Hinako Shibuno of Japan reacts after missing a putt on the 18th green during the second round of the 75th U.S. Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Jackrabbit Course on December 11, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP Japan's Hinako Shibuno, the 2019 Women's British...
Yuka Saso of the Philippines plays her shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the 75th U.S. Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course on December 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP Asian Games gold medalist Yuka Saso was holding the...
Amy Olson of the United States plays her shot from the 11th tee during the first round of the 75th US Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course on December 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP American Amy Olson, buoyed by a hole-in-one, grabbed a...
Grandmaster Wesley So played solidly in neutralizing fellow United States bet Hikaru Nakamura’s attacking game to take the first set of their two four-game semifinal duels, 2.5-1.5, in the Skilling Open of the Champions Chess Tour Sunday. The Cavite-born So stepped up in the second duel with his...
Grandmaster Wesley So clawed back from the grave and snatched the last semifinal slot from the hands of Teimur Radjabov of Azerbaijan in the Skilling Open of the Champions Chess Tour Friday. Choosing black in their “Armageddon” playoff where he was given a minute less of time but afforded just...
Two-time United States champion Wesley So dropped the first of two playoff matches to Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov that pushed him on the brink of elimination in the Skilling Open of the Champions Chess Tour Thursday. The 27-year-old So lost the first and second of the four games while drawing...
Grandmaster Wesley So drew his last five games to finish third in the preliminaries and book a quarterfinal seat in the process in the Skilling Open of the Champions Chess Tour Tuesday. After scoring six points in his first 10 games, the 27-year-old So went for draws with France’s Maxime...
Grandmaster Wesley So downed Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem in scoring three points in his last five games to stay in the quarterfinal hunt after 10 rounds in the Skilling Open of the 2020-2021 Champions Chess Tour Monday. So’s victory over Le came in the ninth round after draws with Dutch Anish Giri...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So overcame a second-round defeat to teenage sensation Alireza Firouzja to stay in quarterfinal contention in the Skilling Open, which serves as a first leg of the 2020-2021 Champions Chess Tour Sunday. The 27-year-old So is currently in a four-way logjam at fourth spot...
Filipino-Japanese and tour rookie Yuka Saso finished with a two-over-par 73 to place tied for third in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open Sunday at the Elleair Golf Course in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Saso, the 19-year-old Asian Games gold medalist, finished tied with Erika Kikuchi, who had a...
By REY C. LACHICA Two-leg winner Yuka Saso sizzled with a four-under 67 but it was not enough to hold off the charging Ayaka Furue and dropped to second going into the final 18 holes of the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open in Ehime Prefecture on Saturday. After a slow start, the 19-year-old rookie...
Yuka Saso slowed down with a one-under 70 but kept her share of the lead with local bet Yuna Nishimura halfway through the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open in Ehime Prefecture on Friday. Along with her 65 in the opener, the Fil-Japanese had a two-day aggregate of 135 – the same output of...
