SPORTS Wednesday, October 11, 2017 23 retires after tie-break loss to Johnson Shanghai Johnson soon after receiving a an ace on his first set point, Kyrgios Meanwhile, British number three ick Kyrgios was warning for smashing two balls out walked over to shake hands. was knocked out by booed off court at of court in frustration at a line call. Umpire Fergus Murphy asked the Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic in Nthe Shanghai Masters He was also given a point penalty Australian if he needed medical help the second round in Shanghai. after going through with for an audible obscenity in the first- before the player walked off court to The 22-year-old, who beat Jiri a threat to quit his match round match. boos from spectators. Vesely 6-3 6-2 to set up the tie with if he lost the first-set tie- At the same tournament The incident comes just two days the 2014 US Open champion, lost 6-3 break. last year he was fined for after the temperamental Kyrgios lost 7-6 (7-5) in one hour 37 minutes. The Australian his behaviour and to in the final of the British number two Aljaz Bedene Shanghai Masters lost the tie-break banned. China Open after becoming frustrated progressed to round two after beating 7-5 to Steve The 13th seed by a line call in the first set. Italian world number 39 Paolo was heard to At last year’s Shanghai Masters, Lorenzi in straight sets. say he would Kyrgios argued with the umpire The 28-year-old won 6-1 6-4 in an quit against and a spectator during a match with hour and 13 minutes and will now Johnson if Mischa Zverev. He was fined $16,500 face German third seed he lost the (£13,533) for his behaviour, which , Nick Kyrgios (file pic) tie-break included “lack of best efforts”, who was given a and, after his and served a three-week first-round bye. opponent served tournament ban. (BBC) Anderson, Querrey keep finals hopes on track Shanghai Sugita. Frances Tiafoe. an all-Spanish evin Anderson and Sam Anderson will face Jan- Another of the big servers, second-round Querrey made improvements Lennard Struff for a quarter-final No. 12 seed , narrowly encounter to Kon their respective chances of berth. The German advanced prevailed over Serbian qualifier Albert Ramos- making debut appearances at the when compatriot Mischa Zverev, Dusan Lajovic. Isner saved a Vinolas, 7-5, 7-5. Nitto ATP Finals yesterday with who was leading 6-3, 5-6, retired match point at 5/6 in the third-set Fresh from making both posting straight-sets first- due to heat exhaustion. tie-break and soon closed out a his debut in the round triumphs at the Shanghai Querrey broke twice on his 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(6) victory. He will Emirates ATP Top 50 Rolex Masters. Anderson had way to a 4-0 second-set lead and next face Greek #NextGenATP Rankings, #NextGenATP an impressive 6-3, 6-1 victory comfortably carried the advantage qualifier . Canadian over last week’s Rakuten Japan to the finish line. He brought Two players’ chances of making faded in a three-set defeat Open Championships up three match points with his a late-season charge for a debut to . The Serbian runner-up Adrian Mannarino 10th ace and two points later Nitto ATP Finals berth took a finished strongly for a 6-7(3), 6-3, while Querrey landed a dominant booked a second-round meeting blow yesterday, however. No. 7 6-0 result over the 18-year-old (file pic) 6-3, 6-2 result over Japan’s Yuichi with #NextGenATP compatriot seed Pablo Carreno Busta fell in wild card. (atpworldtour) Murray, Serena ‘will be back’ at London Former world number one not have liked that. “no timescale” for his return to ndy Murray and Serena Djokovic has been sidelined “As competitive as Andy is, competitive action. Williams are set to play at since suffering an elbow we know he’s back and he’ll Williams’ potential return to Athe Australian Open in January, injury at Wimbledon, while want to improve his current Melbourne Park would allow according to tournament Wawrinka and Nishikori have ranking of number three in the American to defend the director Craig Tiley. been out since the summer the world and getting back to 2017 title she won while eight British number one Murray, with respective knee and wrist number one.” weeks pregnant. 30, has not played since July problems. Murray had hoped to return The 23-times when a hip injury hampered “I can tell you that in talking for the US Open in August but champion said before giving him in a quarter-final defeat to Andy, he has been training pulled out 48 hours before it birth that she was planning to at Wimbledon, while Williams, and he is preparing for having started. play at the tournament. 36, gave birth to her first child a great year in 2018,” Tiley During his absence, the Scot Tiley said Williams has a in September. said. has dropped to number three “special relationship” with the The pair could be joined “How much would this year in the world behind number Australian Open, while the by and Stan have hurt him, to watch over one Nadal and number two player has said the initials of Wawrinka, says Tiley. the entire year Roger [Federer] Federer. her daughter’s name - Alexis Serena Williams (file pic) “All the top players will be and Rafa [Nadal] share four Last month, Murray’s Olympia Ohanian - are a nod back in Melbourne,” he said. Grand Slam titles - he would mother Judy said there was to the tournament. (BBC)