Saturday February 24, 2018
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Bouchard reaches settlement Decision to field was based... in lawsuit against USTA (Reuters) - Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard reached a settlement in her lawsuit with the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) yesterday after a fall at the 2015 U.S. Open resulted in her withdrawal and a concussion. The terms of the settlement were confidential. “It’s been two-and-a-half years, so I’m happy it’s over,” Bouchard told reporters outside a New York courtroom, the New York Times reported. “I feel vindicated that I got the (jury) verdict yesterday. Just relief and happiness right now,” added the former world number five and Wimbledon finalist. Bouchard had sued U.S. tennis’s governing body after she slipped and fell in a training room.
She was seeking damages for her physical and emotional suffering as well as lost earnings both on and off the court after not playing a complete match for the remainder of 2015. A New York jury decided on Thursday that USTA should pay 75 percent of the damages owed to Bouchard but also found the tennis player bore contributory negligence of 25 percent. “My client Genie and I are very pleased with the settlement,” Bouchard’s lawyer, Benedict Morelli, said in an email to Reuters. “Genie was vindicated yesterday with the verdict and now can put the case behind her. She can just focus on her game.” USTA and Alan Kaminsky,
a lawyer for the tennis association, said they also were pleased a settlement could be reached. “(We) are glad that this matter has reached an amicable conclusion for both parties,” USTA said in a statement. “We would like to thank the court and jurors for their service. We also wish Ms. Bouchard the best of luck moving forward.” Kaminsky added in an email: “I am very pleased that the USTA and Ms. Bouchard have resolved their differences.” Bouchard has struggled to find her best form in recent years and is currently ranked 116 in the world, having not gone past the third round at a grand slam in her last nine attempts.
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From page 36 or Football in Antigua they are considered the home team since the second largest population here is Guyanese and urged on by a partisan crowd of flag waving fans, a day before their Country celebrated Mashramani the Jaguars could not have wanted better support. But their first mistake was made even before a ball was bowled when they won the toss with rain forecast for later in the evening, and invited Volcanoes to bat on a good track in ideal batting conditions. “The decision to field first was based on our previous exposure to the surface, which tended to favour the bowlers, with its varied pace, and generally became better for batting during the second innings, owing to a more predictable pace and bounce,” said Manager/Assistant Coach Colin Stuart who had replaced Rayon Griffith in that role. Griffith left to do similar duties with the Windies ‘A’ team. That was just the first of several lapses; Romario Shepherd dropped a regulation catch to let off the out of form Tyrone Teophile on 10 and he made the Jaguars pay by getting his maiden century, their bowling was inconsistent and they saved their worst fielding dis-
Former FIFA... From page 35 receiving a letter of recommendation from Charlie Sheen — probably does more harm than good. The trio bid is still the heavy favorite to win the rights to host the World Cup, but it seems as if Blatter is doing what he can to try and get the cup back to Africa.
RHT Gizmos.. From page 34 to ‘B’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, while they assisted in hosting the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Annual Children Mash Parade, yesterday. The members of both teams include Clinton Pestano, Shawn Pereira, Eon Hooper, Shemaine Campbelle, Kevlon Anderson, Jason Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Kelvin Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud, Chanderpaul Govindan, Sylus Tyndall, Royston Crandon, Assad Fudadin, Keon Sinclair and Nicholas Lawson among others.
play in the tournament for when it most mattered. “Tonight (Thursday night) we appeared short of our A game. We bowled below par, and at times our fielding did not to live up to expectations,” lamented Stuart, a former Guyana and West Indies pacer. Once again some of the batsmen displayed less than smart batting. When in the middle of ‘operation rebuild’ with the inform Chris Barnwell and Man-of-Match Kaveem Hodge in his last over, Anthony Bramble, not for the first time in the tournament, threw his wicket away when he tried to go over the top and was taken at long-off. Barnwell, when well on 25, drove left-arm spinner Larry Edward’s first ball and was caught, while Shepherd departed for a first ball duck off the next ball. “Though a few batsmen got starts none in the top order were able to bat long enough to produce a match winning innings. We did not play smart cricket,” added Stuart, who is a level 3 Coach’ However, Stuart found some ‘positives’ in the loss and said he felt the team demonstrated commitment and
fight to the end moving from 108-7 to their eventual score of 231. Looking at the overall performance during the tournament Stuart said that Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo and Kemo Paul played significant roles before departing for Windies duty, while Barnwell batted well after he joined the team as Reifer’s replacement. He added the Johnson’s Captaincy continues to be good but feels he needs be more consistent with the bat. “Guyana Jaguars gave a good account of themselves by convincingly winning the first three matches. Though we thereafter lost two consecutive matches, we were able to play the three remaining preliminary matches under some degree of intensity. This success enabled the Jaguars to gain a place in the semi- finals as well as finishing first in Group B,” Stuart said. “For the most part of the tournament, our players demonstrated good character, professionalism, passion, resilience and a strong desire to excel,” concluded the Jaguars’ new Manager. The team arrived home yesterday.