsports Park history to top
qualifying for the Virginia NHRA
Nationals in Dinwiddie. He had a
3.853-second pass at 331.45 mph.PRO FOOTBALL
F ormer Seattle Seahawks
safety Earl Thomas was arrested
in Texas more than two weeks
after a warrant was issued over an
alleged violation of a protective
order.
Beaumont t elevision station
KBMT reported that Thomas was
arrested Friday in Orange, where
he played high school football.
The station reported the three-
time all-pro was recognized at a
restaurant....
The New York Giants signed six
of their 11 draft picks, including
both first-round selections, edge
rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux of
Oregon and tackle Evan Neal of
Alabama. The Giants announced
the signings after holding a
rookie minicamp at their facility.HOCKEY
H ost Finland recovered from a
first-period scare to beat Latvia,
2 -1, for a second victory in two
games at the ice hockey world
championship.
Mikael Granlund scored the
winner on a power play with 2:52
to go in the final period of the
Group B game in Tampere.
Rudolfs Balcers put Latvia up 1-0
in the opening period, then
Sakari Manninen equalized on a
power play in the middle frame.
Germany rebounded from a
loss to Canada b y defeating
Slovakia, 2-1, in Group A in
Helsinki. Matthias Plachta and
Leonhard Pfoderl gave the
Germans a 2-0 advantage before
Kristian Pospisil answered with
the lone Slovak goal.
In Group B, Sweden’s Joel
Kellman , Max Friberg and
Joakim Nordstrom scored in a
3 -1 win over Austria.
In their opener, the Czech
Republic eased past Britain, 5-1,
in another Group B game. Matej
Blumel led the Czechs with two
goals and an assist.
Also in Group A, Joachim
Blichfeld recorded a hat trick and
Nikolaj Ehlers had three assists
as Denmark started the
tournament by thrashing
Kazakhstan, 9-1.CYCLING
A decade after his first Giro
d’Italia stage victory, Belgian
cyclist Thomas De Gendt claimed
his second on the eighth stage,
and Juan Pedro López retained
the leader’s pink jersey.
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BY STEVEN GOFFfort lauderdale, fla. — Chad
Ashton took heat this past week
for bailing on the U.S. Open Cup to
better position D.C. United for
three regular season matches in
quick succession. The first of those
games — and the first chance to
judge that decision — came on a
stormy Saturday night against In-
ter Miami.
Close to full strength, United
showed alarming deficiencies in
conceding two first-half goals. But
with Taxi Fountas leading the way,
the visitors rallied for a 2-2 draw in
a match that started 69 minutes
late because of a severe thunder-
storm.
A week after a sterling defen-
sive performance against Hous-
ton, United (4-5-1) sprung leaks in
conceding goals 14 minutes apart.
Fountas then scored before inter-
mission with his fifth goal in five
appearances since he joined the
club from Rapid Vienna, and sub-
stitute Ola Kamara equalized in
the 74th minute on a sequence
orchestrated by the clever Greek
attacker.
The match, before an an-
nounced 13,317 at DRV PNK Sta-
dium, fell four days after Ashton
rested almost all his regulars and
fielded a largely young squad for a
3-0 Open Cup defeat to the rival
New York Red Bulls at Audi Field.
His approach did not sit well with
fans and contributed to an earlyexit from the 108-year-old tourna-
ment, which United last won in
2013.
Ashton attributed the wear and
tear last weekend’s regular season
match against Houston had taken
on his regulars and on the ap-
proaching schedule, which also
includes home games against
reigning champion New York City
FC on Wednesday and Toronto FC
next Saturday.
After the storm passed, United
utilized its wing backs to create
two early chances against Drake
Callender. Bill Hamid thwarted
Miami’s first genuine threat, pro-
tecting the near corner with a
diving save on Robert Taylor’s bid.
Miami went ahead in the
31st minute. Christopher McVey
beat three players in tight space
and supplied Leo Campana just
inside the box. After a one-touch
pass wide to Ariel Lassiter, Cam-
pana made a near-post run. He
redirected Lassiter’s cross inside
the six-yard box and beat Hamid
to the near corner for his team-
leading sixth goal, which ended
Miami’s scoreless streak at
236 minutes.
United’s problems deepened
just before halftime when it con-
ceded a goal off a set piece — its
biggest defensive issue this sea-
son. Jean Mota served a corner
kick to the edge of the six-yard box,
where Damion Lowe beat Michael
Estrada and Donovan Pines to the
header.
United pulled one back deep in
first-half stoppage time. Estrada’s
clever touch redirected Julian
Gressel’s cross to Fountas for a
10-yard one-timer between twodefenders.
An open second half fueled
D.C.’s optimism. Fountas seized on
space and delivered two danger-
ous crosses.
The equalizer was a product of
Fountas’s brilliance. He split two
defenders near the sideline before
feeding Russell Canouse, whose
one-time cross linked with Ka-
mara for a close-range finish amid
a crowd for his fifth goal.
Hamid made a fine save on
Campana, and United ended the
game with 10 players after substi-
tute Chris Durkin received a sec-
ond yellow card early in the six
minutes of stoppage time.
The draw extended United’s un-
beaten record to 3-0-1 against Mi-
ami (3-6-2), which entered the
league in 2020.
Here’s what else to know about
United’s draw:Lineup details
Hamid returned to the lineup
after recovering from a cut on his
lower leg, suffered last weekend
against Houston. Rafael Romo,
Hamid’s replacement against the
Dynamo and starter in the Open
Cup match, was the backup,
bumping Jon Kempin (two starts)
to third string.
Estrada received his fifth start
at striker, chosen ahead of Kamara
(five starts). Rookie Sofiane Djef-
fal was in the lineup for the fifth
time, getting the call ahead of Dur-
kin, who started in the Open Cup.
Kamara and Durkin entered in
the 63rd minute.
Forward Nigel Robertha re-
turned to active duty, as a sub,
after missing two games with aconcussion.South Florida vibes
United made its second regular
season visit to Fort Lauderdale
since Inter Miami launched in- It won here last May, 3-0, on
the strength of Kamara’s two
goals. (It also won a 2022 pre-
season match at DRV PNK Sta-
dium.)
United, though, has a long his-
tory of playing at this location, if
not this stadium. From 1998
through the 2001 season, the Mi-
ami Fusion was an MLS member,
based at Lockhart Stadium. Aside
from regular season and playoff
matches, United won the 1998 In-
terAmerican Cup here, defeating
Brazil’s Vasco da Gama in the sec-
ond leg, 2-0, after a 1-0 defeat at
RFK Stadium.
When Inter Miami formed, a
new, larger venue was constructed
on the same footprint. Long term,
Inter has been approved to build a
mixed-use complex in Miami, in-
cluding a 25,000-seat stadium, ad-
jacent to the international airport.
The goal is to open it in 2025.
The Family Lassiter
Miami’s starting lineup includ-
ed Lassiter, son of former United
star Roy Lassiter, whose 88 goals
rank 14th in MLS history. The
elder Lassiter played for D.C. in
1998 -99 and 2002. The younger
one is in his first season with
Miami after playing for the Los
Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dy-
namo.Fountas spurs United’s rally for drawD.C. UNITED 2,
INTER MIAMI 2NYCFC at D.C. United
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., NBCSWASSOCIATED PRESSAdd the FA Cup to the collec-
tion. Jürgen Klopp has now won
every major title for Liverpool.
A 6-5 victory over Chelsea on
penalties in Saturday’s final pro-
duced Liverpool’s first FA Cup tri-
umph since 2006 and kept it in
contention for, potentially if un-
likely, a quadruple of trophies.
Just like the League Cup final in
February, the FA Cup showpiece
ended 0-0 through 120 minutes
before Liverpool prevailed again.
This time, the Reds were helped by
Chelsea midfielder Mason
Mount’s penalty being saved be-
fore Konstantinos Tsimikas
clinched the shootout win with his
first goal for the club.
“The small margins are again
the difference, and I cannot be
more proud of my boys,” said
Klopp, who matched Alex Fergu-
son with Manchester United to
become only the second manager
to win the European Cup, Premier
League, League Cup and FA Cup
with the same English club.
In two weeks, Liverpool will be
hoping to win the Champions
League final against Real Madrid.
Before then, Klopp has to hope
Manchester City slips up in the
final two rounds of the Premier
League and Liverpool takes ad-
vantage to regain that trophy.
l GERMANY: Robert Lewan-
dowski scored his 35th Bundesli-
ga goal of the season in BayernMunich’s 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg
amid news that he wants to leave
the team before his contract is up
at the end of next season.
Bayern Sporting Director
Hasan Salihamidzic said the Pol-
ish star turned down the club’s
offer of a contract extension and
“he would like to do something
else.”....
Wataru Endo scored in injury
time for host Stuttgart to clinch
Bundesliga survival at Hertha Ber-
lin’s expense after a 2 -1 win over
Cologne in the final round....
Hertha lost, 2-1, to Borussia
Dortmund and faces the relega-
tion playoff.
l ITALY: Spezia assured itself
of Serie A soccer next season after
it fought back to win at Udinese,
3-2, and move seven points clear of
the relegation zone....Torino is safe as well after win-
ning at Hellas Verona, 1-0.
l FRANCE: Wissam Ben Yed-
der’s rapid hat trick helped host
Monaco rally from a two-goal defi-
cit to beat Brest, 4-2, that moved it
above Marseille into second place
and the automatic Champions
League place.
With one round remaining, Mo-
naco and Marseille are level on
points. Monaco has a better goal
differential than Marseille, which
was soundly beaten at Rennes,
2-0. That lifted Rennes into fourth
spot and automatic entry into the
Europa League.
l SPAIN: Espanyol was held by
Valencia to a 1-1 draw at home, a
day after it fired its coach and
sports director with two games
remaining in La Liga.
l MLS: Substitute Kyle Smithscored on a header off a corner
kick in the 92nd minute to give
Orlando City a 1-0 victory over
host Toronto FC.
Orlando City had its sixth shut-
out in 12 matches this season....
Gyasi Zardes and Diego Rubio
scored first-half penalty shots to
lift the Colorado Rapids to a 2-0
victory over Los Angeles FC in
Commerce City, Colo.
The Philadelphia Union and
New York Red Bulls drew, 1-1, in
Chester, Pa....
Erik Godoy’s goal in the
90th minute gave the host Van-
couver Whitecaps a 3-3 draw vs.
the San Jose Earthquakes....
Talles Magno and Valentin Cas-
tellanos h ad first-half goals, and
host New York City FC blanked the
Columbus Crew, 2-0....
Luciano Acosta’s 85th-minute
goal lifted FC Cincinnati past the
host Chicago Fire FC, 2-1....
Djordje Mihailovic and Alistair
Johnston scored, and CF Montreal
beat host Charlotte FC, 2-0....
Adalberto Carrasquilla and
Darwin Quintero scored goals,
and the host Houston Dynamo
beat Nashville SC, 2-0.
l NWSL: Toni Pressley’s penal-
ty kick six minutes into stoppage
time lifted the host Orlando Pride
to a 2-2 draw against the Kansas
City Current....
Host Racing Louisville FC drew,
1-1, with the Houston Dash.China out as host
China withdrew as host of the
2023 Asia Cup in the latest cancel-
lation of the country’s sports host-
ing duties during the coronavirus
pandemic.SOCCER ROUNDUPLiverpool wins FA Cup, keeps quadruple bid aliveLIVERPOOL 0,
CHELSEA 0 (6-5 PKS)IAN WALTON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jürgen Klopp is the second manager to win the European Cup,
Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup with one English club.HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS
Liverpool’s Joël Matip lifts goalkeeper Alisson, whose save against Chelsea’s Mason Mount was the difference in Saturday’s FA Cup final.