Weekender Alicante North Issue 108

46 FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019
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Canadian
stunner
TEENAGER Bianca Andreescu
stunned Serena
Williams in a gripping
US Open final to claim a
first Grand Slam title last
weekend and deny the
American a 24th major.
Williams, 37, did not cope
with the 19-year-old's quality
in a 6-3 7-5 loss.
Canadian 15th seed Andreescu,
in the main draw
here for the first time, blew
a double break in the second
by Alex Trelinski
set before taking her third
match point and falling to
the ground in disbelief.
"This year has been a
dream come true," Andreescu
told the crowd.
"I am beyond grateful and
truly blessed. I've worked really
hard for this moment.
To play on this stage against
Serena - a true legend of the
sport - is amazing."
No deal Neymar
BARCELONA will not make
a move for Paris St-Germain
forward Neymar in January,
says Barca club president
Josep Maria Bartomeu.
by Alex Trelinski
The La Liga champìons
spent all summer trying to
negotiate a deal to re-sign
the Brazilian, who moved
to France for a world record
220 million euros in 2017.
However, the two clubs
were ultimately unable to
agree a deal.
Asked whether it was possible
for Barca to sign Neymar
in January, Bartomeu
said:"No. Right now, no."
Casey’s tight win
Marc’s Marino bid
THE 2019 MotoGP season
resumes this weekend
with the San Marino GP,
and Spain’s Marc Marquez
continuing his domination
of the title race.
The Misano circuit opened
50 years ago, and has seen
plenty of Italian success in
the past, though all eyes will
be on world champion Marquez,
who has admitted that
his failure to win races twice
by Alex Trelinski
in a row at Silverstone and
Austria have been his worst
moments of the year.
The perfectionist that
Marquez is and despite the
fact he leads the standings,
he said that losing on the
last lap at Silverstone in late
August to fellow Spaniard,
Alex Rins, was also hard
to take.
PAUL Casey won his first
European Tour title for
five years with a onestroke
victory at the
Porsche European Open
last Sunday.
Marquez though is on 250
points, 78 points clear of second-placed
Andrea Dovizioso,
and he’ll be hoping that
the Italian won’t be bring on
a home victory this Sunday.
Back to back wins
FERRARI'S Charles Leclerc
by Alex Trelinski
maiden win in Belgium a week
held on under intense pressure
earlier, and Ferrari's first at
from both Mercedes
drivers to win an exciting
Italian Grand Prix at Monza
last Sunday.
Leclerc's victory was his
second in a row, following his
their home race since Fernando
Alonso triumphed in
2010. The 21-year-old pushed
the rules on driving conduct
to hold off Lewis Hamilton
through the middle of the race
before Valtteri Bottas took up
the challenge in the closing
laps after a mistake from the
world champion.
Bottas finished second
and his teammate Hamilton
third, with Singapore
to come a week on Sunday,
and Hamilton a healthy 63
points ahead of Bottas in
the championship.
by Alex Trelinski
Casey shot a six-under 66
in Hamburg to finish ahead
of Scotland's Bob MacIntyre,
German Bernd Ritthammer
and Matthias Schwab
of Austria.
It was a second victory
of 2019 for the 42-year-old
after success at the Valspar
Championship on the
PGA Tour.
"This is an incredibly
prestigious tournament,"
said Casey. "I'm over the
moon to be European
Open champion."
Fantastic final
RAFA Nadal won his 19th by Alex Trelinski
His victory moves him
Grand Slam title on Sunday
within one of Swiss rival
night, after holding cruising at two sets and a Roger Federer's all-time
off Russian Daniil Medvedev's
exhilarating fightback
in one of the greatest
US Open finals.
The Spanish star won 7-5
6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the
fifth seed in New York.
Nadal, seeded second, was
break up, only for Medvedev
to force a decider.
But Nadal stopped his
momentum to clinch a thrilling
win in four hours and 50
minutes - just four minutes
shorter than the longest US
Open final.
leading tally of men's Grand
Slam victories.
"It has been one of the
most emotional nights in
my tennis career," Nadal
said. "It has been an amazing
final. It has been a crazy
match."