6 September 30, 2020 Villa Beat Fulham 3-0 to Nadal, Thiem Kick Off Bids Move Into Top Four for Roland Garros Title the line, that’s a key shot for me,” ian Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 7-6(3), said Nadal. 2-6, 6-1. It was the fourth succes- The Spaniard has won 94 sive first-round-exit for the 2019 matches at Roland Garros and if US Open finalist at the French he can make it all the way to the Open. final this year, there is a chance Italian qualifier Lorenzo Giusti- for him to equal old rival Roger no claimed his first tour-level win Federer’s record of 20 major titles in a more than six-hour marathon in his remarkable 100th win at the match against Corentin Mou- clay Grand Slam. tet. It came close to breaking the Third seed Thiem was compet- 16-year-old record for the longest ing for the first time as a Grand match at Roland Garros. Slam winner and followed his Giustino beat Moutet 0-6, fourth win in as many head-to- 7-6(7), 7-6(3), 2-6, 18-16 as the head clashes against Cilic. The deciding set alone lasted three Aston Villa’s English defender Tyrone Mings (center) scores his 27-year-old improved his record hours. team’s third goal past Fulham’s French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola at Roland Garros to 25-6. “It means a lot for me. I think during the English Premier League football match between Fulham “I am really happy about my I improved a lot in the past two and Aston Villa at Craven Cottage in London on Sept 28, 2020. PARIS (Dispatches) - Defend- straightforward victory as the first round. I was facing another years. I believe in myself that I LONDON (Reuters) - Aston Villa pleased with a performance which ing champion Rafael Nadal, who Austrian beat 2014 U.S. Open great champion today. The tran- can make something better than I moved into the Premier League top also saw his side keep a clean sheet is seeking his record 13th title at champion Marin Cilic of Croatia sition to clay and the cold con- was before,” Giustino said. four after they strolled to a 3-0 win for the first time in 27 away Pre- Roland Garros, eased through the 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 earlier in the after- ditions worked out pretty well,” In women’s singles actions, 23- at Fulham thanks to goals from Jack mier League games since a 0-0 first round with a comfortable 6-4, noon. said Thiem. time Grand Slam champion Ser- Grealish, Conor Hourihane and Ty- draw with West Bromwich Albion 6-4, 6-2 win over Belarusian Egor “I played quite a solid match Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, seed- ena Williams survived a topsy- rone Mings in a lopsided contest. in January 2016. Gerasimov. when I was serving, I was play- ed fourth, was unable to clinch turvy opening set to ultimately The result left Villa, who narrow- “We scored some quality goals,” Newly-crowned U.S. Open win- ing some good points. I did some his first win at Roland Garros ease past fellow American Kristie ly avoided relegation last season, he told Sky Sports. ner Dominic Thiem also claimed good forehands, winners down after being shocked by Hungar- Ahn, 7-6(2), 6-0 to advance. fourth on a maximum six points “On top of all that, you have to from two games while promoted find the balance in football, and Lakers Keep Sharp Focus on Winning Another NBA Championship Fulham are rooted to the bottom that can be the desire to keep the with no points after a third succes- ball out of the back of the net, and LOS ANGELES (Dispatches) champions in an NBA season that sive defeat. the players have found that at the -The Lakers have been in the has been restarted after the CO- Villa boss Dean Smith was moment. NBA’s bubble for almost three VID-19 pandemic shut it down in months now, thriving despite the March. obstacles that have come from be- Game 1 of the NBA Finals Schumacher to Make FP1 Debut ing away from home for so long. is Wednesday night at Adven- They could be here for another tHealth Arena on the ESPN Wide two weeks, but the Lakers won’t World of Sports Complex near With Alfa Romeo complain because they are play- here. Tipoff will be shortly after ing in the NBA Finals against 6 p.m. PDT. the , and they have The Lakers have six players a chance to bring home the fran- who have won NBA titles, and chise’s 17th championship trophy. that could help against the hard- The Lakers have maintained playing Heat. their focus, with that desire to James, making his ninth Finals claim another title allowing them ’ LeBron James drives against Denver Nuggets’ Jerami appearance in 10 years, won two to stay the course through it all. Grant during the second half on Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. with the Heat and one with Cleve- The Lakers have strong leader- playoffs. round of the Western Conference land. won titles with ship from LeBron James to help They have been tied together on playoffs, the in San Antonio and Toronto, while steer them. and off the court. the second round and the Denver JaVale McGee and Quinn Cook They have gotten tremendous The Lakers have gone 12-3 in Nuggets in the conference finals. (Golden State), JR Smith (Cleve- play out of their other star, An- the postseason, beating the Port- Now the Lakers need to win land), and (Boston) thony Davis, frequently in the land Trail Blazers in the first four more games to be crowned also have rings. Simon Yates Leads BERLIN (Dispatches) - With driving.” Mitchelton-Scott at the Ferrari pondering the next steps Schumacher is currently lead- for its F2 race winners, Schumach- ing the F2 title standings follow- Giro d’Italia er will join Callum Ilott in getting ing another feature race victory ROME (Dispatches) - Mitchelton- the year before he won three stag- some running in first free practice in Russia last weekend. He is 22 Scott have named their lineup for the es and spent stages 6 to 18 in the at the Nurburgring. points ahead of Ilott, with just one upcoming Giro d’Italia, with Tirre- maglia rosa before finishing 21st in Schumacher will drive for Alfa round remaining at the Bahrain no-Adriatico champion Simon Yates Rome. leading the squad as he looks to add The Briton will head to this year’s Romeo, while Ilott will take part Grand Prix. to his 13 days spent in the pink jersey Giro, which runs from October in the practice session for Haas. The progress that Schumacher at the 2018 edition of the race. 3-25, in good form having taken Robert Shwartzman will get a has made this season has im- Yates finished eighth at last year’s overall victory at Tirreno-Adriati- first free practice run in the F1 pressed onlookers, with F1 man- Giro before going on to win two co, winning on the summit finish season finale at Abu Dhabi, but it aging director of motorsport Ross stages at the Tour de France, while of Sassotteto along the way. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) in action at Tirreno-Adriatico has not yet been confirmed with Brawn saying earlier this week which team. that he felt the youngster was ma- FIFA Hands Paraguayan Trovato Life Ban For Match Fixing Ahead of their F1 race week- turing well. end debuts, the trio will also test “When you carry the mantle of ASUNCION (Xinhua) -- The 2018 and 2019, while he was at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track on the name Schumacher, it’s not an president of Paraguayan club president of the club,” FIFA said, Wednesday at the wheel of a 2018 easy gig,” said Brawn in his regu- Olimpia, Marco Trovato, has re- without providing further details. SF71H car. lar post-race column following ceived a lifetime football ban for It added that Trovato, who has match fixing, FIFA said. been president of the Asuncion Ferrari sporting director Lau- the Russian GP. The 41-year-old was also fined club since 2014, had 10 days to rent Mekies, who is in charge “It can give you some benefits, 100,000 Swiss francs (around lodge an appeal. of the Ferrari Driver Academy, but you’re the subject of scrutiny 108,000 U.S. dollars), the world In a video conference later on said: “We wanted to organize the whole time. Mick has handled football governing body said in a Monday, Trovato vowed to take this test session so that our three it amazingly well and in the lat- statement. his case to the Court of Arbitra- best youngsters would be as well ter part of this season, his second FIFA’s disciplinary committee tion for Sport, if necessary, to prepared as possible to tackle an season in Formula 2, we have found Trovato guilty of “manipu- clear his name. event that will always be a special started to see him mature and de- lation of football matches and Olimpia is the most success- moment for them. velop extremely well as a racing competitions” and of failing to ful club in Paraguayan football, collaborate with investigators. having won the country’s first “It will be a chance to get to driver. “The decision to sanction Mr division title a record 44 times grips with a Formula 1 car, which “Russia was an excellent week- Trovato is related to a series of and the Copa Libertadores three is much more complicated than end for him and I’m full of opti- matches that took place between Marco Trovato times. the car they are currently used to mism for his future.”