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Sport TUESDAYTUES 8 JUNE 2021 MbappeMba will stay at PSG next season, says club'sclub President Nasser Al Khelaifi WhereWher can he go? What club, in terms of ambition, can compete withwith PSGP today? All I can say is that things are going well and I hopehope we can reach an agreement (on a new contract). NasserN Al Khelaifi Sport |19 FRENCH OPEN: ORDER OF PLAY T. Zidansek vs P. Badosa; E. Rybakina vs A. Pavlyuchenkova; A. Zverev vs A. Fokina; S. Tsitsipas vs D. Medvedev Joint Asian Qualifiers: Al Annabi confirm top spot in Group E after 1-0 victory Al Haydos stars as Qatar edge Oman THE PENINSULA/AFC — DOHA minute following a foul on Almoez Ali as Al Haydos struck Captain Hasan Al Haydos coolly from the spot to give yesterday scored from a penalty Qatar a 1-0 lead going into the as Qatar edged Oman 1-0 in a break. thriller to seal top spot in Group Oman began the second half E of the Asian Qualifiers for the very much in a defensive mode FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and as Qatar started aggressively in AFC Asian Cup China 2023 at a bid to extend their lead. the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. Salah Al Yahyai, however, Al Annabi held nerves in the had a good chance to draw final stages of the match, that Oman level in the 52nd minute saw Oman making desperate when he collected the ball just attempts for an equaliser, to inside the box following a swift confirm their top position in the counter attacking move but group. Abdelkarim Hassan was quick Qatar finished with 22 to foil his attempt. points, 10 points clear of Oman’s confidence grew as second-placed Oman, who still the match wore on but the have two games to play - equaliser was out of reach as against Afghanistan on Friday Qatar captain Hasan Al Haydos celebrates Qatar held on for the win. and Bangladesh four days later. after scoring a goal against Oman at the Earlier yesterday, India Oman, who lost 2-1 to Qatar Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium yesterday. defeated Bangladesh 2-0 to in October 2019, started the PIC: HUSSAIN SAYED revive their Asian Qualifiers for match strongly and were the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 unlucky not to find the back of and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Group E campaign. the net within the first minute game with Hatim Abdelaziz and opportunity when he fired his Oman continued to frustrate Sunil Chhetri struck twice after Abdul Aziz Al Muqbali’s Al Haydos marshaling the effort just wide. their opponents as Branko in the closing minutes as India India defeated Bangladesh 2-0 shot from inside the area was midfield. It was a one sided affair as Ivankovic’s men foiled Qatar’s boosted their hopes of sealing to revive their Asian Qualifiers easily saved by goalkeeper Saad Felix Sanchez-coached Qatar continued to pile on the every attempt at goal with Al a place in the third round of the for the FIFA World Cup Qatar Al Sheeb. Qatar came close to scoring in pressure but their finishing in Haydos given no room to Asian Qualifiers for the AFC 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China That would prove to be the seventh minute when front of goal left much to be operate inside the final third. Asian Cup China 2023. The win 2023 Group E campaign. Oman’s only meaningful Abdelkarim Hassan lost his desired as Mohammed Muntari However, Oman resistance took India to third in the attempt at goal as Qatar marker inside the area but the and Hassan Al Heidos both finally cracked when they con- standings with a match to play imposed their authority in the midfielder wasted the wasted opportunities to score. ceded a penalty in the 39th against Afghanistan on June 15. French Open: Djokovic and Nadal beat Al Shamal, Al Gharafa Italian teens to reach quarter-finals eye Arab AP — PARIS even if they are leading a set or Super Cup two sets to love, as it was the For two sets and more than two case today, I still like my hours at the French Open chances,” said the top-seeded glory yesterday, Novak Djokovic Djokovic, who is 34, “because found himself being outplayed I feel like I’m physically fit and QNA — DOHA by a 19-year-old opponent I know how to wear my from Italy making his Grand opponent down.” The third Arab Super Cup for Slam debut. Nadal, who turned 35 last handball will be a Qatari And yet, to hear Djokovic week, trailed 5-3 early on affair as Al Gharafa and Al tell it afterward, he had the kid against the 18th-seeded Jannik Shamal are set to meet today right where he wanted him. Sinner, who served for the first at Duhail Sports Hall. Which turned out to be true. set at 5-4. Al Gharafa will feature Rafael Nadal also faced an “I was playing a very good in this year’s edition as the Italian who’s just 19 in the player with a big future,” Nadal winner of the Arab Club fourth round - and also took a said. Championship for handball bit of time to get going. But 13-time French Open in its 35th edition, which was Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates Nadal’s trouble lasted all of champion Nadal took eight held in the Jordanian capital, after winning his fourth round eight games and less than 45 games in a row and, after a blip Amman back in 2019. match against Italy’s Jannik Sinner. minutes yesterday before he in the second set, resumed his Al Gharafa defeated BELOW: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic took control, ran his Roland excellent play and closed his Algeria’s GS Petroliers in action during his fourth round Garros streak to 35 consecutive 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 win on a 10-game 36-32. match against Italy’s Lorenzo sets and joined Djokovic in run. Meanwhile, Al Shamal Musetti. reaching a record 15th quarter- Musetti, a talented Italian was crowned champion of final at the clay-court major so good at the outset with his the 15th Arab Handball tournament. one-handed backhand and tre- Championship for Cup After dropping a pair of tie- mendous touch, is hardly used winners, which was held in breakers, Djokovic suddenly to this best-of-five-set format Tunisia last year. Al Shamal went from a big deficit to his at the majors and he took a next in a reprise of a 2020 beat Al Arabi in the final best tennis. He grabbed 13 medical timeout after the semifinal. 33-31. games in a row before Lorenzo fourth. Schwartzman saved seven In the press conference, Musetti stopped playing Djokovic wound up 9 for 9 set points in the opening set Al Gharafa coach Shawky because of lower back pain and on his break-point chances and Monday on the way to elimi- Balqasem confirmed his cramps while trailing 6-7 (7), with a 53-30 edge in winners. nating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 teams readiness to meet Al- 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0. The top-seeded Djokovic (9), 6-4, 7-5. Shamal for the third Arab “I like to play young guys never has been beaten at In women’s play, 17-year- Super Cup. in best-of-five, because I feel Roland Garros by someone old American Coco Gauff He added that this type ranked as low as the No. 76 became the youngest player of competition benefits from FRENCH OPEN RESULTS Musetti. since 2006 to reach the experience, something Al Men’s Singles Fourth Round Djokovic’s only previous women’s quarter-finals at any Gharafa has given the team Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, def. Roger Fed- loss against a teen at the French Grand Slam tournament by has participated in it before. erer (8), Switzerland, walkover. Open came back in 2006 overwhelming No. 25 seed Ons For his part, Amr Jalal, Diego Schwartzman (10), Argentina, def. against a guy named Nadal. Jabeur 6-3, 6-1 in under an coach of Al Shamal, said that And Djokovic entered the day hour. his team will be ready for the Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 7-6 (9), 6-4, 14-0 in the fourth round at the Gauff now meets Barbora Arab Super match against Al 7-5. place. Krejcikova, who reached her Gharafa, adding that he likes Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Lorenzo Mu- Plus, consider Djokovic’s what he is: Someone with Roger Federer, withdrew first major quarterfinal with a his team’s chances. setti, Italy, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0, ret. recent form: He was 10-0 in plenty of promise but not much Sunday in order to let his sur- 6-2, 6-0 victory over Sloane He said that, during his Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Jannik Sinner Grand Slam matches in 2021 experience. gically repaired right knee and Stephens, the 2017 US Open month in charge, he has (18), Italy, 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. and hadn’t ceded more than Djokovic’s 49th major the rest of his 39-year-old body champion and 2018 French worked to improve the Women’s Singles Fourth Round four games in any set in Paris quarterfinal will come against recover with an eye to Wim- Open runner-up. chemistry between his Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. - let alone an entire set - while another Italian, No.