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TTENNISENNIS | Page 2 NNBABA | Page 5 Tunisa’s Jabeur LeBron sends Pliskova outguns Zion crashing out of as Lakers Qatar Total Open clip Pelicans Thursday, February 27, 2020 TENNIS Rajab 3, 1441 AH Russian star GULF TIMES Sharapova says goodbye to game SPORT Page 3 MOTORSPORT Al-Attiyah stays in control aft er wind and dust-hit day KHALID AL-MOHANNADI LEADS T3 AS JONES TOPS ON THE DAY; AL-RAJHI CLAIMS STAGE WIN By Sports Reporter Doha RESULTS AND STANDINGS 2020 Manateq Qatar Cross- 2. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr asser Saleh al-Attiyah Country Rally – positions on (GBR) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 10hr will take an outright SS4 (SS5 cancelled): 52min 12sec lead of 1hr 16min 06sec 1. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr 3. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Timo into the fi nal stage of (GBR) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 1hr Gottschalk (DEU) Toyota Hilux Nthe Manateq Qatar Cross-Coun- 03min 08sec Overdrive 11hr 37min 05sec try Rally (MQCCR) today. 2. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Timo 4. Khalid al-Mohannadi (QAT)/Sé- The Qatari and French co- Gottschalk (DEU) Toyota Hilux bastien Delaunay (FRA) Polaris RZR driver Matthieu Baumel erred Overdrive 1hr 05min 42sec 1000 Turbo (T3) 12hr 22min on the side of caution through 3. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ 50sec yesterday’s shortened selective Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux 5. Ahmed al-Kuwari (QAT)/Manuel section and Yazeed al-Rajhi and Overdrive 1hr 08min 20sec Lucchese (ITA) Can-Am Maverick X3 Michael Orr took advantage to 4. Austin Jones (USA)/Gustavo (T3) 12hr 33min 57sec snatch the stage win in the sec- Gugelmin (BRA) Can-Am Maverick 6. Saleh al-Saif (SAU)/Ali Hassan ond of three Toyota Hiluxes. X3 (T3) 1hr 14min 25sec Obaid (ARE) Can-Am Maverick X3 The day’s action was initially 5. Balazs Szalay (HUN)/Laszlo Bun- (T3) 12hr 47min 16sec delayed by one hour on safety nozci (HUN) Opel Grandland X1hr 7. Fedor Vorobyev (RUS)/Kirill grounds. Strong north-westerly 14min 46sec Shubin (RUS) OT3 by Overdrive (T3) winds had caused dust and fi ne 6. Mubarak Al-Hajri (QAT)/Laurent Li- 12hr 59min 35sec sand to drift and even the neigh- chtleuchter (FRA) Can-Am Maverick 8. Kees Koolen (NLD)/Serge Bruynk- bouring highways had severely X3 (T3) 1hr 16min 26sec ens (BEL) OT3 by Overdrive (T3) reduced visibility. Standings 13hr 01min 54sec A second delay was con- 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ 9. Balazs Szalay (HUN)/Laszlo Bun- fi rmed before clerk of the course Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux nozci (HUN) Opel Grandland X 3hr Pedro Almeida held a meet- Overdrive 9hr 36min 06sec 27min 01sec ing with competitors at Lusail Sports Arena. The decision was taken to cancel the second of the day’s shorter special stages, Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (also inset) near Sealine, and run only the waits for the start of the penultimate fi rst 119.39km of the opening Al stage of the Manateq Qatar Shahaniya selective section. This Cross-Country Rally yesterday. guaranteed that the competitive stage distance was long enough (75%) to be eligible for maximum FIA championship points, even if the weather disrupts today’s fi nal stage. Conditions improved as the age. I think the weather will be side wind, you could also feel the tacked and was fastest through bastien Delaunay maintained stage progressed, despite the clearer tomorrow, so they should car moving to the right and to the the fi rst timing point. He went on their T3 lead with the fourth fi erce wind, and al-Rajhi clocked be able to run the whole stage. left.” to claim the day’s victory by 2min quickest time in a Polaris, the a stage time of 1hr 03min 08sec Early morning, there was dust Despite the strong winds, the 01sec from Mubarak al-Hajri. Qatari fi nishing the special 4min and managed to beat Poland’s Ja- but, after 10.30, it was clearer revised timetable laid on by the T3 stage winner Jones said: “I 24sec behind Jones and 16 sec- kub Przygonski and German nav- sky with the strong wind. Sealine Qatar Motor and Motorcycle am really happy with that. That is onds adrift of third-placed Saleh igator Timo Gottschalk by 2min may have been a problem if we Federation (QMMF) ran accord- defi nitely what we wanted to do. al-Saif. Al-Mohannadi will now 34sec in the third of the Toyotas. had gone to the other stage.” ing to plan. Hungarian driver Obviously we don’t have much take a T3 lead of 11min 07sec into “It was good, everything okay, “It was a short stage but it had Balazs Szalay came home in fi fth to lose, so I was not going to lift the last day. nothing special,” said al-Rajhi. to be like this,” said Przygonski. place on the day and held ninth in my foot off the throttle the entire The fi nal selective section of “We held our position. That was “We enjoyed it. We catch Nasser the general classifi cation in his T1 time and that’s what happens. 254.58km starts on the Zekret the most important. We open the and then we get puncture and we Opel Grandland X. The wind actually aff ects the T3 road and heads up the western road tomorrow and take more ex- had to stop and change the wheel. South Racing mechanics re- quite a bit. It shakes it around, shoreline before turning south perience.” No problems though and a good paired Austin Jones’s damaged more so on the highway on the li- at a passage control near Al Zu- Leader al-Attiyah said: “We rhythm. You can feel the diff er- Can-Am overnight and the aisons. It is actually pretty gnarly barah, after 150.17km. The fi - Mubarak had one fl at tyre and we stopped ence upwind and downwind. American restarted at the rear of in the stage and you can feel it nal timed section then heads al-Mohannadi and changed. Third on the road Sometimes, upwind you could the fi eld. With nothing to lose, shaking back and forth.” through the central deserts to in action. tomorrow so that we can man- feel there was no power. With the other than a stage win, Jones at- Khalid al-Mohannadi and Sé- fi nish at Ash Shafallahiyah. TOKYO OLYMPICS Japan continues plans despite virus scare DPA table tennis championships in Busan ing havoc with the international sports The Paralympics kick off on August Berlin/Tokyo from March 22-29 to the provisional calendar. 25. Japanese government spokesman dates of June 21-28. Many sports have now cancelled, Yoshihide Suga told a news confer- The Chinese Under-18 basketball suspended or postponed events, lead- ence, “I have not heard anything about apan yesterday vowed to con- team meanwhile called off its partici- ing to questions on the viability of the changes in schedules from the organis- tinue preparing to host this year’s pation in a tournament in Germany Tokyo Olympics. ers. Olympics as the outbreak of the in April and its place will be taken by The IOC’s longest-serving member, We would like to steadily prepare to Jcoronavirus caused further dis- Slovenia. Dick Pound, said in an interview with host the Games.” ruption to international sport. The German Open international the Associated Press that was pub- The coronavirus outbreak that In Tokyo, Olympics Minister Seiko badminton tournament next week in lished on Tuesday the outbreak could originated in the central Chinese city Hashimoto dismissed comments by Muelheim an der Ruhr was also called lead to the cancellation of the Olym- of Wuhan has killed more than 2,700 an International Olympic Committee off . pics. people and infected more than 80,000 (IOC) member suggesting the outbreak Alpine ski World Cup races are, The IOC has a three-month window worldwide. could lead to the Games being can- however, to go ahead in northern Italy to decide the fate of the 2020 Games, On Wednesday, Japan reported more celled. at the weekend despite the outbreak of he said. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike confi rmed cases of the infection, “All we can do is to prepare to host the coronavirus in northern regions of said Pound’s comments were “person- raising the total to 891, including 705 the Games with peace of mind and to the country, the international ski fed- al views.” on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. be recognised by the IOC,” she said. eration FIS. “I have emails from IOC members in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked The latest international sports A women’s super-g race is sched- charge of the Tokyo Olympics telling organisers of big sports and cultural event to be scrapped is the short-track uled Saturday and an alpine combined me to work hard in preparing for the events to cancel or postpone them for speedskating world championships in event on Sunday at La Thuile in the event,” she told reporters. the next two weeks. Seoul, South Korea from March 13-15. Alps in the extreme north-west close About 11,000 athletes are expected “The next two weeks is crucial for It comes a day after South Korea saw to the border with France. People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the to participate in the Olympics from Japan to prevent the spread of the out- the postponement of the world team The coronavirus outbreak is play- coronavirus, are seen at The Japan Olympics museum in Tokyo yesterday. July 24 to August 9.