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GGOLFOLF | Page 6 FOOTBALL | Page 7 Garcia ends Wins for PGA Tour Kharaitiyat, drought with Gharafa, Arabi triumph in Ooredoo Cup Tuesday, October 6, 2020 CYCLING Safar 19, 1442 AH Caicedo wins third GULF TIMES stage as Thomas suff ers blow SPORT Page 3 MOTORSPORT Al-Attiyah and off -road legends all set for Andalucia Rally atar’s Nasser Saleh tinue with the Toyota Hilux he that the Buggy will be even bet- the all-conquering KTM team al-Attiyah and some has been helping to develop over ter. I have a new co-pilot sitting will be new recruit Daniel Sand- of the best rally-raid the past seasons and brought to next to me and I think Edouard ers of Australia. racers on the planet are victory at the 2019 Dakar. (Boulanger) has a lot of poten- “I’m really thankful that the or- Qcoming to Spain to compete in “We’re very happy to have this tial that he can certainly exploit ganisers have managed to arrange the brand-new Andalucía Rally opportunity to get back to rac- to the fullest at the Dakar. I am this rally in Spain, and we get to go starting today till October 10. ing rally-raid in Andalucia. Our also very much looking forward racing again. After all, it’s what we There are a host of Dakar Rally target is to go fast and to win this to Saudi Arabia – the landscape love to do,” Price said. champions in the pack as well as race, like we aim to do at every there is simply incredible.” Walkner added: “Testing has some intriguing rookies to keep rally we compete in. It will be There has been plenty of time been going well and the bike is an eye on over the fi ve days. great to get to work with the team for refl ection for the Red Bull feeling good, so now hopefully a Expect a heavyweight tussle again and get everything ready KTM Factory Team after they good result in Andalucía and then in the car category as Qatar’s al- for Dakar.” missed out on victory at the concentrate on Dakar.” Attiyah, Spain’s Carlos Sainz and Reigning Dakar champion Dakar earlier this year, ending an Racing in her homeland will Stephane Peterhansel of France Sainz will be at the wheel of a unprecedented winning streak be Laia Sanz with a GasGas bike engage in an exciting battle for MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. stretching back nearly two dec- while CS Santosh of India will be supremacy. This trio has won the “Despite the diffi cult time we ades. The team take their place onboard Hero hardware for the Dakar a staggering 19 times be- were able to fi nd some areas that in the bike race at the Andalucía 1,354-kilometre rally in southern tween them besides picking up a we could improve on. The team has Rally with a fi rm focus on getting Spain. host of other honours, including done a great job and I think we have back to winning ways. “Coming out of the last Dakar WRC and MERC titles, and Ol- become even better,” Sainz said. Former Dakar champions Toby I had two broken ligaments in ympic medals. Mr Dakar, Peterhansel, takes Price of Australia, Sam Sunder- my hand and these injuries take “It’s always great to test our- control of the 4x4 MINI Rally land of Great Britain and Mat- a long time to recover from. To selves against our Dakar rivals,” which he drove to victory at last thias Walkner of Austria will all be coming back now after a long al-Attiyah said. month’s Baja Poland. saddle up for the Red Bull KTM recovery and everything else that The Qatari, with his French co- “My motivation is still there Factory Team in Spain. Also has been happening feels good,” driver Matthieu Baumel will con- – maybe even more so as I know along for his fi rst ride as part of Sanz said. TENNIS / FRENCH OPEN Djokovic keeps title bid on track as Kenin survives Tsitsipas overcomes an eye problem and Dimitrov to become the first Greek man to reach the last eight at French Open AFP Paris, France ovak Djokovic defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets to make the French Open quar- Nter-fi nals for the 11th consecutive year yesterday while Sofi a Kenin escaped trouble to also clinch a spot in the last eight. Top seed and 2016 champi- on Djokovic won 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 against Russian 15th seed Khach- anov to draw level with Rafael Nadal on a record 14 quarter-fi - nal appearances in Paris. Djokovic faced his toughest assignment so far but Khachanov was unable to derail his bid to be- come the fi rst man in half a cen- tury to win all four Grand Slam titles twice. The Serb hit 44 winners and has yet to drop a set in the tour- Sofia Kenin of the US returns the ball to France’s Fiona Ferro (not nament, losing only 25 games pictured) during their French Open fourth round match at Roland in four rounds. He improved his Garros in Paris, France, yesterday. (AFP) record in 2020 to 35 wins against just one loss. either Tunisian 30th seed Ons Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-2. “It was a very even match, per- Jabeur and Danielle Collins. She became the fourth un- haps more diffi cult than the re- Their tie was rescheduled for seeded player to make the last sult showed,” said Djokovic, who today due to rain that restrict- eight this year, joining Iga is chasing an 18th Grand Slam ed play to just Court Philippe Swiatek, Nadia Podoroska and title. Chatrier for much of the day. Martina Trevisan. He will face Spain’s Pablo Car- Two-time Wimbledon cham- Siegemund won last month’s reno Busta, the man who ben- pion Petra Kvitova returned to US Open women’s doubles titles efi ted from Djokovic’s US Open the last eight at Roland Garros for alongside Vera Zvonareva. disqualifi cation, or German the fi rst time since 2012. qualifi er Daniel Altmaier for a Seventh seed Kvitova, who RESULTS spot in the last four. missed last year’s tournament Men (Round 4) Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame due to an arm injury, defeated 1-Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt an eye problem to become the China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4 15-Karen Khachanov (RUS) 6-4, fi rst Greek man to reach the last and will next play German vet- 6-3, 6-3 eight of the French Open with a eran Laura Siegemund. 13-Andrey Rublev (RUS) bt 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-2 win over Grigor “After eight years to be in the Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-7 (4), Dimitrov. quarter-fi nal again, it’s great. 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (3) The 22-year-old will now take I’m really happy for that, that I’m 5-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) bt on Andrey Rublev in a repeat of still able to play on all surfaces,” 18-Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-3, 7-6 the recent Hamburg fi nal which Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov (not pictured) during their French Open fourth round match at Roland said Kvitova, a semi-fi nalist eight (9), 6-2 was won by the Russian. Garros in Paris, France, yesterday. (AFP) years ago. Fifth seed Tsitsipas has won “When the roof is closed it’s Women (Round 4) 12 successive sets at the tourna- the fi rst time after battling past in recovered from a set down her towel after sealing victory. she reeled off six games on the like being indoors and I really 4-Sofia Kenin (USA) bt Fiona ment having been two sets down Marton Fucsovics of Hungary against Fiona Ferro, the last home “I’m excited to be in the quarter- bounce to grab the opening set. love to play.” Ferro (FRA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to Jaume Munar in the opening 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (3). player left in the singles draw, to fi nal.” But Kenin, who was taken to Siegemund, 32, advanced 7-Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt round. advance 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. The 49th-ranked Ferro, who three sets in the fi rst two rounds, to her fi rst Grand Slam singles Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-2, 6-4 Rublev, the 13th seed, also ad- ‘IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK’ “I feel like I’m playing really won on clay in Palermo in Au- stormed back to move into a quarter-fi nal after defeating Laura Siegemund (GER) bt vanced to the quarter-fi nals for Australian Open champion Ken- well,” said Kenin, who cried into gust, threatened an upset as quarter-fi nal match-up with former junior champion Paula Paula Badosa (ESP) 7-5, 6-2 Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, October 6, 2020 TENNIS FRENCH OPEN FOCUS Djokovic admits Boxer’s son ‘awkward deja vu’ aft er ball hits line Rublev refuses to judge again AFP just behind him, in the throat. Paris, France That disqualifi cation remains the only defeat Djokovic has suf- fered all year. ovak Djokovic ad- “My gosh, it was very awk- mitted he suff ered an ward deja vu. I’m actually trying “awkward moment of to fi nd the linesperson and see if be counted out deja vu” after unin- he’s okay because I saw he had a Ntentionally hitting a ball which little bit of a bruise, like redness, smashed into the head of a line in that place in the head where Rublev is one of 2020’s in-form players with three titles — Doha, Adelaide, Hamburg judge at Roland Garros yesterday.