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FORMULA ONE | Page 3 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 Hamilton Loew looks storms to towards To Advertise here pole position Germany’s Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 in Monza young guns Sunday, September 4, 2016 MILESTONE Dhul-Hijja 2, 1437 AH Serena leaves GULF TIMES Navratilova behind with 307th Slam win SPORT Page 2 TENNIS Brief encounters as Djoko, Nadal breeze into 4th round Nadal reached the fourth round for the first time since 2013 — the year of his last New York title — with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov, while Djokovic progressed after Youzhny retired with a hamstring injury in 32 minutes AFP volved in more drama when she rallied New York from 1-5 down in the fi nal set to defeat Osaka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3). The 18-year-old Osaka was so trau- ovak Djokovic reached the US matised by her failure to convert her Open last 16 in just 32 min- dominance into victory that she broke utes when Mikhail Youzhny down in tears as she twice tried and retired injured before fellow failed to serve for the victory. Ntwo-time winner Rafael Nadal also “This is the greatest comeback of made the fourth round for the fi rst my career, hands down,” said Keys who time in three years. will face two-time runner-up Caroline Defending men’s champion Djoko- Wozniacki for a quarter-fi nal spot. vic was 4-2 ahead in the fi rst set when In stark contrast, German second Russian 34-year-old Youzhny called it seed and Australian Open champion quits suff ering from a left hamstring Angelique Kerber closed out the night injury. session with a 6-1, 6-1 win in just 53 The outcome completed a bizarre minutes against American 17-year-old fi rst week for world number one Djok- CiCi Bellis. ovic. Kerber, who claimed her season- After labouring over four sets to leading 50th match win, next faces beat Jerzy Janowicz on Monday, he was two-time Wimbledon winner Petra handed a walkover into the third round Kvitova. when Czech opponent Jiri Vesely with- Jack Sock, the American 26th seed, drew from their second round clash reached the fourth round for the fi rst with an arm injury. time by knocking out 2014 champion “I have never had this happen be- Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in tie where fore in my Grand Slam career, getting he did not face a single break point. a walkover and the next match lasting The 23-year-old Sock, whose last just half an hour,” said Djokovic. two appearances at the US Open had The top seed next faces Britain’s ended in retirements, goes on to face world number 84 Kyle Edmund who French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. stunned John Isner of the United States Tsonga, a two-time quarter-fi nalist, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) to make a Slam made the last 16 with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 fourth round for the fi rst time. (7/4) victory over South Africa’s Kevin Nadal reached the fourth round for Anderson. the fi rst time since 2013 — the year of Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova backed his last New York title — with a 6-1, up her shock victory over third seed 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Andrey Novak Djokovic of Serbia signs autographs for fans after Mikhail Youzhny of and French Open champion Garbine Kuznetsov. Russia retired injured on Friday. Muguruza by making the last 16 for the “Andrey is always a tough opponent, fi rst time with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Kat- he returns well and has good shots the third was key so I’m very happy.” Keys won the latest-ever fi nishing eryna Bondarenko of the Ukraine. from the baseline,” said fourth seed Djokovic’s very brief encounter had women’s match at the tournament World number 48 Sevastova, who Nadal who faces France’s Lucas Pouille been preceded on Arthur Ashe Sta- on Monday when she completed vic- briefl y retired in 2013, has matched her Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning his third round match against Andrey for a quarter-fi nal slot. dium by women’s eighth seed Madison tory over compatriot Alison Riske at best run at a Slam and next faces Brit- Kuznetsov of Russia on Day Five of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King “I had a fantastic fi rst set, a little Keys pulling off an epic comeback to 1:48am. ish 13th seed Johanna Konta who put National Tennis Center on Friday. trouble with my serve in the second but beat Japan’s Naomi Osaka. On Friday, the 21-year-old was in- out Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-1. GEARING UP GCC BASKETBALL UAE beat Bahrain, Qatar close in on title FIBA A win today against Sharjah Saudi Arabia will see Qatar clinch the 15th GCC Basketball Championship and become the atar edged closer to clinch- fi rst country to qualify for the ing the 15th GCC Basket- 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, the new ball Championship follow- name of the continental FIBA ing their 59-40 win over Asia Championship QOman yesterday, their third in as many games. A win today against Saudi Arabia Hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE), will see Qatar clinch the 15th GCC meanwhile, recorded their first win Basketball Championship and be- after narrowly beating Bahrain 95- come the first country to qualify 92. for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, the new Defending champions Qatar beat name of the continental FIBA Asia hosts UAE on the opening day before Championship. winning a thrilling double-overtime After this Championship, Qatar will game against Bahrain on Wednesday. leave for Tehran to participate in the The Al Annabi never looked threat- 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. They will ened against Oman at all and by half- play in Group C with hosts Iran and time they already had 17-point lead Iraq. Qatar coach Jose Daniel Carreno guides a training session yesterday ahead of the team’s Group A match against Uzbekistan in the final phase of qualifying for (34-17). The top fi ve teams in the FIBA Asia the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Tuesday. Qatar need to win the match to revive their chances of qualifying for the tournament after crashing to a 2-0 defeat Qatar took their feet off the pedal af- Challenge will earn an extra berth for against Iran in Tehran on Thursday. Picture on the right shows captain Hassan al-Haydos and Ali Asadallah enjoying a lighter moment during training. ter the interval but still managed to win their respective sub-zones in the 2017 by +19 points (59-40). FIBA Asia Cup. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, September 4, 2016 TENNIS MILESTONE Serena leaves Navratilova behind with 307th victory Although a right shoulder injury had left Williams looking vulnerable since her triumph at Wimbledon, she needed just an hour to subdue Larsson, the world number 47 who had lost in the first round of her six prior US Open appearances AFP because she played a different kind of New York game,” Williams said. “It was really good for me to have a different type of rhythm and just move the ball around. erena Williams powered to a So overall it was pretty good.” record 307th Grand Slam match Meanwhile, Hungarian Timea Babos win yesterday to reach the put a scare into Romanian fifth seed Si- fourth round of the US Open. mona Halep, surging back in the second SWilliams moved ahead of Martina set and taking a 3-1 lead in the third be- Navratilova for most match wins in the fore falling 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. majors by a woman, and tied Roger Fe- “I don’t know how I came back,” said derer’s mark for men with a 6-2, 6-1 Halep, whose unforced errors skyrock- pasting of Sweden’s Johanna Larsson. eted in the second set. “I was fighting to The American superstar, seeking a the very end for every ball.” record seventh US Open title, next fac- Having regained the break to level es Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova, the third at 3-3, Halep was unable to a 6-2, 7-5 winner over China’s Zhang convert two break points in the eighth Shuai. game. But Babos, unable to convert two “That’s pretty awesome,” Williams game points in the 10th, finally sur- said of surpassing Navratilova. “And rendered with a whimper with a double what better place to do than here where fault on match point. it all started.” Halep, who fell in the semi-finals to Williams claimed the first of her eventual champion Flavia Pennetta last 22 Grand Slam singles titles at the US year, will play Spain’s Carla Suarez Na- Open in 1999. A 23rd major triumph varro for place in the quarter-finals. Serena Williams of the United States serves would take her past the Open Era Suarez celebrated her 28th birthday to Johanna Larsson of Sweden during her record she now shares with Steffi Graf with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Russian third round match on Day Six of the US and closer to Margaret Court’s all-time Elena Vesnina. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National record of 24. There was no such drama for fourth Tennis Center in New York City yesterday.