6 September 6, 2018 Nadal Edges Thiem in 5th-Set Viviani Wins Another Vuelta Stage, Yates Tiebreaker at Open Keeps Overall Lead NEW YORK (AP) - Defending champion Rafael Nadal shockingly was shut out in the first set of his U.S. Open quarterfinal before coming back to beat No. 9 seed Dominic Thiem 0-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) in 4 hours, 49 minutes. It was only the fourth time in 282 career Grand Slam matches that Nadal lost a set by a 6-0 score. It’s the first time he won the match after that kind of start. This one was never easy: Nadal trailed by a break in the third set before taking it. He came within two points of victory late in the fourth set before being pushed to Step Floors’ Team Elia Viviani, center, celebrates after winning the a fifth, where he was two points Spain La Vuelta Cyclist 13th stage between Salamanca and Fermoselle from a loss. Bermillo de Sayago 177 kilometers (109,98 miles), of the Spanish But Nadal held on and is into the Vuelta cycling race that finish in Fermoselle Bermillo de Sayago, semifinals at a third consecutive northern Spain, Tuesday Sept. 4, 2018. major tournament as he bids for BERMILLO DE SAYAGO, Spain back to the peloton. a fourth U.S. Open title and 18th (AP) — Italian rider Elia Viviani has Nairo Quintana, third overall, also Grand Slam trophy overall. won his second Spanish Vuelta stage, had a puncture late in the stage, but He’ll face 2009 champion Juan while Simon Yates retained the leader’s recovered to remain 14 seconds behind Martin del Potro next. red jersey despite a punctured tire. Yates. Defending champion Rafael Viviani, who also won the third Diego Rubio broke away with Nadal and Dominic Thiem are Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reaches to hit a backhand to Dominic Thiem, of Austria, during the quarterfinals stage, outsprinted Peter Sagan in the about 20 kilometers to go, moving 20 heading to a fifth set in their U.S. of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in New York. final meters to comfortably win the seconds in front of the pack, but he was Open quarterfinal. 177-kilometer (110-mile) flat 10th caught less than 10 kilometers from the Nadal was shockingly shut out came within two points of victory, Open final, won by Nadal in June. won a major tournament. stage from Salamanca to Bermillo de finish. in the first set by a 6-0 score, Thiem wound up taking the fourth Nadal is bidding for a fourth U.S. The winner of this match faces Sayago. Tuesday’s stage came after the before coming back to take the set 7-6 (4). Open title and 18th Grand Slam 2009 champion Juan Martin del Yates had a puncture with about 15 Vuelta’s first rest day. next two 6-4, 7-5. But after Nadal This is a rematch of the French trophy overall. Thiem has never Potro in the semifinals. kilometers to go but was able to rejoin On Wednesday, riders will face a the pack and maintain his one-second 208-kilometer (129-mile) hilly route lead over Alejandro Valverde. Adam from Mombuey to Ribeira Sacra. Yates, Simon’s twin, was among the The Grand Tour race ends on Sept. Guardiola Bans Manchester City Players From riders who stayed behind to lead him 16 in . Using Mobile Phones MANCHESTER (Dispatches) - from a number of working spaces Indiana Pacer Sign Coach Nate ’s relentless pursuit at the City Football Academy. of perfection at Manchester City City players will still be McMillan to Multiyear Deal shows no sign of stopping and he allowed to use their mobiles in is doing everything in his power to the dressing room, but to make maintain his players’ focus. sure his players are concentrating Although City have not enjoyed on the job at hand, they will be a perfect start to the season – they banned in analysis sessions, team drew away at Wolves and were meetings, the gym and training not at their fluent best against pitches. Newcastle United, they are still Guardiola is wary of the favorites the heavy favorites to retain the tag City have placed on them this Premier League title. season and his decision to drop But Guardiola is not leaving Leroy Sane was a sharp reminder anything to chance and, according to the squad of the standards he to the Mail, he has banned phones Pep Guardiola sets.

Indiana Pacers assistant coach Nate McMillan warms up prior to the Golovkin Ready to ‘Punish’ Alvarez in Rematch Portland Trail Blazers 106-102 victory over the Indiana Pacers at the Moda Center on December 2, 2013 in Portland, Oregon. LOS ANGELES (AFP) - a drug test, blaming contaminated INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana finished sixth in Coach of the Year Gennady Golovkin is Gennady Golovkin has ramped up meat in his native Mexico after Pacers have signed coach Nate balloting after the Pacers surprised unbeaten in 39 fights his war of words with middleweight testing positive for the stimulant McMillan to a multi-year contract nearly everyone earning the No. 5 seed -- his first bout against rival Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, vowing clenbuterol. extension. in the Eastern Conference with a 48-34 Canelo Alvarez ended to “punish” the Mexican slugger in Relations between the two camps McMillan will enter his third season and then taking LeBron James in a draw. their upcoming Las Vegas rematch. have been marked by animosity as Indiana’s head coach after serving and the Cavaliers to seven games in Unbeaten world middleweight ever since Alvarez’s failed test, as the associate head coach for three the first round of the playoffs. king Golovkin will face off with with Golovkin accusing his rival seasons under Frank Vogel. McMillan previously coached the Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena on of being a drugs cheat. The 54-year-old McMillan has a 90- Seattle SuperSonics and the Portland September 15, a year after their Alvarez’s trainer Chepo Reynoso 74 record and helped lead the team to Trail Blazers. He played 12 seasons in first encounter ended in a hotly raised the temperature for the the playoffs the past two seasons. He the NBA, all for Seattle. contested draw. rematch this week after describing A rematch planned for May was Golovkin as a “donkey” who later cancelled when Alvarez failed would be easy to beat. European Coaches Ask UEFA to Review Away Goals Rule NYON, Switzerland () - Carlos Ancelotti (Napoli), Unai Pekerman Resigns as Colombia Coach Europe’s top club coaches have asked Emery (Arsenal), BOGOTA (Reuters) - Jose Pekerman has quit as Colombia manager two UEFA to review the use of the away (Shakhtar Donetsk), Julen Lopetegui months after leading them to the last 16 of the World Cup in Russia, the goals rule in continental competitions (Real Madrid) Jose Mourinho Colombian Football Federation (FCF) said. because scoring away from home is (Manchester United), Thomas “After a meeting with Jose Nestor Pekerman, the coach has expressed his not as difficult as it used to be. Tuchel (Paris St Germain) and desire not to continue as the head of the national side,” the FCF said in a They also want the transfer former Arsenal manager Arsene short statement. window to end at the same time in Wenger. “We at the FCF are proud to have counted on the coach, who qualified us all the region’s major leagues. “The coaches think that scoring for the World Cups in Brazil in 2014 and Russia in 2018.” UEFA’s deputy general secretary goals away is not as difficult as it was Pekerman, who took over in 2012, was not expected to continue after a Giorgio Marchetti confirmed that the in the past... so they think the rule World Cup campaign that ended with a penalty shootout defeat by England. European soccer body would “open should be reviewed and that’s what He could now be a candidate for the vacant jobs with Mexico or a discussion” on the use of the away we will do,” Marchetti told reporters. Argentina, the country where he was born and whose Under-20 side he goals rule which is used to determine “They consider the situation in took to the World Cup three times - 1995, 1997 and 2001. the winners of knockout ties when football has changed and the weight Interim coach Arturo Reyes will lead Colombia in friendlies against the aggregate score is level. of the away goals is not the same as Venezuela in Miami on Sept. 7 and Argentina in New Jersey four days The annual meeting included many years ago when the rule was later. Jose Pekerman Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), introduced.”