OM dashing, Kyrgios, Duplantis: the news on a plate

What you may have missed between last night and this morning

1. Football – Ligue 1: Tudor and OM exciting entry

It took at least that to reverse the opinion of a severe Velodrome with its coach, whistled at the announcement of the teams. Igor Tudor’s OM martyred a weak Reims team on Sunday evening (4-1), without Dimitri Payet at kick-off, but with the contribution of rookies. Nuno Tavares increased the score before the break (45th + 2), and Luis Suarez offered himself a double in fifteen minutes (75th, 90th + 4). With this broad and convincing success, the Olympians climb on the podium (2nd).

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Igor Tudor gives instructions during the match OM – Reims, during the 1st day of Ligue 1

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2. Tennis – ATP Washington: Kyrgios, three years later

He’s been waiting for this for three years. Nick Krygios clinched a seventh title on the ATP Tour overnight by winning the final of the Citi Open in Washington against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka (96th) 6-4, 6-3. The Australian’s last success on the major circuit dates back to 2019, and a victory here in the American capital. The year 2022 sounds like a rebirth for the “bad boy” of Canberra, finalist of the last Wimbledon. The icing on the cake, Kyrgios became the first player in the history of the Citi Open to win the singles and doubles title in the same edition (alongside Jack Sock)!

3. Football – Gamper Trophy: Barça is having fun, Lewandowski is already enjoying

During a meeting against the Pumas also serving to pay a vibrant tribute to Dani Alves, FC Barcelona displayed a promising offensive strike force (6-0), like a Robert Lewandowski already a scorer (3rd) for his first at Camp Nou with the Blaugrana tunic. In the wake of the Pole, Pedri (5th, 19th) and Ousmane Dembélé (10th) put on a show, before giving up their places at the break. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took charge of the fifth goal on a pass from Franck Kessié (49th), before Frenkie de Jong came to conclude the festival after a high recovery (84th). Jules Koundé, for his part, played his first minutes with Barça.

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• Tennis, WTA San Jose : Daria Kasatkina, 12th player in the world, won the hard court tournament in San Jose, California, her first title this season, beating American Shelby Rogers 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-2 (45th). The 25-year-old Russian won her fifth trophy on the WTA circuit, after those won in Charleston (2017), Moscow (2018), Melbourne and Saint Petersburg last year.
• IndyCar, GP de Nashville : New Zealander Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) won his 53rd IndyCar victory on Sunday, winning the Nashville Grand Prix, the 14th round of the American championship, contested on the urban circuit of the city of Tennessee. Thanks to this second success this season, Dixon returns to six lengths behind the leader in the general classification, Will Power (Penske), 11th in the race. Starting second on the grid, Romain Grosjean (Andretti) had to retire, crushed against the wall by Josef Newgarden (Penske) on the 75th lap.
• Canoe-Kayak, World Championships : The French returned empty-handed from the Worlds in Halifax (Canada), two years before the Paris Games. The best tricolor performance will remain Adrien Bart’s fourth place on Sunday in the C1 final over 1,000m. It will be necessary to quickly bounce back for the Blues, and this from the European championships in Munich (August 18-21).
• Tennis, Masters 1000 Montréal : Benoît Paire goes on again. The Frenchman beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) on Sunday and qualified for the final draw of the Masters 1000 in Montreal. It had been almost three months since the Avignonnais had not won two successes in a row. The latter joins in Montreal Hugo Gaston and Arthur Rinderknech, also qualified for the Canadian tournament.
• Golf, PGA : Joohyoung Kim, a great South Korean hopeful, won the Wyndham Championship, his first title on the North American PGA Tour, on Sunday after an irresistible final lap with a card of 61 (-9), in Greensboro ( North Carolina). Twenty years old, who turned professional in 2020, Kim has so far only had titles gleaned from the Asian circuit, including two won this season. The latter relegated his two runners-up of the day, Sungjae Im and the American John Huh, to five strokes.
• Chess, International Federation : Arkadi Dvorkovitch (50), former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (from 2012 to 2018) under Vladimir Putin, was re-elected on Sunday as President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), clearly ahead of the Ukrainian Andrii Baryshpolets. The latter, grand master, has challenged the position of the Russian, since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24.

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1. Tennis – Canada Open: Franco-French duels in sight

Kick off this Monday of the Masters 1000 of Montreal with the entry into the running of three French. If Hugo Gaston (74th) will cross swords with Jack Draper (81st) from 9 p.m., Adrien Mannarino (67th) and Arthur Rinderknech (69th) will oppose in a 100% tricolor duel (from 11 p.m.). For the ladies, the WTA 1000 will start at the same time, but in Toronto. The two French headliners entered today will face each other in the first round: Alizé Cornet (38th) will face Caroline Garcia (32nd) from 8 p.m.

2. Athletics – Gyulai Memorial: Duplantis and Lavillenie on track

Two days after jumping in Chorzow in Poland (Diamond League), Armand Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie are doing it again this Monday in Szekesfehervar, Hungary (12:45 p.m.). Author of a successful attempt at 6.10m in rainy conditions, Duplantis will seek to refine his preparation for the European Championships in Munich (August 15-21). Same thing for Lavillenie, author of a zero at 5.63m in the rain. On the French side, Thibaut Collet will accompany the pole vaulter from Clermont.

Armand Duplantis

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3. Football – Ligue 2: Metz wants to continue in Caen

Engaged in a recovery operation, FC Metz (7th, 3 pts) has the opportunity this Monday evening to join Guingamp at the top of Ligue 2 with two successes in two games, in the event of victory against Stade Malherbe de Caen (8:45 p.m.) , at the end of the second day. In the ranks of the residents of the Michel-d’Ornano stadium (9th, 3 pts), the objective is the same: to grab the provisional podium.

(With AFP)

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