Tianjin: Brett Rumford has become the first Australian in 41 years to win back-to-back European Tour titles after capturing the China Open on Sunday.
Rumford shot a final-round 68 to win by four shots with a 16-under 272 total. It had taken Rumford more than five years and 121 tour events to capture a fourth title at last week's Ballantine's Championship but he has managed a fifth just seven days later.
Finland's Mikko Ilonen shot a 71 to finish second on 12 under with Victor Dubuisson (68) another shot back in third.
Meanwhile, Jeev Milkha Singh carded a creditable three-under 69 to get into top-15 for only the second time this season as he ended tied 14th. The Indian golfer totalled five-under 283....
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04:11 PM, May 05, 2013
Tianjin, China: Brett Rumford of Australia shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday to lead by one stroke after the third round of the China Open, while 16-year-old Dou Zecheng of China trailed by 10 strokes after a 72. Conditions were windy on the Binhai Lake Golf Club course as Rumford moved to 12 under, one stroke ahead of Mikko Ilonen (73). The Finn led by three shots at the halfway...
11:55 PM, May 04, 2013
Tianjin: Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh and Gaganjeet Bhullar endured tough back-nines and let slip a chance to position themselves better for Sunday's final round in the Volvo China Open, here on Saturday. Jeev, a former champion here, was one-under through 12 holes before dropping bogeys on the 13th and 17th to finish at 73. He slipped to tied 30th on the leaderboard at two-under 214. Bhullar, who had survived...
04:39 PM, May 04, 2013
Tianjin: Jeev Milkha Singh comfortably made the cut while Gaganjeet Bhullar had to dig deep with three birdies in last four holes to join him for the weekend rounds at the European Tour event Volvo China Open. Jeev and Bhullar shot 69 each as the former moved to tied 23rd at three-under 141, while the latter was at one-under 143 in tied 47th. However, the third Indian, SSP Chowrasia lapsed...
08:20 PM, May 03, 2013
Athens: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal continued to struggle for form as he managed just one birdie against five bogeys in a card of four-over 75 in the first round of the USD 600,000 Stadion Classic. That card put him in danger of missing yet another cut. Atwal, tied 129th, is having problems with his form this season and has missed cut in two of the four starts with a best...
02:06 PM, May 03, 2013
Tianjin: China's latest golfing wonder kid, 12-year-old Ye Wocheng, endured a baptism of fire in his groundbreaking European Tour debut on Thursday, shooting a seven-over 79 in the first round of the Volvo China Open in Tianjin. The schoolboy amateur from the southern manufacturing hub of Dongguan became the youngest golfer to qualify for a European Tour event when he sealed a berth at his national open with a strong...
01:18 PM, May 02, 2013
Tianjin (China): SSP Chowrasia alongwith Jeev Milkha Singh and Gaganjeet Bhullar will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Volvo China Open starting here on Thursday. Chowrasia, Bhullar and Jeev, a former champion here in 2006, are playing in the event as members of the European Tour. Chowrasia is relishing his fine form recently after having finished tied 11th last week at the Ballantine's Championship in Korea. While Jeev won the...
08:18 PM, May 01, 2013
Defending champion Peter Ebdon and World No.5 John Higgins both suffered first-round exits at the World Snooker China Open here on Tuesday. ...
09:14 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Ye Wocheng became the youngest golfer to qualify for a European Tour event when he survived a late wobble to grab a place at the Volvo China Open. ...
02:08 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Shanghai: Parupalli Kashyap lost his quarterfinal match at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier badminton event to local hope Zhengming Wang in straight games here on Friday. The World No.17 Chinese won their first ever encounter 21-17, 21-7 in 34 minutes at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium. Wang's net winners proved crucial as he took several points away from the London Olympics quarter finalist. The first game was a neck-and-neck...
04:31 PM, Nov 16, 2012
World number one Victoria Azarenka won her first title in more than six months when she beat Russian Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-1 in the final of the China Open on Sunday. "I'm really happy to finally have a really good result here - I've been coming here for the last four years and I'm happy I could finally show my game and hold the trophy," Azarenka said. "I've worked so...
09:29 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Beijing: Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6, 6-2 on Sunday to win his third China Open tennis title in Beijing. World number two Djokovic dug deep in the first set after an early trade of breaks to win a close tie-breaker and then broke the third-seeded Tsonga twice in the second set. Sunday's victory gave Djokovic, who also won the China Open in 2009 and 2010, his...
05:15 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Beijing: India's Sania Mirza on Saturday ended her 2012 season on a disappointing note after she and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives suffered a straight-set loss in the summit clash of the China Open here. The fifth seeded Indo-Spanish pair lost 5-7 5-7 to third seeded Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the finals of the USD 4,828,050 hard court event which lasted for one hour and...
09:14 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Beijing: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka beat ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at the China Open to set up a final against Maria Sharapova. Sharapova cruised to a 6-4, 6-0 semi-final victory over seventh-seeded Li Na of China. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France advanced to the final when Feliciano Lopez retired with a left wrist injury. In Sunday's final, Tsonga will play the winner of the semifinal Saturday between top-seeded Novak...
06:37 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Beijing: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France moved into the China Open final when Feliciano Lopez retired from their semifinal on Saturday with a left wrist injury. Tsonga was leading 6-1, 4-1 when the 30th-ranked Spaniard decided he could no longer continue playing. Lopez had the trainer on court after the conclusion of the first set. In Sunday's final, Tsonga will play the winner of Saturday's later semifinal between top seed Novak...
12:30 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Beijing: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic needed only 53 minutes to win his quarterfinal over Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open on Friday. Djokovic posting a dozen aces, and saved both break points he faced. "The serve was great tonight," he said. "It's one of the best serving matches I have had in my career, so that's a positive sign." Djokovic was particularly pleased with serving four straight...
08:54 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Beijing: Sania Mirza on Friday earned the opportunity to end her 2012 season with a title win as she reached the summit clash of the China Open with her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives. The fifth seeded Indo-Spanish pair downed the sixth seed team of Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia and Jie Zheng of China 7-5 6-1 in the semifinals of the USD 4,828,050 hard court event. They play third seeded Russian...
07:54 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Beijing: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic eased past Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the semi-final of the China Open. Playing in his first event since losing the U.S. Open final to Andy Murray, the Serb served 12 aces and saved both break points. He delighted fans after the 53-minute match when he signed a television camera by writing his name in Chinese characters. Djokovic will play unseeded Florian Mayer of...
07:08 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Beijing: Fifth seed Richard Gasquet of France suffered a shock defeat to wildcard Zhang Ze in the second round of the China Open. World No.165 Zhang Ze converted all three of his break points to beat Gasquet, ranked 151 places higher, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Thursday. The Chinese player faces Germany's Florian Mayer of Germany in the next round. In the women's draw, seventh seed Li Na of China progressed to...
04:09 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Beijing: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached the China Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Romina Oprandi of Switzerland on Friday. The Belarussian has yet to drop a set in four matches played this week in Beijing. She has won four titles this year, including her first Grand Slam success at the Australian Open. Azarenka capitalized on all six break-point opportunities Oprandi offered during the 55-minute match. Azarenka's semifinal opponent...
01:58 PM, Oct 05, 2012
