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- The Guardian Wednesday 31 July 2019
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Golf
Results
Football
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Second qualifying round: Second leg
Nomme Kalju (0) 0 Celtic (1) (2)
Kulinits 10og
(agg 0-7) Shved 90
Apoel 3 Sutjeska 0 (agg 4-0); Basel L PSV L (agg L-L);
Dinamo Zagreb L Saburtalo Tbilisi L (agg L-L);
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2 CFR Cluj 2 (agg 2-3); Olympiacos L
Viktoria Plzen L (agg L-L); Valletta L Ferencvaros L (agg L-L)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Second qualifying round: Second leg
Dudelange 1 Shkendija 1 (agg 3-2); Suduva 5 Tre Penne 0
(agg 10-0); Lincoln Red Imps 1 Ararat Armenia 2 (agg 1-4);
Feronikeli 0 Slovan Bratislava 2 (agg 1-4)
GEOSONIC LOWLAND LEAGUE
Berwick L Bonnyrigg Rose L; Civil Service Strollers L
Stirling University L; Spartans L BSC Glasgow L;
Vale Of Leithen L Gala Fairydean L
FRIENDLIES
Atalanta L Norwich L; Bromsgrove Sporting L Cheltenham L;
Burnley L Nice L; Hibernian L Newcastle L; Hyde United L
Rochdale L; Kristiansund BK 0 Manchester United 1;
Melksham L Swindon L; Real Madrid L Tottenham L;
St Neots L MK Dons L; Sydney FC 0 Paris Saint-Germain 3;
Tavistock L Plymouth L; Wimbledon L Crystal Palace L;
Woking L Portsmouth L
Tennis
ATP/WTA CITI OPEN (Washington DC)
Men’s: First round: A Bublik (Kaz) bt B Klahn (US) 7-6 (5)
6-3; T Smyczek (US) bt M Ebden (Aus) 6-4 6-4;H Hurkacz
(Pol) bt D Young (US) 6-1 6-4; M Polmans (Aus) bt M Jaziri
(Tun) 6-2 6-4; Y Nishioka (Jpn) bt D Evans (GB) 6-4 6-1;
M Kecmanovic (Ser) bt A Popyrin (Aus) 7-6 (6) 6-3.
Women’s: First round: S Kenin (US) bt J Brady (US) 6-2
6-4; J Pegula (US) bt K Siniakova (Cz) 6-4 6-3; L Davis
(US) bt E Bouchard (Can) 6-1 6-2; A Kalinskaya (Rus) bt N
Hibino (Jpn) 6-1 6-1; M Puig (Pue) bt A Kiick (US) 6-4 6-2.
ATP LOS CABOS OPEN (Mexico)
First round: P Gunneswaran (Ind) bt J Millman (Aus) 6-4
1-6 6-2; T Kokkinakis (Aus) bt M Janvier (Fr) 6-4 6-4;
M Kukushkin (Kaz) bt D Dzumhur (Bos) 7-5 6-2;
E Gulbis (Lat) bt J Jung (Tai) 6-4 7-6 (2);
M Granollers (Sp) bt L Gómez (Mex) 6-0 6-1.
ATP AUSTRIAN OPEN (Kitzbühel)
First round: J Munar (Sp) bt T Fabbiano (It) 7-6 (7) 1-6
6-1; J Kovalik (Svk) bt G García-López (Sp) 7-6 (1) 2-6 6-3;
P Andújar (Sp) bt L Mayer (Arg) 3-6 6-3 6-2;
P Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt R Gasquet (Fr) 6-3 6-2; C Ruud
(Nor) bt P Carreño Busta (Sp) 6-1 3-6 6-1; S Ofner (Aut)
bt L Miedler (Aut) 7-6 (1) 7-6 (5); A Ramos-Viñolas (Sp)
bt M Fucsovics (Hun) 6-7 (6) 6-4 6-4.
Cycling
VOO-TOUR DE WALLONIE (Belgium)
Stage four (Villers-le-Bouillet - Lierneux, 178.2km):
1 A Démare (Fr) Groupama-FDJ 4hr 26m 52s;
2 S Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team at same time; 3 S Steels (Bel)
Roompot-Charles st; 4 R Cardis (Fr) Total Direct Energie st;
5 D De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus st.
General classification: 1 L Vliegen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
17hr 34m 46s; 2 C Lawless (GB) Team Ineos at 12s;
3 D De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus at 13s;
4 E Dunbar (Ire) Team Ineos at 16s; 5 K Van Rooy
(Bel) Vlaanderen-Baloise at 18s.
Fixtures
Football (7.45pm unless stated)
Uefa Champions League
Second qualifying round: Second leg:
AIK (1) v Maribor (2)(6pm); FC Copenhagen (2) v
The New Saints (0)(6.45pm); HJK Helsinki (0) v
Red Star Belgrade (2)(5pm); Qarabag (1) v Dundalk (1)
(6pm); Rosenborg (1) v BATE Borisov (2)(6pm)
Uefa Europa League
Second qualifying round: Second leg:
Cukaricki (0) v Molde (0)
Friendlies
Angers v Arsenal (6.30pm); Liverpool v Lyon (Geneva)
(6pm); Red Bull Salzburg v Chelsea (7pm);
Hertha Berlin v West Ham (5pm)
Cricket (6.30pm unless stated)
Women’s Ashes: Third T20 International
Bristol England v Australia (6.30pm)
Third Men’s One Day International
Colombo Sri Lanka v Bangaldesh (10am)
Vitality T20 Blast
North Group Emirates Riverside Durham v Leicestershire
New Road Worcestershire v Derbyshire (5pm)
Rugby union
Vunipola and
Kruis set for
return before
the World Cup
England are optimistic George Kruis
and Mako Vunipola will be fi t to play
a part in their World Cup preparations
but Brad Shields may not be ready for
the tournament.
Shields returned home from the
World Cup training camp in Treviso
last week with a foot injury and it
appears unlikely he will play in the
warm-up games before England
depart for Japan. John Mitchell, the
England defence coach, described
Shields’s ligament tear in the lower-
foot as “a little bit niggly” and the
Wasps fl anker is expected to be out
for four to six weeks. England have
a self-imposed deadline for naming
their World Cup squad on 12 August
and their fi rst match in Japan is on
2 2 September.
In Treviso, the Italian city selected
for its heat and humidity to provide
the best possible preparation for the
climate in Japan, Mitchell said Kruis
and Vunipola are showing positive
signs in their recovery from ankle and
hamstring injuries, respectively.
“George is back in training this week
which is fantastic,” Mitchell said. “The
medical team have done a great job on
his progressive return and he is full of
enthusiasm and looking great. Mako
is progressing nicely, too. We should
see him back at some point in August.”
England are also awaiting an update
on Jack Nowell, who returned home on
Monday for a routine surgical review
on his ankle. In Shields’s absence
Mitchell has been impressed with his
replacement – the Harlequins fl anker
Alex Dombrandt , who has had a mete-
oric rise through the ranks. He signed
for Harlequins in February 2018 and
made his England debut in the non-
cap win against the Barbarians last
month. “ Every day he’s getting a little
bit better and learning a lot,” Mitchell
said. “He’s been quite outstanding .”
Charles Richardson
Hall reveals her
replica British Open
trophy was stolen
Ewan Murray
We may yet witness a happy home-
coming for Georgia Hall at the Women’s
British Open. Still, in what Hall surely
hopes is not an ominous precursor for
what lies ahead this week, yesterday’s
discussion involving the champion felt
more like an episode of Crimewatch.
Hall begins the defence of the tro-
phy she won in emphatic fashion at
Royal Lytham & St Annes tomorrow.
The parkland of Woburn is th e venue;
it remains to be seen whether links
courses become a permanent fi xture
when the R&A takes full control of this
major from next year. All we know
for now is that Troon will kick off the
new regime.
Two months ago in Chiswick, west
London came some unsavoury busi-
ness which caused Hall alarm. On a
rare visit back to England amid a series
of tournaments in the United States,
she had her replica Open trophy stolen
from her car. There is no apparent hope
of it being recovered.
“They probably melted it down,”
sa id Hall, who is from Bournemouth.
“They smashed my back window, like
12 o’clock in the middle of the day, and
just took it.
“There was no CCTV. I don’t know
if they knew it was me or not because
it was in the box and everything. And I
had golf clubs, as well, and they didn’t
take them. A bit strange. It was in a
boot with tinted windows.
“ I was very upset. I was on my own
and nothing had happened to me like
that before, so I was a little bit scared.
Then you feel a bit silly having it in the
car. Maybe I should have taken it out.
But you know, some things happen
like this in life and you just get on with
it, I suppose.”
Hall, 23, is still waiting to see if she
can be issued with another piece of
silverware. The practicalities seem to
surround the tournament organisers
issuing a replacement once insurance
matters have been resolved. The origi-
nal trophy is kept in a case by the R&A,
at St Andrews.
More uplifting was the impact Hall’s
Lytham triumph had on the women’s
game. The scale of coverage attached
to her two-shot win was unprece-
dented. Over the past 12 months, she
has sensed a wider benefi t.
“Loads of young girls and boys have
been messaging me on social media,
saying : ‘I have taken up the game
because I watched you in the British’,”
Hall said.
“I have seen a lot more attention
[for the women’s game] and I think
it’s done a lot of good – which I didn’t
realise at the time – for golf, and espe-
cially women’s golf. I think it’s got
much more recognition.
“I am defi nitely recognised a bit
more in America. When I was on holi-
day in Barbados, quite funny, I got rec-
ognised when I was sunbathing, which
was sort of strange. But it’s nice that so
many people watched that day and to
be able to congratulate me.”
Plaudits were due, too, to Hall’s
father Wayne, who caddied for her
Open win. The former plasterer is
back on bag duties this week. “I think
the last few weeks, he’s been training
to be ready for this event,” Hall said.
“ He’s always been with me, playing
golf since I started, so it’s just kind
of normal for us, I’d say. He said he’s
been going on a lot of walks because
obviously you do a lot of walking
this week.”
Hall enters this major ranked 30th
in the world and having fi nished in
a share of 37th at last week’s Evian
Championship. General results on
the opposite side of the Atlantic give
the impression Hall has struggled to
adjust to the prominence of being the
Open champion. She ended her asso-
ciation with her coach, Dan Grieve,
earlier this year.
“I’m actually very excited,” Hall
said. “I don’t feel any pressure. It’s
really nice for me to be home because
I’ve been in the US the whole year.
“I’ve done the hard travelling and
now I can enjoy being at home with a
home crowd. I think I’m going to get
a lot of support, so I look forward to
people out there watching me and
cheering me on.”
Georgia Hall
fi nished tied
37th at the most
recent women’s
major, the Evian
Championship,
which fi nished
on Sunday, in
France
STUART FRANKLIN/
GETTY IMAGES
▲ Georgia Hall with the trophy after
winning at Royal Lytham last year
▲ Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka saw off
Dan Evans 6-4, 6-1 at the Citi Open
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