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FIFA Council Will on Tuesday Decide Whether to Increase the Tournament from the Current 32 Teams to Either 40 Or 48, Starting in 2026 TENNIS | Page 2 NHL | Page 5 Raonic Blue Jackets’ downs win streak To Advertise here Nadal in ends at Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Brisbane 16 games Saturday, January 7, 2017 CRICKET Rabia Il 9, 1438 AH Younis keen GULF TIMES to carry on as milestone beckons SPORT Page 7 QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN/ FINAL TODAY AT 6PM Djokovic weathers Verdasco storm, to meet Murray in fi nal World No. 1 and topp seed Andyy Murrayy advances to the title match byy beatingg third seed Tomas Berdychy 6-3,, 6-4 By Joe Koraith thing. I have played good tennis the whole week. I Doha Doha resident Verdasco gave it all to try to make the best tournament here Serbia’s Novak Djokovic thanks crowd for support as possible in Doha,” he said. acknowledges the crowd after “It was a great week to start the year. I beat two beating Fernando Verdasco of hen you get an opportunity to defeat Fernando Verdasco won a lot of hearts yes- top 20s, and I had the world No. 2, well No. 1 al- Spain in the semi-finals of the Novak Djokovic, you have to take it. terday with his brave performance against most for the last four years — just one point away Qatar ExxonMobil Open Fernando Verdasco got fi ve of them Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Qatar from a win and I had that fi ve times. I’m happy yesterday. PICS: Jayan Orma but still failed to close out the match. ExxonMobil Open. He lost the match but he got with the way I played and how I have started the WThe Spaniard was having a belter of a match year. Hopefully it’s going to help me turn 2017 a lot of support from a packed crowd. Verdasco yesterday but at those crucial moments, he fal- shifted residence to Doha last year and one of into a good year and have good results from many tered and it was Djokovic who made it to the fi nal the main reasons, he says, is the support that tournaments,” he added. of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with a 4-6, 7-6(7), received from various people. “Having friends by Djokovic was indeed a relieved man. “I feel con- 6-3 victory. my side is very important because they support tent that I managed to turn the match around... it Djokvic will face Andy Murray in a perfectly me. I think it’s really good for me. I feel like home looked very much in the hands of Fernando to- scripted fi nal. The Brit defeated Tomas Berdych in here. They make me feel like home here,” said night. He was clearly a better player for two sets,” straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the evening’s other last Verdasco after the match yesterday. he said after the dramatic win. four clash. “I have made good relationships here and have “It’s not because I’ve done something right. It’s It started off well for Djokovic, with a comfort- some very good friends here. I’m a good friend of just that it happened that way. Only thing I could able 4-2 lead in the fi rst set. But then the stinging the Emir. And I’m also good friends with Nasser do is fi ght and get myself in a position to win the forehands of Verdasco began to fi nd their mark (al-Khelaifi, QTF president), Karim Alami (tourna- match. That’s what I’ve done,” he added. and the Spaniard won a remarkable six consecu- ment director) and many other people that are The second semi-fi nal of the day was a fairly tive games and took the fi rst set. working in diff erent capacities here,” he added. straightforward aff air. Murray got the early breaks In the second Verdasco started well, was up Verdasco first came to Qatar almost a decade in the both the sets and Berdych, who had to 2-0 but then got broken. With the score at 4-4, ago and has seen the changes that this place has take an injury time-out for his ankle, had a few the Spaniard had a great chance to take a 5-4 lead. undergone. “I know Qatar very well since 2005. I moments but it wasn’t enough. The world No. He had three breakpoints but Djokovic saved all came here for the first time then and I can say that 1 wrapped up the match in an hour and 18 min- three and managed to hold serve. That game last- it was pretty diff erent from what it is right now.” utes. This means that Murray has entered the fi nal ed more than 10 minutes and included one rally The world No. 42 also spoke about his other links without dropping a set while Djokovic dropped which had 26 shots. In the tie breaker, Verdasco in Qatar. “Not just the Qatar Tennis Federation, I’m his fi rst set yesterday. raced to a 6-2 lead and it looked like Djokovic also associated with beiN Sports and Smash Tennis Murray will be the fresher of the two going into would not get a great start to 2017 but the defend- Academy. I think it’s a great place for me to be a today’s fi nal. “Playing Djokovic in the fi nal here ing champion won the next four points to bring part of,” he said. “So that’s why I decided last year to will be the perfect preparation for the Australian back parity. This battle included a 30-shot rally come to Doha and have my residence here.” Open,” said Murray after his match. when the score was 6-5. The Brit also became the only player to have Verdasco had one more match point but that too said Verdasco. reached four fi nals here in Doha. “This tourna- couldn’t get converted and Djokovic fi nally won But the Spaniard, who will get $59,810 for his ment has seen quite a few big names including the set. In the third set, the wind was knocked out eff orts, said that he was happy with his run in the Djokovic so it’s a good statistic to have,” he added. of Verdasco’s sails and he surrendered meekly. tournament. “I would say that I’m more sad than All in all, a cracking fi nal is expected in front of “It’s tough to lose against someone so impor- disappointed because I think that I tried every- the packed stands today.y tant like Novak with the match having been so close,” said Verdasco after the match. JeremyJJeremy ChardyChharddy anandd The Spaniard put on a great show and he be- Fabrice Martin lieved that he didn’t play bad during the crucial celebrate with their points. “When I think about the breakpoints and Qatar ExxonMobil the matchpoints that I had during this match, Open doubles I honestly don’t think that I really played that trophies. The French bad. In fact, I didn’t think I played bad at all. The points just didn’t come my way,” he added. pair dismissed the Regarding the third set, he said the mammoth Colombian-Czech second set tie-break battle had broken him men- pairing of Vasek tally. “It’s just that sometimes things don’t go Pospisil and Radek your way. It’s tough afterwards to recover from Stepanek 6-4, 7-6(3) it because then you have lost that set and every- in the final at the thing is very tough mentally from then on.” Khalifa Tennis With that set lost, Djokovic regained his con- Complex yesterday. fi dence and didn’t let up at all. “Novak got a lot It was the duo's of confi dence towards the end. And in such a sce- mamaideniden ddoublesoubles ttitle.itle. nario, it is not easy to be on top of the game again,” ATF PRESIDENT ANIL KHANNA PRAISES QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN (LEFT) Qatar Tennis Federation president Nasser al-Khelaifi presents a memento to Asian Tennis Federation chief Anil Khanna. Khanna, who is in Doha to attend the ATF Board meeting, was lavish in his praise for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, saying it had set an example for other tennis competitions in the region to follow. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, January 7, 2017 TENNIS HOPMAN CUP Swiss lose to France despite Federer brilliance Reuters 16th—his lowest placing since 2001— In the women’s singles, Mladenovic Federer won the trophy at the eight- Perth but in brushing aside Gasquet showed played her best match of the week to nation mixed team event in 2001 with he was again ready to be a serious con- level the tie by beating the in-form Martina Hingis and returned to play a year tender at the Australian Open, starting Bencic 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. later, his last appearance in West Australia. singles masterclass from a week from Monday. France has won the Hopman Cup Germany earlier beat Britain 2-1, Swiss champion Roger The 17-time Grand Slam champion once, while the United States has with Alexander Zverev and Andrea Federer (picture) wasn’t barely missed a groundstroke, getting claimed the title six times. Petkovic taking a valuable week’s worth enough to stop the French his fi rst break of serve in the fourth The Hopman Cup is the 35-year- of matches into the Australian Open. Apairing of Richard Gasquet and Kristi- game of the match and dominating old Federer’s fi rst tournament since a Heather Watson, playing for a third na Mladenovic winning through to the proceedings from that point on.
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