ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021 16 Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves to Britain’s Cameron Nor- rie during their third round match on day 7, of the French Open tennis tourna- ment at Roland Garros in Paris, France. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Swiatek through to 4th round Familiar results at French Open as Rafael and Djokovic advance PARIS, June 5, (AP): Iga Swiatek closed out her latest French Swiatek, 20, has won 20 consecutive sets at Roland Garros, Open victory and raised a triumphant right fi st. Rafael Nadal and that streak was in jeopardy when she trailed Kontaveit won less than half an hour later and celebrated with a left 4-2. The title holder dominated from there and lost only 12 uppercut. points in the second set. The two defending champions make for a potent one-two The eighth-seeded Swiatek next faces 18-year-old Ukrain- combination at Roland Garros. Both won going away Satur- ian Marta Kostyuk, who has reached the round of 16 at a ma- day to reach the fourth round. jor event for the fi rst time. Sofi a Kenin advanced to the fourth round for the third TENNIS consecutive year by winning a seesaw all-American match against Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Kenin is the highest- seeded player left in the women’s draw at No. 4, and she has Swiatek rallied from a break down in the opening set to shaken a slump with her return to Roland Garros, where she beat Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 6-0. Nadal wasn’t fazed to lose was the runner-up to Swiatek in October. serve twice in a row in the second set and he eliminated Cam- Top-seeded Djokovic didn’t face a break point en route eron Norrie 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 victory over unseeded Ricardo Berankis. Nadal, 35, advanced to the round of 16 at a Grand Slam Two Italian 19-year-olds also advanced - Sinner and Lorenzo for the 50th time, and he’ll next play teenager Jannik Sin- Musetti. ner. The Spanish superstar is trying to add to his record 13 Kenin blew a 3-0 lead in the opening set against the No. French Open crowns and seeks his 21st major title, which 28-seeded Pegula, but then began stepping into the court to would break the men’s record he shares with Roger Federer. take charge of rallies, especially with a backhand that pro- Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only other men to duced two dozen winners. She hit 48 winners overall to 18 Kuwait’s Fahad Alhajri, (left), runs with the ball past Australia’s Martin Boyle during the World Cup 2022 Group B have reached the fourth round at 50 major events. for Pegula. qualifying soccer match between Kuwait and Australia in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (AP) UAE dominate Malaysia Kuwait ‘suffer’ home loss against Brazil win WC qualifi er Australia in World Cup qualifying KUWAIT CITY, June 5, (AP): The Socceroos previewed their fi rst match in 567 days with a simple message: We’re back. It took just 55 seconds for the Aus- tralians to start proving it. amid ‘drama’ off pitch After the coronavirus pandemic forced a 19-month delay in their World Cup Asian qualifying campaign, it took less than a minute for Mathew Leckie to head in the opening goal of a 3-0 win over Kuwait in Kuwait City. Jackson Irvine extended Australia’s lead midway through the fi rst half, fi ring home the rebound after Martin Boyle’s penalty miss. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Ad- jin Hrustic netted the third with a free kick in the 66th minute as Australia sealed a fi fth win in fi ve games. SOCCER Lebanon’s Mohamad Kdouh, (left), fights for the ball against Sri Lanka’s Australia coach Graham Arnold as- Ahmed Waseem during their Asian sembled a squad of players from more zone Group H qualifying soccer match than a dozen leagues around the world for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at for their fi rst international match since Goyang stadium in Goyang, South Ko- November 2019, but said they settled rea. Lebanon won 3-2. (AP) quickly into the familiar pattern of be- scored so far with Argentina and be- ing with the Socceroos. hind only Cristiano Ronaldo’s 103 “I thought the energy was great,” goals for Portugal. Ali Daei of Iran is Arnold said. “It only takes a day to the all-time leading international scorer reconnect. They proved that tonight. with 109 goals. They played a very good game - should “We made a strong return to qualifi - make the country proud.” cation after a long break,” UAE coach Australia moved fi ve points ahead Bert Van Marwijk said. “We have to of Kuwait and Jordan in Group B with keep performing in the same way to three games remaining and can seal its achieve our goal of reaching the next place in the third round of qualifi cation stage.” with wins over Taiwan and Nepal next With Thailand and Indonesia play- week. Only the eight group winners are ing to a 2-2 draw, UAE moved second guaranteed a place in the next stage, in the group, two points behind leaders which starts in September, along with Vietnam with three games to play. the four best second-place teams. Iran, after losing their previous two Elsewhere in the second round of games in Group C, beat Hong Kong Asian qualifying, Ali Mabkhout of the 3-1 to keep alive their chances of a United Arab Emirates scored twice in third successive World Cup appear- a 4-0 win over Malaysia in Group G to ance. Goals from Ali Gholizadeh, Vahid become the second-highest active goal- Amiri and Karim Ansarifard secured the scorer in international soccer, above three points to keep Iran in third spot on Lionel Messi. nine points, two behind second-place Brazil’s Richarlison, (left), tries to score as Ecuador’s goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez defends during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup The striker now has 73 goals for Iraq. Bahrain moved a point clear at the Qatar 2022 at Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (AP) his country, two more than Messi has top by thrashing Cambodia 8-0. Brazilians extend lead over Argentina Mavs miss another opportunity on home court SAO PAULO, June 5, (AP): team since Brazil agreed to host Copa Amid a possible player re- America. Team captain Casemiro sug- gested that the players don’t want to be Clippers force Game 7 in another road win volt, Brazil beat Ecuador at the tournament at home while Bra- 2-0 for their fi fth consecu- zilians are still dying in large numbers DALLAS, June 5, (AP): Kawhi Leon- to details, have faith, shooting the ball from COVID-19. More than 470,000 ard and the Los Angeles Clippers made with confi dence. If you do that, you tive match in South Ameri- Brazilians have died so far from the it an NBA-record six straight victories can live with the results.” Unique achievement: Minister can World Cup qualifying. coronavirus. for the road team in a playoff series. Luka Doncic scored 29 points but Brazil now lead the round-robin Copa America was originally sched- Now they have to fi gure out how to was just 2 of 9 from 3-point range as tournament with 15 points, four uled to be co-hosted by Colombia and beat Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mav- Al-Musallam elected FINA president ahead of second-place Argentina. Argentina. Colombia was forced to ericks at home in a Game 7 to avoid an- It appears all withdraw because of social unrest and other bitter postseason disappointment. BASKETBALL KUWAIT CITY, June 5, KUNA: ulated on Saturday Hussain Al- but certain Argentina last week declined to host Leonard tied his playoff career high Kuwait’s Information Minister Musallam on winning the world that Brazil the continental tournament because of with 45 points and the Clippers beat the LA defense turned up the pressure and Minister of State for Youth swimming body, FINA, presiden- a worsening of the pandemic. the Mavericks 104-97 on Friday night, in key moments and held Dallas to Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi congrat- cy elections. will qualify for Tite’s post-match news conference winning for the third time in front of a 29% shooting in the fourth quarter. one of the four Al-Musallam becomes the fi rst was highly anticipated after rumors raucous Dallas crowd more than three Asian representative to have ever direct South times bigger than any during the regu- American lar season. won the FINA hotseat since it was spots for Qatar SOCCER This time it was a tense fi nish keyed established in 1908. He previously 2022. by the two-time NBA Finals MVP competed for Kuwait at the World Gabriel Bar- swirled during the day that he could re- after double-digit LA victories in the Championships, Asian Games and bosa had a goal sign before Copa America begins. The fi rst two games in Dallas, and coming Pan-Arab Championships in the disallowed for Neymar coach avoided giving details of what is off the Clippers’ third straight loss at 1970s. offside in the to come, but did not rule out leaving home. fi rst half before Richarlison opened the job. “Great players perform in big mo- the scoring in the 65th minute with a On the eve of the match, Tite ad- ments,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue SWIMMING powerful shot from close range.