Table Tennis

13 CLASSIFIEDS TUESDAY 27 JULY 2021 Sport TUESDAY 27 JULY 2021 14 Osaka, Djokovic remain on track for gold medals REUTERS — TOKYO Naomi Osaka of Novak pouncing on Struff’s serve while Japan in action Djokovic leading 5-3 to take the first set. Japanese medal hope Naomi during her second of Serbia An early break in the second Osaka sailed into the third round match reacts secured the victory. round of the Tokyo Olympics against Viktorija during his “It was a tough opponent for yesterday, while men’s number Golubic of second a second round... but you know, one Novak Djokovic remained Switzerland. round match I’m very pleased with the way steady on his quest to become against I felt on the court,” Djokovic told the first male player to complete Jan-Lennard reporters. the Golden Slam. Struff of Struff’s compatriot and Four-times Grand Slam Germany. fourth seed Alexander Zverev champion Osaka’s 6-3, 6-2 brushed aside Daniel Elahi victory over Swiss Viktorija Galan of Colombia 6-2, 6-2, Golubic came as some of her while world number two Daniil closest competitors in the Medvedev breezed through women’s singles crashed out. with a comfortable 6-2 6-1 win World number three Aryna over India’s Sumit Nagal. Sabalenka of Belarus fell to The tennis tournament Donna Vekic in a thrilling three- reported its first COVID-19 case set encounter on Centre Court, among players yesterday after men’s doubles competitor Jean- with the Croatian prevailing citing mental health issues and “You know, these are the teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-2, Julien Rojer of the Netherlands 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3). Sabalenka’s loss taking a two-month break, has best players in the world and I 6-4, while two-time major tested positive. The tennis tournament reported came a day after top-ranked been impressive while honestly haven’t played in a champion Garbine Muguruza Rojer is the sixth member of its first COVID-19 case among Australian Ash Barty stumbled embracing her role as one of the while so I’m trying to keep it made short work of China’s the Dutch Olympic delegation players yesterday after men’s out in a lopsided defeat to host country’s most prominent one match at a time. All in all, Wang Qiang, winning 6-3, 6-0. to test positive after infections doubles competitor Jean-Julien Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo. ambassadors of the Games. I’m just really happy to be here.” ‘NOVAK ON TRACK’ reported by a skateboarder, a Two-time Wimbledon Winning Olympic gold on Before coming to the Top-ranked Djokovic, who taekwondo fighter and three Rojer of the Netherlands tested champion and the Czech home soil would be the icing on Games, Osaka had not played a is attempting to become the members of the rowing team, positive. Rojer is the sixth Republic’s Olympic flagbearer the cake, though Osaka said she match since withdrawing after first man to win all four Grand including staff. member of the Dutch Olympic Petra Kvitova was beaten by was determined not to look too the first round at Roland Garros Slam titles and Olympic gold Rojer and his partner delegation to test positive after Belgian Alison van Uytvanck far ahead. in May amid controversy over in the same calendar year, had Wesley Koolhof were placed in infections reported by a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, while last year’s “Well you know, definitely her decision to skip mandatory a 6-4, 6-3 win over Jan- isolation, while their second- French Open champion Iga it would mean a lot for me to news conferences during the Lennard Struff of Germany in round opponents from New skateboarder, a taekwondo Swiatek fell 6-3, 7-6(4) to win gold here but I know it’s a tournament in a bid to protect the men’s singles. Zealand received a walkover fighter and three members of Spaniard Paula Badosa. process,” said the world number her mental health. The players were evenly into the quarter-finals, the the rowing team, including staff. Osaka, who returned to two, who next plays Marketa French Open winner matched at the start of first set International Tennis Federation competition this week after Vondrousova of the Czech Barbora Krejcikova also but the 20-time Grand Slam (ITF) said in a statement pulling out of the French Open Republic. advanced, beating Canadian champion proved too strong, yesterday. Table tennis: Japan upset China for mixed doubles gold AP — TOKYO China got off to a fast start, con- vincingly - and quickly - winning the The host country knocked off a heav- Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and Mima first two games 11-5 and 11-7. Japan yweight for Olympic gold in table Ito ended China’s recent dominance in fought back in the third game, winning tennis yesterday. the sport by beating Xu Xin and Liu 11-8, and then took two more close Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and games, 11-9 in the fourth and 11-9 in Gold Mima Ito ended China’s recent dom- Shiwen 4-3 for the mixed doubles title. the fifth. medalists inance in the sport by beating Xu Xin The upset comes five years after China China then won the sixth game, Jun Mizutani and Liu Shiwen 4-3 for the mixed swept all four table tennis 11-6, to set up a deciding seventh and Mima doubles title. The upset comes five tournaments at the 2016 Rio de game, which Japan dominated, taking Ito of Japan years after China swept all four table Janeiro Games. an 8-0 lead and holding on for an 11-6 hold up their tennis tournaments at the 2016 Rio de win - and the gold. China’s table tennis medals, Janeiro Games. team is so strong that Liu, the women’s yesterday. Hopes were still high for Japan world champion, didn’t even make the entering the match. Mizutani won considered by some to be China’s women’s singles’ team and is only bronze in singles in Rio, and Ito is biggest threat in the female ranks. playing team events. IN BRIEF Shaw, Yadav Al Shaqab Racing's Fowairet takes the lead added to India in the Prix des Sables-Wathba Stallions Cup. Test squad REUTERS — LONDON India all-rounder Washington Sundar, pace bowler Avesh Khan and opening batsman Shubman Gill have been ruled out of their five-Test series against England due to injuries, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. Selectors called up batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav, who are part of a second-string Indian squad currently playing a Twenty20 series in Sri Lanka, as replacements. The series opener will be played from August 4 in Nottingham. Al Shaqab Racing’s One T20 cut Fowairet bags win from Pakistan, THE PENINSULA — DOHA (Dormane x Cahrein) throughout. She then came to WI series In the colours of Al Shaqab take the lead just before the Racing, Fowairet (FR) (TM Fred final bend on the tight turning AP — BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS Texas x Balica De Faust) opened track and once in the home her scorecard in the Prix des straight the Fowairet galloped West Indies reduced its Sables-Wathba Stallions Cup, out well to hold off her rivals, Twenty20 series against a conditions race for Purebred winning comfortably by ¾ of a Pakistan to four matches with Arabians aged 4 and over in length in front of the Mrs JF. the rescheduled opener at Pompadour, France, on Bernard-trained and Tom Kensington Oval tomorrow. Sunday. Pauquet-ridden Halwicha De The planned five-match Trained by Charles Bozouls (FR) (Mahabb x Jid- series was cut to four after Gourdain, Fowairet was wicha De Bozouls) with the Eric West Indies’ ongoing one-day making her belated seasonal Dell’ova-trained and Jordan international series against bow. She ran 4 times as a 3YO Plateaux Horjamne-ridden Australia was rescheduled to and was placed once. This time, coming in third as he was finish yesterday in Bridgetown. she dropped back in trip in this further ¾ of a length behind the That was due to a positive test race, over 1,700 metres, having runner-up. for COVID-19 by a non-playing only run over 2,000 metres or By Al Shaqab Racing’s West Indies staff member. further previously. Purebred Arabian sire TM Fred The T20 series will be fol- Under jockey Maxime Texas, Fowairet was also bred lowed by two Test matches at Foulon, the 4-year-old filly sat by Al Shaqab Racing. Her dam, Kingston’s Sabina Park from in second behind the pace- Balica De Faust, was placed on Aug. 12 maker Horjamne (FR) multiple occasions in Qatar..

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