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Tennis: Caroline Wozniacki (picture) continued her revival by brushing aside Japanese teen-ager Naomi Osaka 7-5 6-3 yesterday to win the Pan Pacific Open and secure her first title of the year. Hampered by injuries, the 26-year-old Dane slumped to number 74 in the world at the end of August. She looked in trouble after losing her serve for the second time in the opening set yesterday but proved almost unstoppable after receiving treatment on her upper thigh and wrapped up her 24th career title in 106 minutes.
St Petersburg Open final (men): Zverev bt Wawrinka 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Boxing: Anthony Crolla’s second defence of his WBA lightweight title ended in a unanimous decision defeat as he was convincingly outboxed by classy Venezuelan Jorge Linares in Manchester on Saturday night. The popular Mancunian had moments of success but, against a simply superior fighter, proved incapable of making the adaptations needed to recover from a losing position. Victory for Linares, widely considered the world’s leading lightweight, appears to have ended hopes of Crolla fighting domestic rival Terry Flanagan. Linares spoke, however, of his willingness to give Crolla a rematch.
Ice Hockey: Canada needed three third-period goals to break open a showdown with Russia and reach the World Cup of Hockey final with a 5-3 victory – the latest installment in the storied rivalry between the two nations. Canada struck three times in the opening 10 minutes of the final period to break a 2-2 deadlock before holding the explosive Russian offence largely in check the rest of the way and set up a title decider against Sweden or Team Europe. The best-of-three final starts tomorrow.
Snooker: Ding Junhui defeated world champion Mark Selby 10-6 to win the Shanghai Masters for the second time, yesterday. It was a first ranking title in two-and-a-half years for Ding, who had been beaten by Selby in Sheffield four months ago. The Chinese player now moves up to sixth in the world rankings and collects £85,000 in prize money. Selby had come into the China tournament in good form, having won the Paul Hunter Classic last month. Despite the defeat, Selby consolidated his position as world number one by collecting a runners-up prize of £35,000.