Emerson celebrates first win

Gary Emerson celebrated the first European Tour win of his 10-year career after overcoming a marathon final day to claim the BMW Russian Open title.

Heavy rain had forced most of Saturday's play to be abandoned and Emerson returned to the saturated Le Meridien Moscow Country Club yesterday morning facing the prospect of 35 holes in the day.

The 40-year-old was one of the oldest in the field but it did not show as he carded back-to-back 68s to win by two strokes from Austria's Markus Brier.