Wozniacki Back on Track
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018 16 Bahrain’s Batirov secures silver at 2018 World Wozniacki back on track Wrestling Championships AFP | Singapore scarce with both players serv- ing strongly in a high-quality tenacious Caroline contest. Wozniacki revived her The Australian Open cham- A WTA Finals title defence pion finally broke in the ninth with a third set masterclass game –- her first of the tourna- against Petra Kvitova yesterday, ment after botching 10 break leaving the former Wimbledon points against Pliskova. champion’s Singapore campaign Wozniacki couldn’t serve it in ruins. out though, with Kvitova sav- Rebounding from a disap - ing a set point with a booming pointing opening defeat against forehand winner down the line. Karolina Pliskova, Wozniacki In a topsy-turvy affair, Wozni- Adam Batirov celebrates after winning his match wore down Kvitova to triumph acki earned the crucial break 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in two hours and 19 in the 12th game to draw first TDT | Manama from Russia, Magomedrasul minutes. blood. Gazimagomedov. Kvitova has now lost both her There were three breaks to dam Batirov secured silver Adam Batirov started the matches and needs results to go Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki hits a return against Czech Republic’s Petra start the second set before Kvi- Amedal for the Kingdom match dominating by until the her way in the White Group to Kvitova tova held and unleashed a roar of Bahrain at the 2018 World final moments. Adam Batirov stay afloat in the season-finale. as she skipped out to a 3-1 lead. Wrestling Championships in trains at the KHK Bahrain Gym Kvitova mixed trademark the second set, and showcased Kvitova attacked the net in Wozniacki needed a medi- Men’s freestyle 70 kg held at which is found by HH Shaikh power with exquisite touch but her athleticism in a dominant an effort to shorten the points cal timeout and the six-minute Budapest, Hungary. Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa. was matched by Wozniacki’s third set to outlast Kvitova. against the fast-moving Wozni- break seemingly halted Kvito- Batirov made a historic cam- The win marks the first sil- dogged counterattacks. “I served well, returned well acki and earned two break va’s momentum but the Czech paign until he was stopped ver for the Kingdom of Bahrain The Dane recovered from an and moved well,” Wozniacki points in the match’s opening regrouped and levelled it up with a last minute takedown in the Wrestling World Cham- injury scare, where she needed said after the match. “I had the game. But Wozniacki held and emphatically with a sliced back- by former world champion pionships. taping to her left knee early in belief and fought to the end.” opportunities to break were hand winner. Liverpool must raise their game for Red Star visit, says Van Dijk Reuters | London League today. Wednesday’s clash at Anfield won yet on their return to group mier League - and it will be a Obviously we kept a clean sheet, They go into the game after a is also a chance for Liverpool to stage of Europe’s elite competi- hard game,” the Dutchman told which is all good, but we could iverpool defender Virgil van 1-0 Premier League win at Hud- get their European campaign tion, Van Dijk was not underes- the Liverpool website. “We will have made it easier for ourselves. LDijk has said he and his team dersfield Town in which they back on track after a late 1-0 de- timating the Serbian club. need to be 100 percent and I “It’s another Champions mates need to improve their were not at their best and often feat by Napoli in their previous “They are in the Champions think we will be. League night at Anfield and I’m form as they prepare to host Red found themselves on the back Group C encounter. League - the best competition “Against Huddersfield, we sure we will recover from Hud- Star Belgrade in the Champions foot against lowly opponents. Despite Red Star not having in Europe apart from the Pre- should have done even better. dersfield that we are ready.”.