SPORTS Saturday, February 18, 2017 21 BBK tennis: Quarter finals begin Joshua Jacob Kristoff Aidan Payne/DTNN The Unisex 8 years and the first round of 32 in the [email protected] under saw top seed Riyaan main competition. Ahmed winning 4-0 games Meanwhile, today the claims 2nd Manama against Veer Ayush Vanka and quarter finals and semi-finals ight players from both the second seed Joshua Jacob a will be played from 4pm in the the Unisex 10 years and 4-0 winner over Aayan Asad. Unisex 10 and 8 years under underE and 8 years and under In the closest match, Arseniy with the Girls Under-18 Singles categories have qualified for Tsiolta was a 4-3 winner over final between top seed Manni today’s quarter finals starting Nour Osama, while there were Zhang and second seed Aleina stage win at 4pm following the First 4-2 wins for Raksha Baharathy Alex at 5pm. round and a Round of 16 over Bouchra Hajjar and Chole This championship is being yesterday on the seventh day of Elkara against Saharash Nouli. held under the patronage of the 22nd Bank of Bahrain and Other winners were Dhruv BBK Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait (BBK) Juniors Open Karia by 4-1 against Taruna Reyadh Yousif Sater with Tennis Championship 2017 at Kennedy 4-1, Marwan Janahi around 60 players in the five at the Bahrain Tennis Club (BTC) 4-0 against Omar Bader 4-0 main singles events - Boys premises in Juffair. and Lucy Thate received a U12 years, U14 and U18 years With the threat of rain walkover win Rion Joy. and under and Girls 14 years subsiding in the afternoon, None of the four qualifiers and under and U18 which the Unisex 10 years and under in each of the 8 and 10 years continues until Tuesday and 90 category, top seed Tristan under categories made it past in the Unisex categories. Manners advanced after OmanSonny Colbrelli receiving a walkover win from Hana Hammad, while second (Bahrain-Merida) takes seed Rushikesh Sonawane brushed aside Maidson second spot Mordecai 6-1 games. The closest matches saw Muscat Essam Janahi edge out Zaidan onny Colbrelli of Bahrain-Merida Hajjar 6-5, with 6-4 wins for claimed second spot in the tightly Isa Al Qattan against Rohan competedS fourth stage of the 2017 Mukherjee and Mohammed Tour of Oman as he managed to Al Huda against Yousef Al give the stage winner Norway’s Shehabi. Alexander Kristoff a run for his In other matches, Maro money over three tough climbs in Ugarkovic was a comfortable the final 45km of the 118km stage 6-2 winner over Altair Marat, that finished in Muscat. Belgian Eira Corral won 6-1 against Ben Hermans retained the overall Shevani Vinod and Isa Sarwani leader’s jersey. beat Aruni Choudhary 6-0. Marwan Janahi Riyaan Ahmed This was Kristoff’s second stage win as he also managed to out- sprint Olympic champion Greg Manama Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) of he Late HH Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Belgium who finished third. Horse show Al Khalifa Horse Beauty Championship The Norwegian rider had concludedT on Thursday amid rounds of already proved that he was the applause from the large number of spectators fastest sprinter in the race with concludes present at the event, hosted by the Rashid his win on stage one. Equestrian and Horse Racing Club. The climbs close to the The last day of the event, organised on finish slimmed down the field Norwegian Alexander Kristoff, the sidelines of the World Arabian Horse significantly, and the final ascent from Team Katusha Alpecin, Organisation (WAHO) Conference, was saw an elite group of 15 riders raises his arm at the finish line attended by HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid go off the front, including big of the 4th stage of the cycling Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Royal names such as Fabio Aru (Astana) Tour of Oman between al- Equestrian and Endurance Championship and Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Sifah and the Ministry of (BREEF) and Deputy Chairman of the Mondiale). Tourism in Muscat, High Organising Committee of WAHO Overall leader Ben Hermans Conference, in addition to Peter Pond, (BMC Racing) finished safely in the Tour of Oman 2017, stage four: President of WAHO and several members of front group to hold on to his red the executive committee of the Organisation. jersey. Yiti (Al Sifah) to MoT (118km) At the end of competition, Shaikh Faisal Stage four of the Tour of Oman saw the largest 1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin, in 2-50-29 crowned the winners for the top three places in break of the race with nine riders going clear: 2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida the various categories of the competition that Tanel Kangert (Astana), Axel Domont (Ag2r La 3. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing witnessed close results between participants. Mondiale), Stefan Küng (BMC Racing), Anass 4. Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data Shaikh Faisal applauded the performances Ait El Abdia (UAE Abu Dhabi), Bob Jungels 5. Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Abu Dhabi shown during the contest and efforts of the (Quick-Step Floors), Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue owners of the horses that participated. Sport), Mike Teunissen (Team Sunweb), Fabien 6. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data The curtain came down on the event with Doubey (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), and Daniel 7. Benjamin Declercq (Bel Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise Shaikh Faisal exchanged commemorative Eaton (UnitedHealthcare). 8. Oliver Naesen (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale plates with Pond who praised the Royal Saturday’s Queen stage will likely be decisive 9. Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors patronage to the event and thanked the with its finish on The Green Mountain, a 5.7km 10. Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini, all at same Kingdom of Bahrain for making the WAHO climb with an average 10.5 percent gradient. time Conference a huge success. (Agencies).