22 Saturday, November 4, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Saturday, November 4, 2017 23 Messi set for WTA Elite Trophy David Goffin Everton crash out 600th Barca Goerges qualifies for appearance London slightly fortunate 2-0 win away ATP Tour Finals ionel Messi will make his to Athletic Club Bilbao last enters Paris afterLondon defeat to Lyon fortnight ago, opened the 600th official appearance weekend. anagerless Everton scoring midway through the forL FC Barcelona when they Messi and goalkeeper Marc avid Goffin has become the first Belgian singles player in crashed out of the second half, before substitute host Sevilla at the Camp Nou Andre Ter Stegen were the Dthe 48-year history of the Nitto ATP Finals to qualify for the EuropaM League with two Houssem Aouar and former Stadium today. architects of last weekend’s win prestigious season finale. He will join World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, Group E games left to play as Manchester United man Only Xavi Hernandez (767) with Messi opening the scoring six-time champion Roger Federer, debutants Alexander Zverev they were beaten 3-0 at Lyon. and Everton transfer target and Andres Iniesta (642) have and Ter Stegen frustrating all semi-finals and Grigor Dimitrov, and former qualifiers Dominic Thiem and Former Chelsea Memphis Depay wrapped played more games for Barca of their rival’s efforts. Marin Cilic in the elite eight-man field at The O2 in London from forward Bertrand things up. than the 30-year-old who made Meanwhile, Barca are still 12-19 November. Traore, who The 80th minute dismissal his debut on October 16, 2004. without the injured Dembele Goffin is the seventh player to secure his place as a result of had netted the of Morgan Schneiderlin, And nobody has got close while Luis Suarez is struggling play at the Rolex Paris Masters on Thursday. He served as an winner in Lyon’s following a second yellow to the 523 goals he has scored for form in front of goal, alternate at 2016 Nitto ATP Finals, replacing the injured Gael 2-1 victory at card, capped a miserable for the club, who limiting Barca coach Ernesto Monfils in one round-robin match. Goodison night for the Toffees. currently lead the Valverde’s options in attack, “I would have preferred to have qualified by winning my Park a The defeat, Everton’s fifth Liga Santander with given that he appears to have match and Lucas is a friend but I am still so happy to have in a row in all competitions, a four point gap over little faith in former Valencia qualified!” said Goffin. “It is every player’s dream to make the combined with Valencia, reports forward Paco Alcacer. (Nitto ATP) Finals and it is my first time there so I can’t wait Atalanta’s 1-1 Xinhua news Sergio Busquets to get to London!” draw at Apollon agency. and Ivan Rakitic The 26-year-old Goffin has compiled the best season of his Limassol, means As many as will play in career, with his first 50+ match wins record and as the first Belgian the rock-bottom 23 of those midfield. to break into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 10 Toffees cannot goals (IANS) on 20 February. He ended a six-match losing streak in finals with reach the last have back-to-back ATP World Tour titles in October at the Shenzhen 32. come Open and the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 Three of the Nabil Fekir (C) from Lyon competes (Picture courtesy: xinhua) against in Tokyo. losses have come experienced trio of Wayne post, Everton settled and a tidy Sevilla He also finished as runner-up in consecutive finals in February since Ronald Rooney, Leighton Baines and passing move led to the ball in 21 league at the Garanti Koza Sofia Open and the ABN AMRO World Koeman’s Phil Jagielka for this contest, falling to Sigurdsson in the games against the Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Goffin earned the biggest sacking, and while and his starting line-up - Lyon box in the 18th minute side from the south of victory of his career over then No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic in caretaker boss featuring six changes - had no - but he could not produce a Spain. With the form April at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and has compiled a 21-5 David Unsworth recognised striker, with Gylfi decent shot. Messi is in, it would match record since 28 August. has made it clear Sigurdsson starting as a ‘false Lyon were soon back on almost be a surprise if he With less than one week left of the regular 2017 ATP World he would like the nine’. the front foot and Jordan didn’t add to that total today Tour season, Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta currently holds the last position full-time, the Unsworth had spoken about Pickford made a fine double night. remaining qualification berth, but could still be ousted by one of results so far are not Everton “giving it everything save, parrying Traore’s header It is fair to say that Barca Juan Martin del Potro, Roberto Bautista Agut, John Isner and Jack strengthening his to win” in a competition that and blocking a follow-up effort have not been at their best Sock subject to results in Paris this week. (atpworldtour) position. was important to them - but from Nabil Fekir, who then at times this season, as shown Unsworth the selection only emphasised sent a shot over the bar. by their 0-0 draw away to Julia Goerges (file pic) opted to the significance of Sunday’s Sigurdsson was beaten by his Olympiakos in the Champions rest the Premier League home clash marker to a good cross from League on Tuesday or the Zhuhai, China finals earlier in 2017. set, but I don’t want to go out 20 percent of the points on with Watford. Jonjoe Kenny, and Mason ulia Goerges booked her By winning the Azalea with losing the match and her second serve. On the After the hosts exerted some Holgate was then fortunate Jspot in the semifinals of Group, Goerges also still being in the semifinals. I other side of the spectrum, Memphis Depay (R) from early pressure, with Mouctar not to score an own-goal as the Hengqin Life WTA Elite completes the final four in think that’s a bit weird.” Goerges had 31 winners, Lyon celebrates scoring Diakhaby just failing he diverted a Maxwel Cornet Trophy Zhuhai yesterday, Zhuhai, after American CoCo Mladenovic, meanwhile, outnumbering her 23 with teammates (Picture to convert Depay’s cross into Pickford’s arms. defeating No.1 seed and Vandeweghe, Australia’s ends her season with a unforced errors, and won courtesy: Xinhua) free-kick at the back (eurosport) Lionel Messi (file pic) World No.10 Kristina Ashleigh Barty, and Anastasia 12-match losing streak, seven of eight points at the Mladenovic, 6-2, 7-6(4), to Sevastova of Latvia won their dating back to the CitiOpen net. win the Azalea Group with respective groups yesterday in Washington, D.C. in early Goerges started the a 2-0 record in the round- to confirm their positions in August. A wonderful start to match strongly, outpacing robin portion. the semifinals. the year helped her rise into the powerful Mladenovic Arsenal qualify despite Red Star Belgrade draw Goerges extended her Goerges only needed the Top 10 for the first time on the forehand side in the winning streak to seven to win a single set to make in her career last month, but first game, and clinching an London Giroud stabbed an angled began with Arsenal trying to up matches. The German came the semifinals, but she still the Zhuhai results will cause initial break with a backhand rsenal qualified from the shot too close to Borjan as the the pace, and then the visitors’ into Zhuhai having won the fought for the victory. “I her to be replaced in this elite winner down the line. After Europa League group goalkeeper came out to block, Srnic sent an angled shot too last event she contested, the really wanted to win that bunch by Vandeweghe. consolidating the break for stageA despite being held to a and seconds later Slavoljub close to Macey. Kremlin Cup in Moscow, match,” Goerges said in her The Frenchwoman had a 2-0 lead, Goerges already 0-0 home draw by Red Star Srnic saw his effort from 20 Back came Arsenal, and Theo which was her first title of press conference. “It didn’t nine double faults in the had six forehand winners. Belgrade, with rivals BATE yards tipped over by Macey at Walcott got down the right to the year after losing three matter if I had to win one match, and could only win (wtatennis) David Goffin (file pic) Borisov being thrashed 5-2 in the other end. arrow in a dangerous cross that Cologne. From the resulting corner was heading for Giroud before The Gunners were under after 36 minutes, Macey a visiting defender got a crucial pressure early on when Red touched a fine header from touch. Star’s Guelor Kanga found Vujadin Savic onto the crossbar On the hour, Wilshere Wozniacki gets engaged to NBA star David Lee Nemanja Radonjic, but he was and away. But Red Star were appealed in vain for a penalty unable to pick out a colleague growing in confidence and when he went down under London happy news that she is to be agent and last played for the with McIlroy lasted from 2011 with a low cross from the left.