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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019

Fighting Tigers earn 47-32 win over Lions

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ith the regular season winding down in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association, teams were jockeying for the final four spots in the junior girls and boys divisions yesterday.

While the HO Nash Lions devoured the AF Adderley Fighting Tigers 45-15 in the junior girls’ game, AF Adderley turned the tables on HO Nash in the junior boys’ division with a 47-32 decision.

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• Here’s a summary of their games played at the AF Adderley Gymnasium: Fighting Tigers 47, Lions 32 With the game on the line as HO Nash made a dent into the 30-20 deficit going into the fourth quarter, Jermaine Thompson and James Paul provided a 1-2 punch with six and five points to help AF Adderley preserve the win.

The Fighting Tigers improved to 5-2, but they still have another game today against the SC McPherson Sharks that will determine their position for the playoffs.

“We started off slow, but we picked it up because we didn’t want to exert too much energy because we want to get ready for the playoffs,” said AF Adderley’s coach Anton Francis.

Thompson finished with a game high 32 points and Paul ended up with 12.

Jacob Williams paced the Lions with 16, Jumeo Miller had six and Natario Higgs five in a losing effort.

The Lions dropped to 4-2, but coach Terrance King is still hoping that they will be in the playoff picture. However, if they

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HEPBURN TAKES LEAD IN NATIONAL BOWLING SQUAD TRIALS ALCONDO ‘Al’ Hepburn drew ‘first blood’ as he took a modest lead in the Bahamas Bowling Federation’s 2019 National Bowling Squad trials that got underway at Mario’s Bowling and Family Entertainment Center on Monday night.

Hepburn torched the field with an amazing 1,044 five-game set. Averaging 209 for the evening, the question is, can he maintain that pace?

There could have been some changes as the ‘heavy hitters’ took to the lanes last night.

“Even though these are ‘early days’, if he (Hepburn) can essentially win this squad trials, it would go a long way in establishing him as one of the top bowlers in the country,” said Clayton Gardiner, federation public relations officer.

“But, he cannot blink.

He cannot lose focus. He cannot miss easy spares. He cannot have too many bad games. He must continue to strike and strike a lot.”

Tyrone Knowles, Kevin ‘Benedict’ Williams, Ray ‘Motel 6’ Adderley, Clayton ‘Lil Papay’ Gardiner and Yule Hoyte round out the top 6.

On the ladies’ side, Driskell Rolle is in the top

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BADC: ‘ATHLETES MUST MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR OUT OF COMPETITION TESTING’ IN THE PAINT: AF Adderley Fighting Tigers junior boys got a 47-32 victory over the HO Nash Lions in Government Secondary Schools Sports Association action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium yesterday.

Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

Aaron Levarity turning heads in NAIA

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

COACH Bill Robinson liked what he saw from Grand Bahamian Aaron Levarity during their Milligan College Buffaloes men’s campaign in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The Buffaloes are boasting a nine-game winning streak headed into the last of a three-game road series tonight against Union. The streak enabled Milligan College to improve their win-loss record to 15-5 overall and 10-4 in conference play.

Levarity, a 6-foot, 6-inch starting forward, is averaging 60.1 per cent from the field, 40 per cent from behind the three-point arc

and 77.4 per cent from the free throw line for 18.9 points. He is also averaging 12.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.5 block shots.

Compared to last year, Levarity has improved in just about every statistical category this year, except posting more than his career high of 30 points last year.

“Aaron’s development on the court the last three years has been remarkable.

He averaged less than six points a game as a sophomore and now he is the best player in our league,” coach Robinson said.

“He is incredibly motivated both on and off the court. His team-mates love him because despite all the success, he is a caring and humble person. It has

AARON LEVARITY been a privilege to coach Aaron and he will be sorely missed next year.”

This is the second Bahamian player that Robinson has coached at Milligan.

He still can remember Cordero Seymour, who would have left his impact on the team as Levarity is doing

right now. “He (Aaron) is our number one option offensively, so I expect him to have a great finish,” said coach Robinson as they look forward to playing their final nine games to get ready for the postseason.

Levarity was named the Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s basketball player of the week for the second time this year and his fifth for his career.

During the three games they played during the week, Levarity averaged 24.7 points, 15.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 block shots.

He also scored 23 or more points and 13 or more rebounds in all three contests for his AAC-league 14 double-doubles. “We’ve been playing good and I’ve been playing well, so it’s

good to have fun while you are playing and winning as well,” Levarity said.

In Saturday’s game, Levarity clinched his career 1,000 points.

“I worked hard to get to where I am today and it’s a blessing to be able to play basketball every day so it was just a great milestone for me,” Levarity said.

Levarity is now ranked in the top 20 in NAIA Division II in seven statistical categories, including No.3 in rebounds per game (12.5) and No.5 in field goal percentage (.611).

The Bishop Michael Eldon graduate, who later attended the University of the Bahamas, is also the AAC’s leading scorer with 19.1 points per game,

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IN an effort to ensure that all Bahamian athletes are aware of their rights as it pertains to anti-doping, the Bahamas Anti-Doping Commission said it’s important that they are compliant.

“In order for athletes to become compliant they must make themselves available for out-of-competition testing,” the BADC said in a press release. “All athletes are required to register with the Bahamas Anti-Doping Commission.

“Some athletes are entered into a general, national and/or registered testing pool. All athletes that fall into these pools are subjected to out-ofcompetition testing. Also all athletes must undergo an educational session with the BADC.” The release further states that the BADC requires the registration of all local and international athletes. Testing is conducted from the age of 15 and up.

Registration can be sent to the following email: info@bahamasadc.org Athletes are advised to please submit the following information for your new ADAMS account:

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Hepburn takes lead in National Bowling Squad trials FROM PAGE 11 position, but she only has Kayla Nixon by six pins. “Can Kayla keep that average up over the week?” Gardiner asked.

“Well, as they say, the proof is always in the eating.”

Jonice Lockhart, Xynea Johnson, Tara Culmer and Janice Hoyte round out the top six.

Gardiner advised the public to keep an eye on these ladies in competition because it could prove to be just as competitive, or even more, than the men.

Tonight is “D” day because only the top 16 men and top 10 women will move on to Saturday, which will have the final cut to six men and six women.

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Levarity turning heads in NAIA FROM PAGE 11 top rebounder with 12.5 rebounds per game and top shot blocker with 1.47 blocks per game. As the season progresses, Levarity admitted that it’s not going to get any easier, but they are all committed to the task. “With the team that we have and the chemistry that we have developed, I think we can go through the rest of the season undefeated,” Levarity said. “We have a big game tomorrow (tonight), which should help us to continue to develop.”

The 21-year-old son of Marcian and Melodie Levarity, who are listed as his role models, Levarity is an exercise science major with career aspirations to become a physical therapist.

While that is a career option for Levarity, coach Robinson revealed that there are plans for Levarity to play professionally as there is already an interest expressed from a team in Finland to acquire his services after he helped Milligan College reach the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “We will see what happens,” said Levarity

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AARON LEVARITY in action. about his future as he’s done with Milligan College.

“We are looking good. We won a lot of good games, so I just want to say thanks

to my parents, the coaches and my team-mates here for believing in me and allowing me to do what I can do.”

There’s still plenty more basketball to play before he’s done and Levarity is hoping that he can go out with a bang.

Fighting Tigers earn 47-32 win over Lions FROM PAGE 11 do clinch a spot, he admitted that they will have to play better than they did against a potential opponent in the Fighting Tigers.

“I was very disappointed.

The seniors on the team decided to come to the gym with their own game plan. They didn’t play our game plan today,” King stated. “That’s what happens when you don’t follow instructions.”

If they get into the playoffs, King stressed that they

will have to work on their conditioning or they could be on the sidelines early in the postseason.

AF Adderley actually trailed for most of the game, falling behind 5-10 at the end of the first quarter and 14-17 at the half.

However, they turned things around in the third, thanks to Thompson’s 12 points, as they surged out front 30-20 at the end of the final break.

Lions 45, Fighting Tigers 15 - This one was over from the first

BADC: ‘ATHLETES MUST MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR OUT OF COMPETITION

quarter as HO Nash opened an 18-6 tear and increased it to 31-9 at the half.

By the end of the third, they were fully in control with a 44-11 advantage.

Gerniqua Bethel, who produced six, four and three points in the first three periods respectively, finished with a game high 13 points to lead the Lions as they prepare for their perennial appearance in the postseason.

Jonique Cunningham, with three in the first and

second and five in the third, added 11.

Trinity Cartwright, who came up with eight in the first quarter and two in the second, helped out with 10.

Shakara Delancy and Kenniece Black could only muster six and four points respectively in a losing effort for AF Adderley.

While there is still one or two positions to be determined for the junior teams, the seniors are all set for their showdown in the playoffs that is tentatively set to start on Friday.

In the senior boys’ division, the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins are riding out front with a perfect 7-0 record. Both the CI Gibson Rattlers and CC Sweeting Cobras are tied at 5-2 and the Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves occupy the fourth spot at 4-3.

The senior girls’ division is led by the undefeated CI Gibson Rattlers at 5-0.

Both the Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves and CV Bethel Stingrays are tied at 2-3 and CR Walker Knights round out the fourth spot.

The BADC states that once verified, you will receive an email shortly.

And for immediate assistance, please contact the office via phone.

“Whereabouts submissions are due by the 15th before each quarter. Failure to submit will result in a whereabouts failures or missed tests. Three failures and/or three missed tests can and will constitute a ADRV with the BADC,” according to a press release.

The BADC said those athletes will be given a period of ineligibility for one to two years.

The E- Platform can be accessed by signing up on www.bahamasadc.org/ adel Educational sessions can be arranged individually or by groups, please feel free to contact the office to assist in setting up sessions with your administrators, physicians, coaches, athletes and parents.

For more information, please feel free to call or stop by the office at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatics Centre.

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‘Buddy’ scores 15 for Kings in 120-105 loss to Raptors TORONTO (AP) — Chavanno “Buddy” Hield scored 15 points, including two three-pointers, for the Sacramento Kings last night in a 120-105 loss to the Toronto Raptors.

He also had a block, steal, five assists and three rebounds in 35 minutes on the court.

Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet each scored 19 points and Pascal Siakam had 18 for the Raptors.

Serge Ibaka had 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Raptors extended their home winning streak to 10 games.

Toronto’s franchise record for consecutive home wins is 12.

C.J. Miles scored a season-high 15 points and Norm Powell added 11 as Toronto overcame the absence of Kawhi Leonard (rest) to win for the eighth time in nine games.

Leonard missed his third straight game for rest and will also skip tonight’s game at Indiana, coach Nick Nurse said. Leonard is expected to return Friday at Houston.

A two-time NBA defensive player of the year, Leonard was limited to nine games with San Antonio last season because of a quadriceps injury.

Kings rookie Marvin Bagley scored a careerhigh 22 points and added 11 rebounds in his first career start. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 16 points and Brady Hield had 15 as Sacramento lost for the third time in four games.

The short-handed Kings were without three starters. Guard De’Aaron Fox sat because of a sore right toe, while forward Nemanja Bjelica was out because of a sore back. Forward Iman Shumpert sat out to rest.

Shumpert made one of 10 shots in Monday’s loss at Brooklyn.

Sacramento dropped to 3-7 in the second game of a back-to-back.

The Raptors, meanwhile, improved to an NBA-best 7-0 when playing with at least one day of rest and facing an opponent on the second night of a back-to-back.

Toronto is 3-0 at home and 4-0 on the road in such games.

San Antonio (5-0) and Brooklyn (4-0) are the only other teams without a loss in those circumstances.

Both have played all such games at home.

TORONTO Raptors guard Patrick McCaw (1) makes a pass around Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) during the first half last night.

(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

TORONTO Raptors centre Serge Ibaka (9) gets fouled by Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) in the first half last night.

(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Toronto trailed 34-29 after one quarter, but Ibaka scored seven points in the

second to give the Raptors a 60-56 edge at halftime.

Willie Cauley-Stein’s dunk

IN NPBA, HIGH FLYERS TOP EAGLES NEST, SHOCKERS DISPOSE OF PROS IT was a long night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the double header played on Monday in the New Providence Basketball Association needed two overtime periods to decide the two winners.

In the division II opener, the Breezes High Flyers flew past the Leno Eagles Nest 100-94 in their extra period match-up, while the JD’s Seafood Shockers disposed of the Pros 120-110 in double extra time in their division one encounter.

• Here’s how it all played out: Shockers 120, Pros 110: After playing to a 87-87 tie at the end of regulation and 100-100 as they completed the first extra five minutes, JD’s Seafood went on a 33-23 spurt in the final extra period to clinch the win.

William Rigby led a balanced scoring attack with 22 points in 42 minutes and 37 seconds as he connected on 7-of-9 from the field and 8-for-10 from the free throw line. He also had seven rebounds, five assists and five steals.

Adam Johnson had 21 points, 11 rebounds, eight steals, four blocks and three assists, Lenny Oscar came off the bench with 20 points, six rebounds, Cameron Adderley also had 12 points and six rebounds off the bench, while Patrice Brice added 11 points, nine assists and three rebounds

BUDDY HIELD, of the Bahamas, dribbles down the court against the Kings last night.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

and Rashad Woodside chipped in with 11 points.

For the Pros, Colton Albury had a career high 53 points, shooting 18-for23 from the field, 7-for-16 from the three-point arc and 10-for-12 from the foul line in 37:11 minutes, but it wasn’t enough. He also had 12 rebounds, five steals and three blocks.

Ron Marshall came off the bench with 16 points and seven rebounds, Derrick Ferguson had 15 points and three assists and Stephan Burrows added 13 points, 12 rebounds and three steals. Tyrone Sands Sr had eight points and six rebounds.

The Shockers opened a 22-12 lead after the first quarter, but the Pros rallied with a 29-21 tear in the second quarter to trail 43-41 at the half.

JD’s extended their lead to 69-61 at the end of the final break. The Pros then went on a 26-18 surge in the fourth quarter to pull even at 87-87 and force the first overtime.

High Flyers 100, Eagles Nest 94: Tied 68-68 at the end of regulation, Breezes shifted into another gear in overtime as they took apart Leon’s 32-26 to secure the win.

Jeremy Neely canned 27 points on 9-for-37 from the field, 2-for-17 from the three-point line and 7-for-8 from the free throw line in 46:18 minutes. He had eight

rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Justin Gardiner helped out with 22 points, nine rebounds and two steals, Dave Davis had 18 points and 22 rebounds and Shanton Pratt chipped in with 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and as many steals.

For the Eagles Nest, Donte Deveaux scored 20 points with nine rebounds and four steals, leading three other players in double figures.

Bradley Altidor had 18 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals, Jonaldo Joseph had 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Johnacy Augustin had 13 points and six rebounds, Tyrell Butler had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists and T’Shad Cornish had seven points, four rebounds and four steals.

Breezes led 22-19 after the first quarter, but Leno went up 38-37 and held their advantage to 55-53 at the end of the third. Leno went on a 15-13 spurt in the fourth to pull even at 68-68 to force the overtime period.

The NPBA is scheduled to be back in action tonight with another double header.

In the 7pm opener, the Aliv Bucket face Your Essential Store Giants and, in the feature contest, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes take on the PJ Stingers.

with 4:35 left in the third tied the score at 73-all, but Siakam had seven points as

Toronto closed the quarter with a 15-5 run, taking an 88-78 lead into the fourth.

UP NEXT Kings: Visit Memphis on Friday night.

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Column: Tiger Woods’ biggest moment didn’t last very long

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rarely in sports has such a big moment had such a short shelf life.

Even one involving Tiger Woods.

With respect to Brooks Koepka and his two majors, or Francesco Molinari with his claret jug and 5-0 mark in the Ryder Cup, no moment last year captivated golf as much as Woods finishing off his improbable comeback by winning the final PGA Tour event of the season at the Tour Championship.

And then it was time to move on.

Twelve hours later, Woods and the American team arrived in Paris for the Ryder Cup. That week was all about team and trying to win on European soil, both ultimately failures.

And then Woods was out of public view for two months, returning only for a pair of exhibitions in Las Vegas and the Bahamas.

Publicly, the moment was gone. Privately, Woods took time to reflect.

First, it was the reaction from his family and friends, those who had seen him at the lowest of low points when he was searching for answers to his ailing back through four surgeries, and when a reliance on pain medications led to the public embarrassment of his arrest on a DUI charge.

“I got back home and I got a chance to be around my friends and my family, to hear some of the stories of how nervous they were and how emotional they were,” Woods said Tuesday. “Players, friends, people who saw what I went through at home, saw the difficult times and just to see that I made it that far

TIGER Woods makes his way down the 18th fairway during the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta on September 23, 2018. Woods said yesterday he doesn’t think he can ever feel that kind of energy again.

(AP Photo/John Amis) back, that was touching to me because I didn’t really expect that, because I’m inside the ropes.

“I know what it took for me,” he said.

“But I didn’t know it would have affected anyone else like that.”

Then, it was seeing the final round on a video screen.

The highlights of that Sunday at East Lake were so much like the Woods of old. He had a 54-hole lead, mapped out what it would take to win and was so methodical in his execution that he never gave anyone else much of a chance.

“It’s about the grind, and that’s what I did,” he said.

“I didn’t really have it in drive, I just had it in neutral all day.”

What made his spine tingle was what everyone remembers about that day.

Was there a more indelible image than Woods walking up to the 18th green, red shirt blazing, as thousands of fans rushed under the ropes and followed him down the fairway to create a stage worthy of the occasion?

“It gives me chills almost every single time I see it,” Woods said. “At the time, it didn’t seem like that

because I didn’t really look back. I only looked back a couple times over my right shoulder. ... I got on the green, I looked and I’m like, ‘Holy cow, there’s a lot of people out there.’

“But the rush and the commotion that happened ... I’ve experienced things of that nature, but not that energy.”

It was like that at the Western Open in 1997, the year he changed the face of golf. It was like that when he won the British Open both times at St. Andrews.

That was when he was expected to win all the time.

And maybe that’s why he

says East Lake had “its own aura and its own energy.”

It was so great that Woods isn’t sure he’ll ever feel that again.

“Maybe one day it might, who knows?” he said. “All I know is that it was really loud and very special.”

Tommy Roy won’t forget it for other reasons, mostly an interview that nearly brought him to tears.

Roy is the lead golf producer at NBC, and the network usually asks three or four contenders after the third round for a quick interview with host Dan Hicks, which then would be aired at appropriate

moments during the Sunday telecast.

For the better part of two decades, NBC asked Woods to come in for the brief interview, and Woods always politely declined.

“Except for Saturday night,” Roy said. “Dan ended up doing this quick interview, and Tiger was unbelievable. He’s usually so guarded, but this included a sound bite about wanting to win again for his kids. I got tears in my eyes it was so powerful.”

Roy wanted to save it for the right moment, when Woods was assured of winning.

Billy Horschel made a late run to get within two shots, and Woods was in trouble on the 17th hole, enough to make Roy wait.

But then Woods saved par, and he cleared the last trouble with an approach on the par-5 18th over the water and into the bunker.

Roy gave the order to cue the tape and for Hicks to set it up.

But then he saw on his monitor the chaotic celebration unfolding, and he urgently shouted, “Stop!”

To play the minute-long interview clip about winning for his two children would have meant losing images of fans’ reaction to a moment they weren’t sure they would ever see again.

“We never aired the sound bite,” Roy said.

Roy couldn’t think of big moments with so little bounce, except for perhaps the Olympics.

Gold medallists are celebrated for their greatest feats, and then largely forgotten for the next four years.

Four months is better than four years.

Woods makes his 2019 debut this week at Torrey Pines.

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‘Barbecued chicken’: Tiafoe’s Australia run ended by Nadal

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal is back to feeling healthy.

Probably not a coincidence that he’s back in the Australian Open semi-finals.

Playing his familiar brand of court-covering, ball-bashing, opponentfrustrating tennis, Nadal claimed 20 of his first 23 service points and saved the only two break chances he faced, ending American Frances Tiafoe’s best Grand Slam run with a dominating 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory last night.

“I feel lucky to be where I am after all the things I went through,” said Nadal, who quit during his quarter-final at Melbourne Park a year ago because of a right leg problem, again during his semi-final at the US Open in September because of a painful right knee, and then had offseason surgery on his right ankle.

“Not easy situations,” he said, summing it up.

Nadal, 32, reached his 30th major semi-final and prevented Tiafoe from getting to his first, two days after he turned 21.

“I knew he was going to bring crazy intensity. I knew the ball was going to be jumping. I knew if he got hold of a forehand, it was going to be barbecued chicken,” Tiafoe said.

“But point in, point out, I’ve never seen someone so locked in.”

The two hadn’t played each other before, though they did practice together at Roland Garros back in 2014, when Tiafoe was a teen in the junior competition.

FRANCES TIAFOE, of the United States, reaches for a return to Spain’s Rafael Nadal during their quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis championships yesterday.

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Entering this year’s Australian Open, the 39thranked Tiafoe had never been past the third round at a major.

However, he knocked off two-time Slam runner-up Kevin Anderson and 20thseeded Grigor Dimitrov on the way to the quarter-finals, drawing plenty of attention for his play — and his bare-chested, biceps-slapping celebrations inspired by LeBron James.

As usual, Tiafoe was animated and talkative Tuesday. He lamented missed shots with a self-admonishing “Oh, Frances!”

He marked good ones with a shout of “Let’s go!”

But it all came to a screeching halt against Nadal, a 17-time major champion.

Tiafoe, who is from Maryland, was broken the initial time he served in each set, which was all Nadal needed, given how well he handled his own service games. He’s been reluctant to go into detail about a recent tweak he made to his serve, saying it’s “nothing drastic, nothing dramatic.”

He spoke after Tuesday’s win about going for winners on his first forehand following a serve, something he called “very

RAFAEL Nadal makes a forehand return to Frances Tiafoe.

(AP Photo/Andy Brownbill) important ... at this stage of my career.”

Whatever he’s doing is working. And how. Nadal has won every set he’s played in the tournament, the first time he’s done that en route to the semi-finals in Australia since 2009, the only time he won the championship.

“I am playing well,” he said.

“I did a lot of things well during the whole week and-a-half.”

Now Nadal goes up against another opponent much younger than he is, 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, who upset Roger

Federer in the fourth round.

The 14th-seeded Tsitsipas became the first player from Greece to earn a semi-final berth at a major, beating No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) earlier Tuesday.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Tsitsipas said about his matchup against Nadal.

“I feel all right with my game. I feel like I can do something good against him.”

Asked about all of these kids trying to elbow their way to the top of tennis, Nadal smiled and said: “They can wait a little bit.”

Kvitova back in Grand Slam semi-finals, a 1st in ‘second’

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Petra Kvitova watched the Australian Open from a distance two years ago, a month after she was injured in a violent home invasion.

Then she lost in the first round last year, and conceded she hadn’t returned to a standard that earned her two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon.

Until now, that is. So she knew the question was coming, perhaps overdue.

Still, after her 6-1, 6-4 win over Ash Barty last night, the question in an on-court interview reduced her to tears.

She was asked if she’d ever doubted, ever lost belief that she’d be back in this moment. She had just qualified for her first major semi-final since her run to the 2014 Wimbledon title.

There was barely a dry eye in the arena.

As she paused to take in a breath and wipe away tears, the encouragement and cheers from the crowd intensified and reached a crescendo after almost 20 seconds to allow Kvitova to respond to Jim Courier’s question.

“Thank you guys. Um, no, really,” she said. “I didn’t really imagine to me playing on this great stadium and play with the best.”

Later she explained the tears were “a mix of emotions of everything I’ve been through.”

“Sometimes I’m not really recognising anything from the past,” she said.

“But when Jim asked that, it wasn’t really easy for me to kind of see myself being in a semi-final after everything.”

Since her return to the majors at the French Open in 2017, she has had two first-round exits, two

DANIELLE COLLINS, of the United States, celebrates after defeating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in their quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis championships yesterday.

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

PETRA KVITOVA, of the Czech Republic, celebrates after defeating Australia’s Ashleigh Barty in their quarter-final match at the Australian Open yesterday.

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

second-round losess, two in the third.

The highlight was a run to the 2017 US Open quarter-finals.

Now she’s on a 10-match winning run, having also beaten Barty for the title in Sydney in the week leading up to the Australian Open, and feeling like she’s back in the big time.

“For sure. I’m calling it my ‘second career.’ So it’s the first semi-final of the ‘second career,’” Kvitova said. “But, yeah, it took me a while, for sure. I never really played so well on the Grand Slams, so I’m happy this time it’s different. I’m really enjoying it.”

And she really is. Her five wins have been in straight sets in an average time of about 1 hour, 6 minutes.

The difference is fewer nerves, more job satisfaction and more freedom.

win over three-time major champion Angelique Kerber in the fourth round.

In the quarter-finals, she came back to overpower Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 — conceding only three points in the third as she raced to a 5-0 lead.

Collins took Kvitova to three long sets at the Brisbane International, her first match of the season. So Kvitova, who like Kerber is left-handed, is wary.

“I won it, but it was over three hours,” Kvitova said of her semi-final rival. “She’s very fearless and she’s playing very, very aggressive.”

Collins said she had followed Kvitova’s career, and admired the 28-yearold Czech player, but was ready to make her win No. 6 in her hot streak.

“She’s an incredible champion, has gone

“I’m seeing life a little bit differently compared with before. I know it’s just the sport, it’s just the tennis,” she said. “Always when you’re doing something, you want to do best.

Of course, losing, it hurts a lot because you are doing everything for it.

“On the other hand ...

I’m always looking back and see what I achieved from the time (before the violent attack). It’s always both sides. But in the end, always the life wins.”

She’ll play Danielle Collins next, and is one of the few people who entered the tournament who could have predicted the American’s run so far.

Collins has a 5-5 career record in Grand Slam matches. It was 0-5 when she got to Melbourne this month. She has taken out three seeded players, including a 6-0, 6-2

through a lot,” Collins said. “We had a really great battle a couple weeks ago, one of the best matches I’ve played. I didn’t even win that match. So very familiar with her. Looking forward to the next match.”

Kvitova recalled Collins having a chance to serve out that match in Brisbane, and said she would need to be better to win again.

But on second thought, she said: “It’s a semi-final, so, who cares?”

“I always wanted to come back and play on the highest level, compete with the best, play the Grand Slams, actually be very deep in the Grand Slam, which is happening,” Kvitova said of her secondtime-around run to the semi-finals. “Yeah, it just took me a bit to the tears, but it was happy tears, for sure.”

KOHLI WINS THREE AWARDS, NAMED SKIPPER OF ICC TEST AND ODI TEAMS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India captain Virat Kohli became first player in history to win three major ICC awards and was also named skipper of both ICC test and ODI teams of the year yesterday.

Kohli was named cricketer of the year and won the Sir Garfield trophy, was named best test player of the year and also ODI player of the year after his extraordinary batting form in 2018.

The 30-year-old Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 with five centuries in 13 matches.

He also scored 1,202 runs in 14 ODIs that featured six centuries and came at an astonishing average of 133.55.

“It feels amazing. It’s a reward for all the hard work that you do throughout the calendar year,” Kohli said.

“I feel really grateful and very, very happy with the team doing well at the same time myself performing.

“Having recognition at the global level from the ICC is something you feel proud of as a cricketer because you understand that there are many players playing the game.”

Kohli had won the Sir Garfield Trophy and ODI player of the year awards last year and was also the ODI player of the year in 2012.

ICC chief executive David Richardson congratulated Kohli for his impressive form in 2018.

“To be recognised as a true cricketing great you need to be successful at all formats of the game and Virat has become a great ambassador for our sport,” Richardson said.

SOUTH AFRICA LEVELS ODI SERIES AT 1-1 AGAINST PAKISTAN DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa beat Pakistan by five wickets yesterday to level the oneday series at 1-1 as Andile Phehlukwayo gave a compelling argument to be the Proteas’ allrounder at this year’s Cricket World Cup. Phehlukwayo took career-best figures of 4-22 with the ball to help limit Pakistan to 203 all out. He then hit a career-best 69 not out with the bat to lead South Africa to 207-5 in 42 overs and victory after the home team was in deep trouble at 80-5 in its chase.

Phehlukwayo shared an unbeaten partnership under pressure of 127 with Rassie van der Dussen, who was assured for his 80 not out to continue his brilliant start to his one-day career.

Van der Dussen made 93 in the first ODI, his debut, although Pakistan won the series-opener.

South Africa should have won Tuesday’s second game more comfortably after Pakistan was 112-8 having been put in to bat at Kingsmead.

Pakistan salvaged a reasonably competitive score thanks to No. 10 Hasan Ali’s counterattack of 59 off 45 balls.

The tailender smashed five fours and three sixes and was backed up by captain Sarfraz Ahmed’s 41. They were the last two Pakistan batsmen out, both falling to Phehlukwayo after putting on 90 for the ninth wicket.

Defending a meagre total, Pakistan roared back into the game when 18-year-old fast bowler Shaheen Afridi removed Hashim Amla, Reeza Hendricks and captain Faf du Plessis quickly to have South Africa struggling at 29-3 in the first six overs.

Afridi bowled Amla with a fast inswinger and beat Hendricks and du Plessis to have them caught behind.

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CRISTIANO RONALDO PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer

MADRID (AP) — With a guilty plea and a huge fine, Cristiano Ronaldo finally put an end to his tax ordeal in Spain.

Nearly four years after an investigation was opened, Ronaldo appeared at a court in Madrid yesterday to plead guilty to tax fraud and agree to a fine of nearly 19 million euros ($21.6 million).

The Juventus forward, who was facing charges stemming from his days at Real Madrid, spent about 45 minutes in court to sign the agreement. He was also given a two-year suspended sentence.

Ronaldo will not have to serve time in prison because judges in Spain can suspend sentences for two years or less for first-time offenders.

The Portugal star smiled broadly after leaving court despite the unwanted trip back to Madrid, where he played until last summer.

“It’s done,” he said briefly as he walked past some of the hundreds of journalists outside the court house.

He later posted a photo on Twitter of himself smiling while apparently taking a selfie inside an airplane.

The picture was accompanied by emoticons that included a “thumbs-up.”

Ronaldo arrived in court in a black van and was wearing sunglasses, a black sports coat, black pants and white tennis

shoes. He stopped to sign an autograph before walking up some stairs leading to the court house. He was accompanied by his lawyers and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez. Police officers escorted him.

The court had dismissed Ronaldo’s request to enter the building directly from the parking lot, which would have allowed him to avoid the media. The request was made for security reasons, but the court said it didn’t think the measure was needed despite the player’s notoriety.

Court officials said Ronaldo didn’t make any comments while in the courtroom to sign the agreement.

On his way out of the court house, he again stopped to sign autographs for a few fans who were wedged among the journalists. He also made a thumbs-up sign as people gathered near the court.

Ronaldo made the deal to plead guilty with Spain’s state prosecutor and tax authorities last year.

The investigation reportedly began in 2015, and two years later a state prosecutor accused Ronaldo of four counts of tax fraud from 2011-14 worth 14.7 million euros ($16.7 million). Ronaldo was accused of having used shell companies outside Spain to hide income made from image rights.

The accusations didn’t involve his salary from Real Madrid, his club from

at her request. Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing.

Former Real Madrid player Xabi Alonso also was in court in Madrid yesterday. He is accused of defrauding tax authorities of about 2 million euros ($2.3 million) from 2010-12.

The retired Spain midfielder denied any wrongdoing after spending nearly three hours in the court house. “I’ve done everything correctly, never tried to hide anything,” he said. “I’m confident justice will be done.”

Alonso had initially been found innocent but the case against him was reopened.

He could be sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 4 million euros ($4.5 million), in addition to the amount allegedly defrauded. The charges are related to Alonso’s income from image rights. He played for Madrid from 2009-14.

Several other soccer figures have been subjected to investigations from tax authorities in Spain in recent years, including Lionel Messi, Jose Mourinho, Javier Mascherano, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Alexis Sanchez, Ricardo Carvalho, Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao and Fabio Coentrao. Messi was found guilty three years ago, along with his father, on three counts of defrauding tax authorities of 4.1 million euros (then $4.6 million) on income made from image rights.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo arrives at court in Madrid yesterday. The Juventus forward arrived in a black van, walked up some stairs leading to the court house and stopped to sign an autograph.

(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

2009 until joining Italian champion Juventus last year. Ronaldo played for Juventus the night before his court appearance in Madrid, helping the Serie A leader earn a 3-0 win against last-place Chievo Verona.

In 2017, Ronaldo spent about 90 minutes answering questions in court and told

a judge he never tried to avoid paying taxes.

Separately, Ronaldo is facing a rape allegation in the United States.

Kathryn Mayorga filed a civil lawsuit in Nevada in September claiming Ronaldo raped her in his Las Vegas hotel room in 2009.

Police reopened an investigation into the allegation

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PARIS (AP) — The search for the missing plane taking Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team in Wales was called off for the night yesterday with authorities not expecting to find any survivors in the English Channel.

Police said floating objects had been seen in the water but they were unable to confirm whether they were from the light aircraft that disappeared from radar Monday night off the coast of Guernsey as it made the journey from Nantes.

The 28-year-old Sala had spent the previous hours saying farewell to teammates at the French city’s soccer team after Cardiff signed him for a club-record fee last week.

“After all this time, the weather’s quite cold, the water is very cold out there ... I am not expecting anyone to be alive,” Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald told The Associated Press. “We just don’t know how it disappeared at the end of yesterday. It just completely vanished.”

Authorities have found no sign of those on board.

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GOLDEN State Warriors’ Klay Thompson reacts after making a 3-point basket against the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half Monday night in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Thompson hits first 10 from 3, Warriors beat Lakers 130-111

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nothing could stop Klay Thompson, certainly not the Lakers’ defence.

The Golden State Warriors made sure of it, too, setting screens and calling plays for the star guard, who tied an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range on his way to scoring 44 points in a 130-111 victory Monday night.

“I’ve never hit 10 3s in a row in a game. That’s hard to do,” Thompson said.

“I just happened to be on tonight and I’m happy I was able to do it in front of my family.”

The Warriors equalled a season high with their eighth consecutive victory.

The two-time defending champions won their seventh straight road game, too.

“They’re starting to find their stride, not just against us, but against the league,” Los Angeles coach Luke Walton said.

Thompson stopped and popped from everywhere, finishing 10 of 11 from beyond the arc and 17 of 20 from the floor overall.

“We kind of sold out to look for Klay, to be honest,” Kevin Durant said. “When you’re knocking shots down like that, you have to continue to feed him until he goes cold and tonight I didn’t see that in sight.”

Thompson had 23 points in the third quarter, connecting on seven 3s as the Warriors stretched their lead to 36. He hopped and let his right arm hang in the air after hitting his seventh while Golden State fans at Staples Center cheered. He finally missed from deep late in the period.

“We had two, three guys flying at him,” Walton said.

Durant added 20 points and Stephen Curry had 11 points and 12 assists, going 2 of 10 from 3-point range for the Warriors.

“We had 41 assists tonight, so the ball was moving and Klay was just spectacular,” coach Steve Kerr said.

Emblematic of his quiet offensive night, Curry came dribbling in alone for a fastbreak dunk, but slipped and fell, drawing gasps from the crowd. He scrambled to his feet, got the ball back and put up an air ball. “That was funny,” Thompson said.

“That’ll definitely be on ‘Shaqtin a Fool.’”

Ivica Zubac led Los Angeles with 18 points.

Brandon Ingram added 17 and Kyle Kuzma had 16.

The Lakers were without their primary ball-handlers and playmakers in LeBron James, Lonzo Ball and Rajon Rondo. They fell to 5-9 without James, whose left groin strain has forced him out for the longest stretch of his 16-year career.

Coming off a split in two straight overtime games, the Lakers kept it close in the first half, trailing 65-55 at the break. Golden State had just six 3s at halftime.

But Thompson fired up a 3-pointer — the first of Golden State’s nine in the third quarter — and the Warriors went on to outscore the Lakers 45-25 to lead 110-80 going into the fourth.

Golden State’s sharpshooting silenced the crowd and allowed the Warriors to sit four of their five starters in the fourth, leaving DeMarcus Cousins in for a bit until he also went to the bench.

Cousins had eight points, nine rebounds, five assists and four fouls in his second game for the Warriors since being out nearly a year with a severe knee injury.

The Warriors have made 141 3-pointers to 93 for opponents during their eight-game winning streak.

KLAY THOMPSON, centre, celebrates after making a 3-point basket next to Los Angeles Lakers’ Ivica Zubac (40) in the second half on Monday night.

PLEASING THE PARENTS Thompson was going to catch up with his father, former Laker Mychal Thompson, afterward.

“He’ll probably just tell me, ‘Good job, should have had 50. Should have gone for 50,’” the younger Thompson said. “It’s never good enough for your parents.”

BELL VS KERR Warriors reserve Jordan Bell had a sideline exchange with Kerr. Bell scored two points in seven minutes.

“Coach will always, especially the younger guys in the league, definitely be on them a little bit more because he expects a lot out of them,” Durant said. “He lets us know what he sees out there and if you have something to say to him back, he’s not going to be afraid to go back at you. He sees the potential in him.

That stuff happens, so we’ll move on.”

KLAY Thompson scores on a breakaway dunk against the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half.

(AP Photos/Marcio Jose Sanchez)