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- Royal Montreal to host 2014 Canadian Open
- Record-setting Indy engineer Wardrop dead
- Djokovic downs Tsonga at Tour Finals
| Royal Montreal to host 2014 Canadian Open Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:53 PM PST MONTREAL: Royal Montreal, North America's oldest golf club, will play host to the 2014 US PGA Tour Canadian Open, Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons announced on Monday. Royal Montreal, which hosted the inaugural Canadian Open back in 1904, will play host to the event for the 10th time and for the first time since 2001 when American Scott Verplank claimed the title. "Royal Montreal shares a long and storied history," Simmons said. "We are thrilled to add to that special legacy again in 2014." The course also hosted the 2007 Presidents Cup matches, where the United States team defeated an Internationals squad of non-European golfers. No Canadian has won the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954. Next year's Canadian Open will be played July 25-28 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. - AFP |
| Record-setting Indy engineer Wardrop dead Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:44 PM PST INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Tim Wardrop, engineer for the fastest car in Indianapolis 500 history, died aged 62 on October 27 after a long illness, IndyCar officials announced on Monday. The British racecar veteran served as a Formula One mechanic at Williams and McLaren and was on Jody Scheckter's crew in 1977 when the South African finished second in the driver's championship. Wardrop was the IndyCar engineer for Arie Luyendyk in 1996 when the Dutchman set the all-time Indianapolis Motor Speedway one-lap record speed of 237.492 mph and the four-lap qualifying record of 236.986 mph. Luyendyk's car also clocked an unofficial practice lap at 239.260 mph that year. Wardrop, nicknamed "Doctor Who" after the British television science-fiction hero, also was the engineer for Luyendyk in 1997 when the pole-sitter won his second Indy 500 crown. In 1991, Wardrop served as engineer for Willy T. Ribbs when the American became the first black driver to qualify for the Indy 500. Wardrop also worked with such drivers as American Michael Andretti, Italy's Teo Fabi, Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, Brazil's Bruno Junqueira and last May at Indy with Frenchman Jean Alesi. - AFP |
| Djokovic downs Tsonga at Tour Finals Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:51 PM PST LONDON: Novak Djokovic celebrated his return to the top of the world rankings with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the ATP Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena on Monday. Although Djokovic has only one Grand Slam title to his name this year, at the Australian Open back in January, it has still been another fine year for the Serb, who replaced Roger Federer as world number one on Monday after a brief spell playing second fiddle to the Swiss star. Only David Ferrer has been able to equal Djokovic's impressive total of 71 match wins during the course of 2012 and, for the second year in a row, the Serb will finish the season on top of the rankings thanks to the remarkable consistency which has seen him reach the semi-finals or better in 14 of his 16 tournaments. One of Djokovic's few failures came at the Paris Masters last week when he lost in the early stages to Sam Querrey - the first time the Serb had been beaten indoors this year - but he was back in the groove against French seventh seed Tsonga in his opening Group A tie at the season-ending event. After taking his poodle Pierre for a walk around the corridors of the O2 Arena in a slightly bizarre pre-match warm-up, Djokovic initially looked like he could have done with more conventional preparation. Tsonga, watched by new Australian coach Roger Rasheed, had a break point in the opening game, but a fortunate net cord got Djokovic out of trouble, and the Frenchman couldn't convert his second chance to break when he missed a forehand at 4-3. With neither man able to get control, a tie-break was the only way to seperate them and it was Djokovic, showing his priceless knack of playing his best on the big points, who took it on his second set point. Djokovic was more like himself in the second set and went on the attack in the first game as he looked to press home his advantage. Tsonga produced a spectacular smash on the run to save one break point, but the 2008 Tour Finals champion wouldn't be denied and landed the break when the Frenchman drove a forehand wildly off-target. Djokovic had beaten Tsonga in their last six meetings, including their most recent encounter in the Beijing final, and there was no way back for the Frenchman this time either as the Serb closed out the win on his first match point. US Open champion Andy Murray beat Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the day's other Group A match. - AFP |
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