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SPORT Thursdayy 2 November 2017 PAGE | 32-33 PAGE | 35 PAGE | 36 Rea ‘surprised’ Manchester City’s In-form with three David Silva Al Rayyan wary WorldSBK title winsns prays for triumph ooff QQatarata SC backlash Tottenham’s Dele Alli scores their first goal against Real Madrid during the Champions League match against Real Madrid at the Wembley Stadium in London yesterday. Tottenham Hotspur crush Real Madrid 3-1 London in Champions League group Dortmund managed only a second-placed Real Madrid. unlikely central defensive strike UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Reuters games in stunning fashion. frustrating 1-1 draw at home Elsewhere, Manchester City’s force of Nicolas Otamendi and Alli gave Tottenham the lead against APOEL Nicosia to see their all-conquering season reached John Stones either side of halft- Yesterday’s Results hampions League from close range in the 27th hopes of a knockout spot all but new peaks as Sergio Aguero ime had seen Pep Guardiola’s side GROUP E holders Real Madrid minute and doubled the home evaporate with two matches left in became the club’s all-time top overturn a 21st-minute lead Liverpool 3-0 NK Maribor suffered one of their side’s advantage early in the sec- Group H. scorer with a decisive goal in a deservedly given to the Serie A Sevilla 2-1 Spartak Moscow worst European ond half before Christian Eriksen Raphael Guerreiro put them thrilling 4-2 victory at Napoli that leaders by Lorenzo Insigne. defeats as Dele Alli put Spurs in cruise control. ahead in the 29th and the Ger- secured their place in the Cham- Yet after Jorginho had equal- GROUP F Cscored twice in Tottenham Hot- Cristiano Ronaldo replied for mans, 2013 finalists, should have pions League last 16. ised with a penalty just after the Napoli 2-4 Manchester City spur’s 3-1 victory at Wembley Zinedine Zidane’s side but it was scored several more in the first The Argentine struck his his- hour, Aguero’s predatory instincts Feyenoord 1-3 Shakhtar Donetsk yesterday to put the London club in vain as Tottenham sealed a half before APOEL’s Mickael Pote toric 178th goal for City, which ensured City were not to be GROUP G into the last 16. first win in six attempts against stunned the home crowd with a took him past Eric Brook’s land- denied in their bid to become the Besiktas 1-1 Monaco The sides began the night the Spanish champions who will superb equaliser six minutes after mark, in the 69th minute to help first English team to win a Euro- FC Porto 3-1 RB Leipzig locked together as joint leaders face further criticism after fall- the restart. to settle a magnificent contest pean match in Napoli’s forbidding GROUP H of Group H but Tottenham were ing eight points behind Barcelona The result did neither team a between the English and Italian San Paolo Stadium. Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Apoel Nicosia far superior as they ended in La Liga. favour with both on two points league leaders. Raheem Sterling sealed the Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Real Madrid Madrid’s 30-match unbeaten run Meanwhile, Borussia from four matches, five behind Headed goals from City’s magnificent win in injury time. QATAR CLASSIC 2017 QUARTER-FINALS (RESULTS) Momen, Rösner spring a surprise in Doha (3) Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY bt (5) Ali Farag (EGY) 3-2: 11-7, 11-4, Armstrong Vas Germany’s World No.12 Simon Gautlier while Momen faces past records do not matter on returned to court, leaving 9-11, 16-18, 11-8 The Peninsula Rösner made it to the semi- Rosner, with the two players a day when one is in top form. Gaultier to close out an 11-2, (1) Gregory Gaultier (FRA bt Diego Elias (PER) 3-0: finals at the Khalifa making their first appearance The Egyptian steam 11-7, 11-5 victory in 44 11-2, 11-7, 11-5 ourth seed and three- International Tennis and in the last four in Doha. rolled over Matthew to book minutes. (8) Tarek Momen (EGY) bt (4) Nick Matthew (ENG) time World Champion Squash Complex Yesterday. Englishman Matthew, a place in the semi-finals. “I was moving much bet- 3-0: 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 FNick Matthew suffered a Momen, along with Gault- who won here in 2009 and The other clash involving ter than in the first two Simon Rösner (GER) bt (6) Marwan El Shorbagy straight-games loss to Egyp- ier and Rösner eased to playing his last tournament in two Egyptians was certainly rounds, I felt a bit better phys- tian eight seed Tarek Momen comfortable wins in the Qatar having announced his not a one sided affair. ically,” said Gaultier. 3-1: 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3 and crashed out of the Qatar $165m PSA Series event while retirement earlier, went down El Shorbagy and Farag Meanwhile, Rösner will TODAY’S SEMI-FINALS Classic 2017 Championship former World No.1 El Shor- tamely in 43 minutes. threw up yet another superb appear in the first World (3) Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) vs (1) Gregory while two-time Egyptian win- bagy was stretched to the limit Momen, who last won clash, with World No.3 with- Series semi-final of his Gaultier (FRA), 5.30pm ner Mohamed El Shorbagy by compatriot Ali Farag. against Matthew in 2011 Qatar standing a late fight back from 14-year career after the (8) Tarek Momen (EGY) vs Simon Rösner (GER) 6.30pm along with World No. 1 Gre- In today’s semi-finals, El clash and thereafter lost seven Farag to reach the last four. 29-year-old ousted World gory Gaultier of France and Shorbagy will take on matches in a row proved that “I told him after the match No.6 Marwan El Shorbagy in that I am going to make him a 3-1 triumph. train harder than he has ever Rösner had reached a Gregory Gaultier (left) of France in action against Diego Elias of Peru during their imagined,” said El Shorbagy. number of quarter-finals at Qatar Classic quarter-final match played at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash “He is making me train this level before but he came Complex in Doha Yesterday. Gaultier eased into today’s semi-finals after beating the harder than I thought I would, into the fixture after claiming Peruvian 3-0 (11/2, 11/7, 11/5). Picture: Anvar Sadat he’s making me push that a superb win over World extra mile every time. We’re Champion Karim Abdel going to push each other for Gawad in the previous round. the rest of our careers, we The German will line up always play such great against Momen in the semis. matches together and it was “This is the biggest win of a fair, tough battle. my career,” said a delighted Gaultier made it 30 Rösner. matches unbeaten over a best- “Even though I beat Karim of-five games format after the last night, getting to the semis ‘French General’ disposed of is the most special thing for training partner and World me because I haven’t been No.14 Elias in straight games. able to reach this stage at this The 34-year-old domi- kind of tournament, so it’s the nated the opening stages as he biggest achievement for me dropped just two points to go so far. one game up after putting in “It’s the happiest day of some perfectly constructed my life really, to reach this rallies and very few errors and stage after so many years, and followed it up by taking the I’m turning 30 on Sunday, so second. it’s just before my birthday. I Elias was then forced to think this is already a good take an injury break after just birthday gift but the tourna- two points of the third game ment is not over yet, if I play with a thigh problem and that like this like I did the past two robbed the 20-year-old of any days then I can get even efficient movement when he further.” 30 SPORT THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2017 Egypt’s Farag breaks into top 4 WORLD SQUASH RANKINGS The Peninsula to No.5 – his lowest World Ranking in 12 months. Egyptian trio Marwan El (Top 20 players) gypt’s Ali Farag has moved into Shorbagy, Tarek Momen and Fares Des- 1. Gregory Gaultier (Fr) the world’s top four for the souky take the No.6, No.7 and No.8 2. Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) first time in his career after the spots, respectively, with Dessouky sit- PSA Men’s World Rankings ting at a career-high ranking. New 3. Mohamed Elshorbagy (Egy) were released yesterday. Zealand’s Paul Coll also moves up a spot 4. Ali Farag (Egy) EFarag, a 25-year-old Harvard-grad- to a career-high No.9 ranking, while 5. Nick Matthew (Egy) uate, lifted his maiden PSA World Series England’s James Willstrop falls three title last month at the US Open Pre- places to close out the top 10. 6. Marwan Elshorbagy (Egy) sented by Macquarie Investment Egypt’s Ramy Ashour stays at No.11 7. Tarek Momen (Egy) Management, shortly after his wife, Nour ahead of Simon Rosner (No.12) and 8. Fares Dessouky (Egy) El Tayeb, won her first World Series title Mohamed Abouelghar (No.13), with 9. Paul Coll (NZ) on the same night in Philadelphia, Peru’s Diego Elias and England’s Daryl ensuring that they became the first mar- Selby swapping places to sit at No.14 and 10.