6 November 1, 2020 Djokovic, Thiem Ousted in Two Iranian Defenders in Vienna Open Quarters Best 2020 ACL Team percent of the votes. Injuries to others forced Persepolis coach Ya- hya Golmohammadi to move midfielder Nemati to right-back ahead of the tournament’s resump- tion in Qatar and, such were his performances, he made the position his own. The Tehran native was part of a backline so tight it didn’t concede from open play in seven games in Doha while he was also a constant threat going forward. Aghaei was picked as the best left-back with 85 percent of votes. It’s no surprise that every member of Perse- polis’ regular back four made the cut with Aghaei, who joined from Sepahan prior to the resumption, slotting in seamlessly. The only Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem poses for a photo with Serbian tennis game Persepolis lost in Doha was the only one player Novak Djokovic after winning the final match against Serbian tennis in which he didn’t play, while he was a superb player Filip Krajinovic (not in frame) at the Adria Tour, Novak Djokovic’s addition going forward, delivering more crosses Balkans charity tennis tournament in Belgrade on June 14, 2020. from open play than any other defender and as- VIENNA (Reuters) - World final qualifier but entered the TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two Iranian defenders sen in the Best XI from the West Asia stage. sisting his side’s second goal in the quarter-final number one Novak Djokov- main draw as a lucky loser. Nemati was chosen the best right-back with 79 win over Pakhtakor. Siamak Nemati and Saeid Aghaei have been cho- ic and U.S. Open champion “For sure it’s the best vic- Dominic Thiem crashed out tory of my life,” Sonego said Hazard Stunner Gives Revived Real Madrid Win Over Huesca of the Vienna Open in the in an on-court interview. “I quarter-finals, with both top played so, so good today. I MADRID (AFP) - Eden Haz- In between, Madrid came too ard scored his first goal for Real close for comfort to another seeds beaten in straight sets by like this tournament, I like Madrid in over a year and his damaging defeat in the Cham- Lorenzo Sonego and Andrey the conditions here. It’s un- team appear to turn a corner as pions League but two late goals Rublev respectively. believable.” they beat newly-promoted Hu- salvaged a draw at Borussia Djokovic, who had a 39-2 Djokovic said knowing that esca 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday. Monchengladbach that in the record this year, failed to he had already secured the Hazard has had a terrible time end felt like a win. with injuries since joining Ma- Huesca, who are yet to win this convert a single break point year-end number one spot in drid for 100 million euros from season, might feel the scoreline in a 6-2 6-1 loss while Sone- the rankings affected his per- Chelsea in 2019 but the Belgian was harsh after they squandered go broke the Serb five times formance and the 33-year- will hope his stunning strike early chances. for the biggest win of his ca- old, who will not be defend- from distance at the Alfredo di Madrid will hope the dip that Stefano can kick-start his career put Zidane under pressure ear- reer. ing his Paris Masters crown, in Spain. lier this month is over. Sonego’s first top-10 victo- is already looking forward Karim Benzema and Fede Val- Zidane will have been par- ry capped a dream week for to the season-ending ATP Eden Hazard scored his first goal for Real Madrid in over a year on verde made the win secure be- ticularly delighted with Haz- Saturday in a 4-1 win over Huesca. the 25-year-old, who lost the Finals. fore Huesca scored through Da- ard, whose goal was his first for vid Ferreiro, only for Benzema jump above Real Sociedad to the at Camp Nou and finishes with Madrid since he scored against to add his second and Madrid’s top of the table to cap an encour- them moving nine points clear Granada in October last year, fourth in injury-time. aging week, which began with of the Catalans, who play away and his second overall in La Report: NBA Fears Another Zinedine Zidane’s side a Clasico win over Barcelona at Alaves later on Saturday. Liga. $1bn Loss If Season’s Start Entire Lazio Squad in Quarantine After Covid-19 Positives Delayed to 2021 ROME (Reuters) - Lazio, already plicitly confirmed cases of Co- WASHINGTON (Dispatches) two months away. deprived of several players, an- vid-19 in its squad after talking nounced on Saturday that it had put about “doubtful” tests during the - Similar to just about every ma- Per ESPN, the league and their entire squad in quarantine after week, even though it omitted play- jor sports league in the United union pushed back a deadline positive coronavirus tests. ers from its squad. States, the NBA had a brutal year until next Friday that would al- Lazio fielded a depleted team in “The whole team will repeat to- financially. low the NBA to officially ter- Brugge in the Champions League day’s checks in order to identify The league reportedly came minate the CBA due to the pan- on Wednesday and drew 1-1 with- the players that can be used in to- out last season’s top European morrow’s match between Turin and in $1.5 billion under revenue demic. That gives them about a scorer Ciro Immobile and midfield- Lazio,” the club said. projections. None of that is sur- week to pick the least painful ers Luis Alberto, Manuel Lazzari, “The positive results were placed prising, as we all saw in real option before them. Lucas Leiva and Djavan Anderson. in isolation at home while the team time how the coronavirus pan- For a while, it seemed widely The club said in a statement on will observe a period of quarantine Saturday that it had conducted a under active supervision by the demic shut the league down for expected that the NBA’s next further round of tests on Friday. medical staff.” months and prevented a single season would begin well af- “Some members of the team Lazio are 12th in the Italian fan from walking into an arena ter New Year’s Day. The 2020 group tested positive,” it said with- Championship and travel to Peters- after mid-March, but that won’t NBA Finals ended in mid-Octo- Ciro Immobile, left, and Luis Alberto, front right, played against Borussia out giving any names. burg to play Zenit in the Champi- make NBA commissioner ber, and it seemed unthinkable Dortmund in the Champions League but missed the game at Brugge It is the first time Lazio has ex- ons League on Wednesday. Adam Silver’s job any easier. that the league would ask some And apparently even more teams to return to the court on Bottas Snatches Pole From Hamilton on F1’s Return to Imola pain could be on the way. just two months of rest. LONDON (Dispsatches) - Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis If the start of the 2020-21 sea- One report indicated the NBA Hamilton to pole position with his last lap of qualifying at the Emilia Ro- son is pushed back until January, was discussing a start date magna Grand Prix. the NBA fears a revenue loss of around Martin Luther King The Finn was 0.097 seconds quicker than Hamilton, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third nearly 0.5secs behind. $500 million to $1 billion next Day, but the league soon start- Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly was a surprise fourth, ahead of Renault’s season, according to ESPN’s ed pushing for Dec. 22 to be Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull’s Alexander Albon. Adrian Wojnarowski. The the date. What changed? Well, On Sunday Mercedes could win a seventh consecutive constructors’ league is reportedly also facing maybe they finally calculated title. $4 billion lost if fans are not al- how much pushing the season They will do so as long as Red Bull do not out-score them by 34 points. On F1’s first two-day weekend, returning to the Imola track that has not lowed back into arenas, which to January would cost them. hosted a race since the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Hamilton was quick- seems possible due to certain The league office reportedly est in the single practice session on Saturday morning and was again on teams’ local laws forbidding informed the Board of Gover- top after the first runs in final qualifying. public gatherings and the indoor nors last week that it intends But a messy lap by Hamilton on the final runs gave Bottas a chance and Bottas on his way to pole in Imola nature of basketball arenas. to schedule a 72-game sea- he grabbed it with both hands. “I really enjoyed it, this track,” Bottas said. “When you push flat out, overtake into turn one but it is pretty narrow and you can’t overtake on Obviously, that’s bad. That son beginning in December it’s beautiful. I knew I had to push in the last lap and it’s a great feeling the rest.” kind of loss would be felt by (with training camps beginning when you get those.” The stand-out performance of qualifying came from Gasly, who was both the league and the players around Dec.