SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 11 Top seed Zverev crashes out in Man Utd hit Roma for six to Munich to world 107 Ivashka banish semi-final hoodoo Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six United came from 2-1• down to demolish BETTER Roma in a blistering second half KNOW AFP | London Alexander Zverev hits a return Manchester United AFP | Munich runo Fernandes and Edin- became the first team son Cavani each scored op seed Alexander Zverev twice as Manchester to score six goals in a crashed out of Munich’s B European semi-final T United thrashed an injury-hit ATP clay court tournament af- Ivashka is playing Roma 6-2 at Old Trafford to since Real Madrid in ter a shock defeat to qualifier quite good tennis here. close in on the Europa League 1964 Ilya Ivashka in the quarter-fi- I haven’t yet taken that final. nals on Friday. final step to play for a United are aiming to get to a League next season and they Despite winning the opening title and, of course, I final under Ole Gunnar Solsk- reacted like a side whose season set on a tie-breaker, Zverev, Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani (L) shoots past Roma’s goalkeeper Antonio jaer at the fifth time of asking depended on it. the 2017 and 2018 Munich would like to do that Mirante to score their third goal after four semi-final defeats in Pogba was penalised for champion, bowed out 7-6 (7/5), JAN-LENNARD STRUFF the past two seasons. score six goals in a European nals. handball as he slid in to try and 5-7, 3-6 after Ivashka of Bela- But only a second leg collapse semi-final since Real Madrid “We know we’ve got creative block Rick Karsdorp’s cross and rus converted his first match Struff who needed exactly will prevent them from facing in 1964. players, players who can cre- Pellegrini confidently beat Da- point. three hours to seal a 6-4, 4-6, Villarreal or Arsenal in Gdansk “Very pleased with the re - ate big chances, score goals, it’s vid de Gea from the spot. The 27-year-old is ranked 7-6 (7/3) win over fourth-seed on May 26 after a stunning sec- sponse,” said Solskjaer. “Second about getting them in the posi- Dzeko was a persistent thorn 101 places below world num- Filip Krajinovic. ond-half performance. half we were very good.” tions,” added Solskjaer. in United’s side in four years as ber six Zverev, 24, who made “Ivashka is playing quite The home side trailed at the With United realistically out “Marcus (Rashford), Bruno, a Manchester City player and numerous errors and rowed good tennis here,” said Struff break as Lorenzo Pellegrini’s of the Premier League title race, Paul, Edinson are all capable. scored for the sixth time at Old throughout the match with his after the 27-year-old Belaru- penalty and Edin Dzeko’s tap-in but also almost certain to se - The difference today is we took Trafford when he tapped home coach, who is also his father, sian “blew away” Finland’s cancelled out Fernandes’s early cure a top-four finish, Solskjaer most of our chances.” Pellegrini’s low cross on 34 min- sat in the stands. Emil Ruusuvuori 6-1, 6-2 in opener. named his strongest available In contrast to the vast major- utes. “This is a match I should the first round. But the Italians lost three side as he aims to end a four- ity of games this season, United By that stage Jordan Veretout never have lost - I’m sad and This is the first time the players to injury before the year trophy drought for the Red came flying out the blocks and and Lopez had hobbled off in- disappointed”, admitted Ger- 31-year-old Struff has reached break and United took full ad- Devils. led after just nine minutes. jured and Leonardo Spinazzola many’s Zverev. the semis in Munich since vantage. The combination play be - Pogba and Cavani teed up followed before the break, leav- Half of his 14 double faults 2014 and this will be his eighth Two predatory finishes from tween Pogba, Fernandes and Fernandes, who dinked the ball ing Roma without the chance to came in the deciding set as attempt to reach the final of an Cavani turned the tie around be- Cavani consistently cut the over the advancing Pau Lopez make any further substitutions Zverev lost after two hours, ATP tournament for the first fore Fernandes also fired home Roma defence apart as they only for his 25th goal of the season. in the second half. 33 minutes while Ivashka time. from the spot. marginally avoided a repeat of Sitting seventh in Serie A, “We had a good first half but reached a semi-final on tour “I haven’t yet taken that final Paul Pogba and Mason Green- the 7-1 hammering they suffered this competition represented we didn’t exist in the second,” for the first time in his career. step to play for a title and, of wood rounded off the scoring as at Old Trafford in the 2006/07 Roma’s last realistic chance Roma coach Paulo Fonseca told In Saturday’s semis, Ivashka course, I would like to do that,” United became the first team to Champions League quarter-fi- to qualify for the Champions Sky Sport. faces Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff added. Spurs can keep Kane without Champions Bittersweet victory for Emery as League football, says interim boss AFP | London Villarreal spare 10-man Arsenal AFP | London ottenham Hotspur interim Tmanager Ryan Mason said nai Emery won his big re- Friday that Harry Kane’s future Uunion with Arsenal but 2-1 at the club does not hinge on might prove a small reward for whether they qualify for next Villarreal, who failed to take season’s Champions League. advantage of Dani Ceballos be- The England captain’s career ing sent off in a frantic Europa has been the subject of intense League semi-final first leg on speculation after he said “we’ll Thursday. see where we go” following the Manu Trigueros and Raul upcoming European Cham- Albiol gave Villarreal a dream pionship and comments this start at La Ceramica and the week about his desire to win tie looked to be slipping away trophies. from Arsenal when Ceballos Missing out on the top four, was shown a second yellow which currently looks likely, card early in the second half. will be another blow for Spurs But 10-man Arsenal rallied Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane (R) vies with Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne Arsenal’s Nicolas Pepe scores from the penalty spot in keeping their star man happy and grabbed an away goal when but Mason does not think it will Tottenham last won a ma - Nicolas Pepe converted a pen- before the match and it’s still be a decisive factor. jor trophy when they lifted the alty in the 73rd minute, before difficult. But with everything “I don’t think so,” he said 2008 League Cup but the north Villarreal’s Etienne Capoue also on the table, we have won, we ahead of Sunday’s clash with London club insist Kane is not saw red with 10 minutes left Things went for us have the advantage.” already relegated Sheffield for sale. to play. and against us but Emery said on Wednesday he United. 21 And, with three years left on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang we have to keep would always have a “place in “Harry Kane loves this foot- Premier League goals his contract, it would take an might even have snatched a late believing. It was a his heart” for Arsenal, despite ball club. That’s been proven have been scored eye-watering figure for them to equaliser for the visitors but difficult challenge a turbulent 18 months in charge over the last seven or eight by Harry Kane for change their mind -- something Mikel Arteta will be delight- before the match and of the club before he was sacked years. He’s one of the best strik- Tottenham this season that does not look likely in the ed his team are not just in the in 2019. ers in the world. cash-strapped coronavirus era. contest but in a healthy position it’s still difficult. But He might also look on with “Everyone knows that, we Finishing in the top four too, with an away goal to take with everything on the little envy at his successor Ar- know that and I’d like to think would help appease Kane, but back to London next week. table, we have won, we teta, who is under pressure Harry knows that as well. had not spoken with the striker that is going to be tough as “It changes completely the have the advantage now to win the Europa League “The most important thing about his future. Spurs are five points behind tie. It makes a huge difference,” UNAI EMERY and qualify for the Champions right now, and our attention “He’s one of the most pro - fourth-placed Chelsea with five said Arteta. “We know we are League, with Arsenal sitting right now, is this weekend. We fessional guys I’ve ever met in games to play. there, we have to be better the better side for the best part 10th in the Premier League ta- can’t disrespect any opponent my life so Harry Kane has been Meanwhile, Spurs have been and if we are we will have the of an hour, even before Ceballos ble and nowhere near the top and we can’t be investing our training excellently this week,” dealt another blow in their chance to be in the final.” was dismissed.