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Norrie withdraws from Japan Davis Cup tie

Published in Tennis
Saturday, 25 January 2025 15:29

Cameron Norrie has withdrawn from this week's Davis Cup tie in Japan, leaving the Great Britain team without any singles players ranked in the world's top 75.

Jack Draper had previously decided to skip the tie to continue his rehabilitation from a hip injury.

Norrie is recovering from the illness which hindered him at the Australian Open.

The world number 194 Jan Choinski comes into the team for the first-round tie in Miki on Friday and Saturday.

Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris are likely to play singles, with Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury the doubles pair.

The qualifier takes place on 31 January and 1 February.

GB's Patten & Finn Heliovaara triumph in Melbourne

Published in Tennis
Saturday, 25 January 2025 08:11

The Briton added: "I want to thank everyone that stayed out here and watched us play, you guys are a little bit crazy but I love you for it."

Patten sealed victory with an ace, moments after saving the second of two break points against his serve by the same means, and instantly dropped to the floor in celebration.

It ended an exhausting match, lasting three hours and four minutes, which was concluded in front of a small contingent of loyal supporters at 1:42am.

After the match, Vavassori thanked the tournament organisers but questioned the decision to hold the men's doubles final so late, after the women's singles final.

Addressing tournament director Craig Tiley, Vavassori said: "You are doing an amazing job. Hopefully, next year, you can change the time of the doubles finals. I don't think it's good for doubles to not have so many people watching.

"This is the best tournament in the world for me, thank you to all the people that make this tournament possible. In the next year, I wish that doubles will grow because it's a great sport, like singles."

While Patten is the third Briton, after Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury, to win multiple men's doubles titles this century, Heliovaara is the first Finnish player to achieve that feat.

Only 12 months ago, Patten and Heliovaara both exited the Australian Open in the second round when playing with other partners.

Heliovaara initially declined a partnership with Patten but, since winning an ATP title in Marrakech in their first tournament together, they have not looked back.

They have rapidly asserted themselves as one of the leading men's doubles pairings, winning half the Slam tournaments they have entered together.

Heliovaara, who stopped playing tennis professionally between 2013 and 2017, said: "Doubles is a team sport, so the most important thing is to find yourself a good partner. I think I have succeeded in that pretty well.

"Not only on the tennis court but also off it, we are such good friends. I think that's what keeps us close together on tennis courts and brings us titles like this, so I'm super thankful."

'It was never if, just when' - Keys' journey to Slam glory

Published in Tennis
Saturday, 25 January 2025 08:46

Keys' success is all the more impressive considering her injury woes in 2024.

The 29-year-old missed last year's Australian Open with a shoulder injury before a hamstring problem ended her Wimbledon run in the fourth round.

Determined to keep competing, Keys - on the advice of her coach and now husband Bjorn Fratangelo - decided to make a change.

Fratangelo convinced her to switch her Wilson racquets for Japanese brand Yonex - a swap he thought would limit her injuries.

"I have no idea why I like this racquet, what it does, like, all the specifics of it. I just knew when I picked it up, it felt really good, and that was the winner," Keys told Bounces on Tuesday., external

And just before the pair got married in November, Fratangelo dragged a "kicking and screaming" Keys into reworking her service motion.

"If you are going to rip things apart, you might as well rip everything apart, right?" she said.

Sinner bids for history as Zverev eyes first major

Published in Tennis
Saturday, 25 January 2025 09:09

Sinner followed up his maiden triumph at Melbourne Park 12 months ago by winning the US Open last September.

The Slam double was among eight titles he won during a stellar 2024, establishing himself as the leading player in the men's game in the same season that Rafael Nadal's retirement left Novak Djokovic as the last 'Big Three' player standing.

Sinner claimed his first major in dramatic circumstances last January, recovering from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller before embarking on a memorable season in which he won 73 of 79 matches.

Sinner has dropped just two sets in six matches at this year's tournament, despite battling illness in his fourth-round win over Holger Rune and cramp in the semi-finals against Ben Shelton.

His run to his second Australian Open final has come against the backdrop of the Italian's ongoing doping case, which will be heard behind closed doors at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) from 16-17 April.

The World Anti-Doping Agency appealed against the decision to clear Sinner of blame after he twice tested positive for a banned substance last March and is seeking a one to two-year ban.

"There's a lot of things going on, on and off the court," said Sinner.

"I try to isolate myself a little bit, trying to be myself on the court. There are days where it's easier, days where I struggle a little bit more.

"I'm just happy to play for a big trophy again."

Scarlets deny Edinburgh to maintain impressive home form

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 25 January 2025 09:01

Scarlets: Ioan Nicholas; Jac Davies, Macs Page, Johnny Williams, Steff Evans; Ioan Lloyd, Gareth Davies; Alec Hepburn, Marnus van der Merwe, Archer Holz, Alex Craig, Sam Lousi, Max Douglas, Josh Macleod (capt), Vaea Fifita.

Replacements: Shaun Evans, Sam O'Connor, Gabe Hawley, Jac Price, Taine Plumtree, Efan Jones, Charlie Titcombe, Jarrod Taylor.

Edinburgh: Wes Goosen; Harry Paterson, Matt Currie, James Lang, Lewis Wells; Ben Healy, Ali Price; Boan Venter, Paddy Harrison, Paul Hill, Glen Young, Sam Skinner (capt), Liam McConnell, Hamish Watson, Tom Dodd.

Replacements: Harri Morris, Robin Hislop, Javan Sebastian, Rob Carmichael, Tom Currie, Ben Vellacott, Ross Thompson, Mosese Tuipulotu.

Referee: Andrea Piardi

Assistant referees: Craig Evans & Aaron Parry

TMO: Matteo Liperini

Sin bin: Harrison (23), Fifita (30)

Sheehan scores twice as Leinster beat Stormers

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 25 January 2025 11:10

Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan scored twice on his return from injury as Leinster defeated the Stormers 36-12 in Dublin.

Sheehan was making his first appearance of the season after sustaining a knee injury in Ireland's summer tour of South Africa.

After taking a lead through Ross Byrne's early penalty, Leinster's first try came when Andrew Osborne raced over in the corner after being fed by Jordie Barrett.

The Stormers responded when Ben Loader scampered over out wide but the hosts had the final say in the half.

After a lengthy delay to treat the injured Luke McGrath, who gave the thumbs up after being stretchered off, Leinster struck with the clock in the red as Sheehan rounded off a flowing move in the corner.

After an error-strewn start to the second half, New Zealand centre Barrett spotted a gap to slide over the line in the 59th minute, and Byrne added the conversion.

Sheehan secured the bonus point four minutes later when he gathered James Lowe's cross-field kick to score unchallenged.

Lowe, who was also making his return from injury, had a try disallowed but wing Osborne, brother of Ireland international Jamie, grabbed his second score of the game as he intercepted the ball on the Stormers line before diving over to touch down.

The Stormers grabbed a consolation through back row Evan Roos but could not stop Leinster's winning run this season.

Leo Cullen's side are unbeaten in 10 matches in the United Rugby Championship and topped Pool B in the Investec Champions Cup with four wins from four matches.

Sheehan and Lowe will now link up with Simon Easterby's Ireland squad in Portugal before the start of the Six Nations.

Leinster: H McErlean; A Osborne, L Turner, J Barrett, J Lowe; R Byrne, L McGrath; J Boyle, D Sheehan (capt), R Slimani; R Snyman, B Deeny; A Soroka, S Penny, M Deegan.

Replacements: J McKee, P McCarthy, R McGuire, D Mangan, J Culhane, W Connors, C Foley, C Tector.

Stormers: W Gelant; B Loader; R Nel, J Roche; L Zas; M Libbok, P de Wet; A Vermaak, J Dweba, N Fouche; JD Schickerling, R van Heerden; D Fourie (capt), B-J Dixon, E Roos.

Replacements: A-H Venter, B Harris, F Malherbe, S Moerat, M Theunissen, P de Villiers, H Jantjies, W Simelane.

Munster ease past Dragons with four-minute blitz

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 25 January 2025 13:42

Dragons: Huw Anderson; Rio Dyer, Aneurin Owen (capt), Harri Ackerman, Jared Rosser; Lloyd Evans, Morgan Lloyd; Rodrigo Martinez, Brodie Coghlan, Chris Coleman, Joe Davies, Ryan Woodman, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Dan Lydiate, Taine Basham

Replacements: James Benjamin, Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, Paula Latu, Barny Langton-Cryer, George Young, Dane Blacker, Will Reed, Harry Wilson

Sin bin: Evans (20)

Munster: Ben O'Connor; Diarmuid Kilgallen, Tom Farrell, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; Billy Burns, Ethan Coughlan; Dian Bleuler, Diarmuid Barron, Oli Jager, Fineen Wycherley, Tom Ahern; Jack O'Donoghue (capt), Alex Kendellen, Gavin Coombes

Replacements: Danny Sheahan, Kieran Ryan, John Ryan, Evan O'Connell, Brian Gleeson, Paddy Patterson, Tony Butler, John Hodnett

Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

Assistant referees: Ben Connor & Matthew Leon (WRU)

TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)

Gloucester beat Tigers in Slater Cup thriller

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 25 January 2025 10:11

With the potential for both teams to climb to second place in the table, it didn't take long for the first score of the day.

Following an unsuccessful drive from a five-metre lineout, Ben Youngs picked the perfect pass for Wallaby centre Perese, who went over untouched.

But the Cherry and Whites struck back quickly, Seb Atkinson making a half break between Tigers' defenders before feeding Max Llewellyn who put Williams through for the home side's first try of the game.

Following a bizarre incident in which Llewellyn was penalised for an incorrect restart, Leicester struck again. From the ensuing scrum, a simple back-line move resulted in Mike Brown charging over as the Gloucester defenders found themselves overwhelmed.

George Skivington's men thought they had levelled soon after. A fortuitous bounce from a grubber kick saw Christian Wade touch down in the corner, only for the try to be chalked off for offside in the build-up.

But Gloucester were not to be denied for long. Having worked their way into the Tigers' 22, Clement's drive was repelled before Carreras' acrobatic effort in the corner.

On the edge of half-time, the match swung again. Brown picked off Gareth Anscombe as Gloucester pressed. The former England fullback made it well into the opposing half, before offloading to Radwan to score with his first touch as a Tigers player.

Leicester carried that momentum into the second half, Wells forcing his way over from short range following a break down the wing from Ollie Hassell-Collins.

But Gloucester then found a second wind. Having driven up to the Leicester 22, Clement exploited a tiring Tigers defence to score before Harris, on his 100th appearance for the club, touched down to cap a frenzied period of play.

Things only got worse for Michael Cheika's men with Perese being yellow-carded for a dangerous tackle, before Blake emerged with the ball from the resultant lineout drive for Gloucester's fifth try.

Leicester were shell-shocked, but came away with two losing bonus point following Pollard's late penalty.

The result leaves both teams on 35 points, with Gloucester in third, ahead of their defeated opponents on points difference.

Exeter beat Saracens for rare Premiership victory

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 25 January 2025 11:50

Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:

"It's a relief, but there's also an enjoyment factor to it.

"I'm pleased for the lads, I'm pleased for the club really as well and the supporters who've been here a bit through thick and thin for quite a while as well.

"That was an important victory for us to have some feelgood factor going into this next two-month block through the Six Nations.

"Without that I think we'd still be looking around going 'are we heading in the right direction?'

"It was a much-changed Saracens side, but they were typical Saracens weren't they? There was nothing easy out there and, if anything, a much-changed Saracens side almost put more pressure on us to have to achieve something today."

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall:

"It doesn't feel like a Premiership weekend is necessary on a weekend like this, when there are international camps and there are players away, when it is only an 18-game regular season.

"We said before the game that in lots of ways the outcome was immaterial to what we wanted from the game as we knew that come the end of the Six Nations when the Premiership recommences, we were going to be in the mix anyway, with seven games to go.

"We had a lot of unavailability through international call-ups and the big casualty list we have got, and we brought a bit of a younger and inexperienced team and we asked them to play big today and not play within themselves, and show how good they are, and not be cautious, and I thought they were wonderful.

"The energy in the team, in the first 40 minutes in particular, was absolutely outstanding. We had senior players who showed the way and we had younger players who played big like we asked them to, and that continued in the second half.

"And then we had that unfortunate 45 seconds or so where they scored a try from the halfway line and then another from the restart, and that's 14 points in no time at all.

"The whole energy of the ground changed and that was the game really."

Williamson Reflects On Chili Bowl Debut

Published in Racing
Saturday, 25 January 2025 10:00

BARBERVILLE, Fla. After winning his second Super DIRTcar Series championship, Mat Williamson didnt rest in the offseason.

Instead, he took on the Chili Bowl Nationals for the first time behind the wheel of a Keith Kunz Motorsports Midget.

It was the first time the St. Catharines, Ontario, driver traveled to Tulsa for the annual event, an experience he described in one word: Amazing.

I really tried to tell people that it was a lot like Super Dirt Week, Williamson said. It felt like when we walked into the mile back in the day. It was pretty wowing.

Its certainly something that you really have to experience once or twice.

Williamson started the week with two practice sessions, before running his preliminary night on Tuesday of the week-long event. Thats where Money Mat had an unforgettable experience in his Heat Race, flipping his No. 71P after contact with 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars Rookie of the Year Buddy Kofoid.

However, Williamson said he wasnt frustrated after the incident.

I actually think that calmed me down a little bit, Williamson said.  I dont ever really destroy race cars. I got a pretty good track record at being conservative behind the wheel and not tearing up equipment. Then, getting in a Keith Kunz car I flip at the first race. So, after they put me back over, I kept going and Im like, Shit, you know, I think I did all right for flipping this thing over. I didnt tear it up too bad.

Once that happened, I think my nerves kind of went away and I got a little bit more relaxed behind the wheel and just focused on racing instead of worrying about wrecking the race car.

After finishing fifth in his qualifier, Williamson transferred to the nights B-Main where he narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Feature. As he drove through Turns 3 and 4, Williamsons Midget wheelied off the corner, allowing Garet Williamson to drive by him for the final transfer spot.

That finish sent him to the E-Main on Saturday, where he finished 11th, ultimately ending his first attempt at the Chili Bowl.

I feel like if I had a hot lap session on Saturday it wouldve probably made my week a little easier, Williamson said.  But you know, I dont do it as often as I should, and I hadnt ever done it before. By the end of Tuesday, I felt like I was really comfortable behind the wheel, but then you know we take four days off and then I go back, and I race against people that do it all time.

I was pretty happy with our results. I think that puts us in the top 100 cars that are there. And there was damn near 400 there so theres a lot of cars with far more experience.

With the Chili Bowl complete, Williamson is turning his attention to the Super DIRTcar Series and Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park Feb. 12-15.

If he drives his Buzz Chew Racing No. 88 to another Big Gator title in February, Williamson will be the first driver to win preseason championship for three consecutive years since the Big Gator trophy was introduced in 2012.

Along with winning the week-long championship, hes reached victory lane six times at Volusia since 2020, including three of the last five features.

I feel like any time you give us a couple days to figure out the race track, I feel like we thrive, Williamson said.  We do a really good job adapting to the race track and as long as we stay focused, we really adapt pretty well. So, I think that weve got a pretty decent notebook for that place because we go so often.

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