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Chennai Grandmasters 2024, Day 5: Levon Aronian secures solitary win in Masters section; Erigaisi continues to lead
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Grandmasters 2024, Day 5: Levon Aronian secures solitary win in Masters section; Erigaisi continues to lead

The Hindu  

Levon Aronian secured the only win of the day in the Masters section, as he beat Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the fifth round of the second edition of the Chennai Grandmasters classical chess tournament at the Anna Centenary Library auditorium here on Saturday. Top Indians Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi drew with Iranians Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei. The results …

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Demare Dezeurn beats loaded Masters Meet field for 100 win
7 months ago

Demare Dezeurn beats loaded Masters Meet field for 100 win

LA Times  

Bishop Alemany freshman Demare Dezeurn displays his medal after winning the boys’ 100 meters at the Mt. Demare Dezeurn had many spectators at Moorpark High shaking their heads in amazement Saturday at the Masters Meet, where the Southern Section’s best athletes across all divisions compete for berths in next week’s state track and field finals at Buchanan High in Clovis. …

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Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete career Grand Slam with Masters win put on hold for yet another year
8 months, 1 week ago

Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete career Grand Slam with Masters win put on hold for yet another year

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam will have to wait yet another year after the world’s second-ranked golfer failed to make a leap up the leaderboard on Saturday at the Masters. I’ve just got to keep showing up and try to do the right thing.” The right thing has been elusive at Augusta National …

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Scottie Scheffler is ready to win another Masters. But this one will be different
8 months, 1 week ago

Scottie Scheffler is ready to win another Masters. But this one will be different

New York Times  

AUGUSTA, Ga. — There’s no way he doesn’t hear them. There’s no way Scottie Scheffler doesn’t hear them, 20 minutes before teeing off as co-leader at the Masters. She’s due in a few weeks, so for the first time in years, Meredith is not at the house with Scheffler, a disconcerting and foreign feeling for the 27-year-old phenom. “I think …

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Tiger Woods hopeful for 1 more Masters win ‘if everything comes together’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiger Woods hopeful for 1 more Masters win ‘if everything comes together’

New York Times  

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods is back at Augusta National. But, the back, the knee — other parts of the body have to take the load of it, and just the endurance capability of walking a long time and being on my feet for a long time.” In December at the Hero World Challenge, Woods’ 20-man invitational event in the …

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Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden win Miami Masters doubles title
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden win Miami Masters doubles title

The Hindu  

Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden beat second seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 6-7, 6-3, in the final of the $10,404,205 ATP Masters tennis tournament in Miami, USA. It was the second ATP Masters title for Bopanna and Ebden who had won the Indian Wells title last year. Meanwhile, in the Challenger in Mexico, Rithvik Bollipalli and Niki …

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Ronnie O’Sullivan regrets ‘stupid’ comments after winning Masters
11 months, 1 week ago

Ronnie O’Sullivan regrets ‘stupid’ comments after winning Masters

The Independent  

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ATP Cincinnati Masters: Novak Djokovic Rallies to Beat Carlos Alcaraz
1 year, 4 months ago

ATP Cincinnati Masters: Novak Djokovic Rallies to Beat Carlos Alcaraz

News 18  

Novak Djokovic overcame a match point and stifling heat to beat world number one Carlos Alcaraz 5-7 7-6 7-6 and win the Cincinnati Open in a heart-pounding thriller on Sunday. “It’s crazy, I don’t know what I can say,” said 23-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic. “It’s matches like these that I continue to work for.” The Serb looked hobbled by …

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Cincinnati Masters: Carlos Alcaraz Ends Max Purcell's Dream Run, Hubert Hurkacz Advances
1 year, 4 months ago

Cincinnati Masters: Carlos Alcaraz Ends Max Purcell's Dream Run, Hubert Hurkacz Advances

News 18  

World number one Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell’s dream run with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Friday, while Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz got past lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6. The Spaniard failed to convert his only break point chance of the first set in the second game before helping Purcell to …

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Jon Rahm rallies to win the Masters as Spanish stars align
1 year, 8 months ago

Jon Rahm rallies to win the Masters as Spanish stars align

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm kept hearing how he was destined to win this Masters because so many Spanish stars were aligned in his favor. “I was told a lot of things about why this could be the year,” Rahm said, looking smart as ever in his new green jacket. He seized on Koepka’s collapse and then surged so far …

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Adam Scott to lean on good memories a decade after Masters win
1 year, 8 months ago

Adam Scott to lean on good memories a decade after Masters win

The Hindu  

Ten years after claiming Australia’s first Masters win, Adam Scott hopes those golden memories can help deliver another for the country at Augusta this week. Scott’s thrilling 2013 triumph in a playoff against Angel Cabrera slotted in the last piece of the major jigsaw that had proved elusive for Greg Norman and other top Australian golfers. A decade later, Scott’s …

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Manu Gandas clinches Vooty Masters title with four-shot win
2 years ago

Manu Gandas clinches Vooty Masters title with four-shot win

The Hindu  

Manu Gandas of Gurugram recorded a thumping four-shot win after a nerveless final round display of six-under 66 to win the inaugural Dream Valley Group-Vooty Masters golf championship and pick his fifth title of the season at the Vooty Golf County in Vikarabad on Sunday. Chandigarh’s Sandhu continues to lead the PGTI Order of Merit thanks to his sensational last …

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Montreal Masters: Hubert Hurkacz ends Nick Kyrgios streak, sets semi-final clash with Casper Ruud
2 years, 4 months ago

Montreal Masters: Hubert Hurkacz ends Nick Kyrgios streak, sets semi-final clash with Casper Ruud

Firstpost  

Ruud will play his third Masters semi-final this season on Saturday, having defeated Hurkacz in their previous meeting in May at Roland Garros. Hubert Hurkacz overcame 53 winners from Nick Kyrgios to halt the Australian’s nine-match win streak with a three-set quarter-final victory on Friday at the ATP Montreal Masters. Hurkacz will next face Norway’s fourth-seeded Casper Ruud, who crushed …

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Monte Carlo Masters: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Grigor Dimitrov Advance to Semis
2 years, 8 months ago

Monte Carlo Masters: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Grigor Dimitrov Advance to Semis

News 18  

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina broke new ground at the Monte Carlo Masters, overcoming 10th seed American Taylor Fritz 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal here on Friday. Davidovich Fokina came roaring back in the second set though, stepping deep behind the baseline to take heavy cuts at the ball as he powered his shots with fierce …

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Scottie Masters tears and fears
2 years, 8 months ago

Scottie Masters tears and fears

China Daily  

Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the 86th Masters tournament on Sunday at Augusta National in Georgia. AP Scottie Scheffler, the world's No 1 golfer, was crying and stressed out hours before Sunday's final round of the Masters, feeling overwhelmed and convinced he wasn't ready to win the green jacket. "The human condition is to make things bigger than they really are," …

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Tiger Woods plans to play in the Masters 14 months after his horrific car accident
2 years, 8 months ago

Tiger Woods plans to play in the Masters 14 months after his horrific car accident

LA Times  

Fred Couples watches as Tiger Woods tees off on the second hole during a practice round for the Masters tournament Monday. “It’s been a tough, tough year and lot of stuff that I had to deal with that I don’t wish on anyone,” he said, “but here we are at Masters week.” It appeared Woods would never return to competition …

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Injured Gael Monfils Pulls Out of Novak Djokovic Clash in Paris Masters
3 years, 1 month ago

Injured Gael Monfils Pulls Out of Novak Djokovic Clash in Paris Masters

News 18  

Frenchman Gael Monfils withdrew hours before his match against Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters on Thursday due to an adductor strain, sending the Serbian world number one into the quarter-finals. After his second round win over compatriot Adrian Mannarino, Monfils said he got injured during the match and an ultrasound on Thursday revealed a muscular lesion. Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz …

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Brooks Koepka confident he can beat Tiger Woods' majors record
3 years, 3 months ago

Brooks Koepka confident he can beat Tiger Woods' majors record

The Hindu  

Brooks Koepka, who has four major championships to his credit, said time is on his side in his bid to catch Tiger Woods -- or even Jack Nicklaus. Koepka has won the 2017 and 2018 U.S. Open as well as the 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship. Woods, 45, has won the Masters on five occasions, the PGA Championship four times …

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Djokovic suffers first defeat of 2021 at Monte Carlo Masters
3 years, 8 months ago

Djokovic suffers first defeat of 2021 at Monte Carlo Masters

The Hindu  

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic lost 6-4, 7-5 to Dan Evans on Thursday in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters for his first defeat of the year. Evans will play his first Masters quarterfinal against 11th-seeded David Goffin, who upset fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-6. Disappointed Djokovic hopes to bounce back Following the defeat to Evans, Djokovic said that it …

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Hideki Matsuyama's win could be worth USD 600m in endorsements - expert
3 years, 8 months ago

Hideki Matsuyama's win could be worth USD 600m in endorsements - expert

The Hindu  

Hideki Matsuyama's historic victory at the Masters on Sunday could be worth USD 20 million per year in endorsements, a sports marketing expert told Sportico for a story published on Monday. Bob Dorfman told Sportico that Matsuyama, the first Japanese player to win a men's golf major, could earn USD 600 million in endorsements, in total, over the rest of …

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Justin Rose torches tough Augusta for 65 and Masters lead
3 years, 8 months ago

Justin Rose torches tough Augusta for 65 and Masters lead

The Hindu  

Seven holes into the Masters, Justin Rose was 2-over par and in no position to panic. Even with a 65 you can’t win it today.’ Missing were a slew of red numbers on the leaderboard in conditions so difficult that Garcia said after a 76, “I feel like I just came out of the ring with Evander Holyfield.” Five months …

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Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth off to winning start; Kiran George stuns HS Prannoy
3 years, 8 months ago

Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth off to winning start; Kiran George stuns HS Prannoy

Firstpost  

Paris: Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth scripted easy wins but Kiran George stunned HS Prannoy in the second round of the Orleans Masters Super 100 tournament on Wednesday. Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, meanwhile, bowed out after losing 7-21 17-21 to France’s Toma Junior Popov, while Ditlev Jaeger Holm of Denmark ended India’s BM Rahul Bharadwaj’s campaign …

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Masterful Yan in frame for greatness
3 years, 10 months ago

Masterful Yan in frame for greatness

China Daily  

Prodigious Chinese potter tipped for more major titles after historic victory at sport's second-biggest tournament China's Yan Bingtao kisses the Paul Hunter Trophy after beating John Higgins 10-8 in the final of the Masters－widely considered snooker's second-biggest tournament－in Milton Keynes, England on Sunday night. A new snooker star is born, and now fans and pundits alike reckon the sky's the …

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Adam Scott hopes to channel early 2020 form for postponed Masters - Sports News - Sportstar
4 years, 1 month ago

Adam Scott hopes to channel early 2020 form for postponed Masters - Sports News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Former champion Adam Scott snapped a four-year PGA Tour title drought shortly before the COVID-19 outbreak upended the golf calendar and now the Australian hopes to find a way to channel that winning form at this week’s Masters. “I was in good form back then in the spring, and because of all the circumstances, it’s really affected my preparation and …

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