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Brisbane Too Hot for Muguruza CCRICKETRICKET | Page 4 NNBABA | Page 5 England might DeRozan drops take a spin record 52 with Crane in points in win Sydney over Bucks Wednesday, January 3, 2018 FOOTBALL Rabia II 16, 1439 AH Liverpool’s Klopp GULF TIMES quashes renewed talk of Coutinho sale SPORT Page 6 QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN Coric thrills as second seed Pablo goes Bust(a) Third-seeded Berdych falls to Germany’s Struff , while former champion Gasquet breezes past Dominican Burgos By Anil John Doha little over three years ago, an 18-year-old Borna Coric made the tennis world sit up and take notice of his enor- Amous potential when he sent Rafael Nadal crashing out of the quarter-fi nals of the Swiss Indoors in Basel. His straight sets win in 2014 was not a one-off case of a random teenager coming from nowhere to cause a tem- porary stir in the established order of things on the unforgiving ATP Tour, in the process giving journalists an op- portunity to wax eloquent about a new prodigy on the horizon. Fast forward to 2016, and Coric was once again in the limelight at the Cincinnati Masters, coming face-to- face with Nadal in the round of 16. The result? Coric again wins 6-1, 6-3. Of the four matches he has fi gured in against Nadal so far, Coric has won two. That itself is an honour worthy of much envy, and therefore when he beat second-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the fi rst round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open yesterday, it didn’t Croatia’s Borna Coric in action during his Qatar ExxonMobil Open first round match against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta come as much of a surprise. (below, left) at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday. PICTURES: Jayan Orma “It’s the fi rst match of the year. It’s always maybe a little bit tricky, you know, but I can say from the begin- ning that I was playing very good,” said the 21-year-old Croatian after beat- ing Carreno Busta 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (8) in a marathon encounter that lasted two hours and 41 minutes at the centre court of the Khalifa International Ten- nis and Squash Complex on a busy day which saw 11 singles matches being played. Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff beat Tomas Berdych 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4). “The fi rst set, I lost it, but also I can say that I was playing good. You know, it was two or three points. We decided RESULTS COURT 1 the set. I just knew that I need to remain Singles (Round 1): Borna Coric (CRO) 8-Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Q- playing very good. And I need to put bt 2-Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 5-7, Mirza Basic (BIH) even more pressure. That’s what I was 6-2, 7-6(8); Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs Peter doing,” added Coric. bt 3-Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-4, 1-6, Gojowczyk (GER) World No 10 Carreno Busta was the 7-6 (4); 8-Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Q-Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs more experienced pro in the match, the Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-4, Guido Pella (ARG) or 4-Alberto 26-year-old having been on the ATP 5-7, 7-6(3); (Q) Mirza Basic (BIH) bt Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) circuit for almost nine years since mak- Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-4, WC-Tuna Altuna (TUR)/Elias ing his debut in 2009 and having won grimaces during his first round match 6-3; Aljaz Bedene (SLO) bt (WC) Malek Ymer (SWE) vs 2-Oliver Marach three titles so far. against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff . Jaziri (TUN) 7-5, 6-1; (Q) Stefanos (AUT)/Mate Pavic (CRO) But the unseeded Coric came up with Tsitsipas bt Florian Mayer (GER) 4-6, the desired aggression when it was 7-5, 6-4 COURT 2 needed and took advantage of Carreno Doubles (Round 1): 4-Ivan Dogig Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Busta’s nerves in the second and third (CRO) & Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Borna Coric (CRO) sets to force a tie-breaker during which bt Florin Mergea (ROU) & Nenad Not before 5pm he came up with the big shots for a de- Zimonjic (SRB) 6-1, 6-4. 3-Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Rajeev serving victory. Ram (USA) vs Nikoloz Basilash- After trading breaks, Carreno Busta TODAY’S ORDER OF PLAY vili (GRO)/Andreas Haider-Maurer had wrapped up the fi rst set on his CENTRE COURT (from 3:30pm) (AUT) serve, but his game simply went hay- 7-Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs 1-Jamie Murray (GBR)/Bruno wire in the second. Andrey Rublev (RUS) Soares (BRA) vs Borna Coric (CRO)/ Coric secured the fi rst break in the 1-Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Aijaz Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) sixth game with an excellent lob from Bedene (SLO) the back of the court that just landed Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs COURT 3 (Not before 5pm) inside, much to the Spaniard’s frustra- Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) or WC-Gael Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/Guill- tion. A fi ne volley at the net helped Co- Monfils (FRA) ermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs 4-Ivan ric win the seventh game easily before Q-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Dodig (CRO)/Fernando Verdasco he broke again in the next game to take 5-Richard Gasquet (FRA) (ESP) the match into the third set. Things were not too complicated in the beginning when Carreno Busta won 27 of his 33 points at the net. Sixth-seeded Serb Filip Krajinovic, broke Coric in the very fi rst game and “In the third set, obviously it was whose surprising run to the fi nal of the then went on to hold a 5-4 lead with the luck as well. But I was always brave. I Paris Masters caused a stir, was also Spaniard on serve. was running for the shots. I was going upset by German Peter Gojowczyk 6-4, Most players wouldn’t have let the for the win. I was going on the net. And, 6-1 in 66 minutes, breaking him fi ve opportunity slip to close out the match, yeah, I mean, that’s it.” times along the way. but Carreno Busta simply imploded. He That was it also for third-seeded To- Fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet, the failed to put away a simple smash at the mas Berdych of the Czech Republic as only former champion playing the net, the shot strangely landing long, he fell to Jan-Lennard Struff of Germa- tournament, had an easy fi rst round as and then hit another one wide to hand Qatar Tennis Federation president Nasser al-Khelaifi (second from right), ExxonMobil Qatar president and general manager ny 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4). It was Struff ’s fi fth he breezed past Victor Estrella Burgos Coric a break when he needed it most Alistair Routledge (second from left) and French ambassador to Qatar Eric Chevallier (left) watch the Qatar ExxonMobil Open Top 20 win of his career and it came in of the Dominican Republic 6-0, 6-2. and help him level 5-5. matches at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday. two hours and eight minutes. Eighth seeded Feliciano Lopez sur- Carreno Busta, however, recovered Berdych has not played since October vived a scare from fellow Spaniard quickly and immediately broke back to Coric took the match into the tie- 6/7 and 7/8 but drew level each time made good of his only match point to due to a back injury, but it was the Ger- Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to win 6-4, take a 6-5 lead, but two crucial shots breaker. to get back into the match. A few mo- win the encounter. man who played the more courageous 5-7, 7-6 (3) and set up a second-round into the net on his next service game Coric was on the back foot most of ments later, it was Coric who was one In the end it was his superior front tennis in the end, converting on his meeting against qualifi er Mirza Basic of and a vicious down the line eff ort from the time, facing match points on 5/6, shot away from a win at 9-8 and he court play that clinched the issue as he second match point. Bosnia. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, January 3, 2018 TENNIS CELEBRATION ExxonMobil and QTF host gala to celebrate 2018 edition of Qatar ATP tournament By Sports Reporter “Today we’re celebrating 26 years of interests,” he added. Doha partnership with the Qatar Tennis “Over the years, Qatar ExxonMobil Federation, and the promise of anoth- Open has developed to be one of the er spectacular tournament in Doha. most sort after tennis tournaments in xxonMobil Qatar and the Qa- “Hosting a major sports event has the region,” Alami said. tar Tennis Federation (QTF) the power to put a city on the map, and ExxonMobil Qatar has been the ti- jointly hosted a gala dinner to the Qatar ExxonMobil Open shines an tle sponsor of the tournament for 24 launch the Qatar ExxonMobil international spotlight on Doha. It is years, in partnership with the Qatar EOpen 2018. The event was attended by an iconic sporting venue, and a great Tennis Federation. Marking the 26th Qatar’s key business and community example of hospitality and endurance. anniversary of the tournament, this leaders and several of the tennis play- I am so proud to call it home.” year’s Qatar ExxonMobil Open be- ers competing in the 2018, including Tournament director Karim Alami gan on January 1, and will conclude Dominic Thiem, Pablo Carreno Busta, said, “We are happy to welcome the on Saturday bringing some of the Tomas Berdych, and Richard Gasquet.
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