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Page 29 Jan 04.Indd SPORT Thursday 4 January 2018 PAGEP | 34 PAGE | 35 PAGE | 36 Starc,Sta Smith Kyrgios defies injury Halep moves reareadyd for final to enter last 8; Raonic into Shenzhen TTest at SCG crashes out last-8 Thiem advances to quarter-finals ARMSTRONG VAS match they played earlier. THE PENINSULA “I will try to play like I do always, according to my style TOP seed Dominic Thiem kept of the game. We’ll see what’s himself on course of picking going to happen. For sure I up his tile in Doha as the think he will try to do some- Austrian overcame the chal- thing different tomorrow. I lenge of Slovania Aljaz Bedene think it’s going to be a good to advance into the quarter- match. I hope we can show a finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil good game. We will do our best Open here yesterday. tomorrow,” added the The World No.5 took just Russian. one hour 46 minutes to win Another Spaniard, Feli- 7-5, 6-4 against a player ciano Lopez, seeded eight in ranked 25 places below him at Doha, suffered the same fate the Khalifa International Ten- like Verdasco at the hands of nis and Squash Complex. World No.138 Basic, losing 6-4, Also moving into the quar- 7-6. ters were generation next players of Borna Coric of Croatia and Russia Andrey Rublev along with qualifier Mirza Basic from Bosnia and Herzegovina. German Peter I will try to play Gojowczyk joined the quartet like I always do, into the next round. Thiem’s win yesterday was according to my against the tide, as earlier two style of the game. seeded players from Spain, We’ll see what going Fernando Verdasco (seventh) and Feliciano Lopez (eight) to happen. For sure were shown the door. I think he will try Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al The Spaniards were going to do something QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN along a trend set for the last Thani watching the action of Qatar different tomorrow: ExxonMobil Open Men’s singles second Promising trio looks to two days wherein most of the Singles - Second Round seeded players were shown the round at the Khalifa International Tennis Rublev Andrey Rublev (RUS) bt (7) Fernando door. and Squash Complex, yesterday. shine in new season The 24-year-old however Verdasco (ESP) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 reversed the trend to book a Russia’s Andrey Mirza Basic (BIH) bt (8) Feliciano Lopez place in the last-eight stage of Rublev returns (ESP) 6-4, 7-6 ARMSTRONG VAS the tournament, where he will the ball to Borna Coric (CRO) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili THE PENINSULA take on the winner of the clash Spain’s Fernando (GEO) 6-1, 6-3 between 2013 winner Richard Verdasco during Matteo Berrettini (ITA) bt Peter Gojowczyk DOHA: Emerging Croatian star Borna Coric, Russian Andrey Gasquet and Stefanos their second (GER) 6-2, 6-2 Rublev and Mirza Basic are just a step away from fame and Tsitsipas. round match of Guido Pella (ARG) bt (Q) Stefano Travaglia fortune. The trio has not hit the bull’s eye in the past few Coric set the tone for the the ATP Qatar (ITA) 7-6, 7-3 seasons but threaten to do so in the new season. day’s proceedings with a flu- ExxonMobil Open Dominic Thiem (AUT) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) They are young and have the results to back them in ent 6-1, 6-3 win over Nikoloz the season-opener in Doha and are ready to go a mile. in Doha yesterday. 7-5, 6-4 Basilashvili to advance to the Picture: Salim Coric is 21 years, Rublev (20) and Basic (26). Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Jan-Lennard Struff next round. Matramkot/ With six of the eight seeded players crashing out from The Croatian who sent The Peninsula (GER) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, only top seed Dominic Thiem Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta of Austria and Frenchman Richard Gasquet are the survi- packing on Tuesday took 74 First Round: vors, a new bunch of players are all set to leave their mark mintues to win his second (WC) Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Paolo Lorenzi in Doha and set the tone for the gruelling season ahead. round encounter and set up a (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 All the three made it to the quarter-finals, taking contrast- clash with Rublev. The Russian Guido Pella (ARG) bt (4) Albert Ramos- ing routes, Basic, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, ranked defeated seventh seed Fern- Vinolas (ESP) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 138, made it past the qualifying rounds to the draw of 32. ando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to The 26-year-old, who turned pro in 2012, has contin- make it to the next round. Doubles - Quarter-finals ued his fine run in the main rounds defeating Andreas Rublev was delighted to Haider-Maurer in the first round and yesterday he downed (3) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Rajeev Ram (USA) win against Verdasco. Feliciano Lopez, the eight seed of the tournament. bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)/Andreas “I’m really happy. I’m For Basic, an aspiring lawyer, whose parents and happy I took my revenge Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-2, 6-2 brother are doctors, the career high so far has been qual- because I lost against Fernando Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/Guillermo ifying for the 2016 Grand Slam in Australia. In the new a few months ago. Today I won Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ season, he is threatening to go an extra mile. the tough match. And I’m really Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 5-7, 10-7 Basic is yet to win a title on the tour but Doha might happy to be in quarterfinal,” well prove to be a career defining moment. said Rublev. First Round Another player who caught the eye in Doha happens The 20-year-old Russian Tuna Altuna (TUR)/Elias Ymer (SWE) bt to be Rublev, ranked World No.39. will take on Coric, who is one Peter Gojowczyk/Florian Mayer (GER) 5-7, Yesterday he send seventh seed Fernando Verdasco year older to him in today’s 6-2, 10-8 packing to advance to the quarter finals. clash having won the only Rublev, an ATP Gen Next Finals qualifier where he lost in the final in Milan had some impressive results last year. At the US Open, the Russian beat then-No. 9 Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin, who’d finish at No. 7 in the ExxonMobil adds more to Public Village year-end ATP Rankings, en route to becoming the young- est US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001. A month later, at the China Open in Beijing, Rublev THE PENINSULA players have already visited the fought back from a set down to beat both year-end No. 8 ExxonMobil Qatar stand includ- Jack Sock and Top 10 stalwart Tomas Berdych. DOHA: In partnership with the ing Jamie Murray, Bruno Soares, Last season was by far Rublev’s best on the ATP World Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF), Richard Gasquet. Tour. The Russian shaved off more than 100 spots from ExxonMobil Qatar title sponsor Also as part of the tourna- his year-end ATP Ranking, starting 2017 at No. 156 and fin- of the ExxonMobil Open ment activities, ExxonMobil ishing at No. 39. Rublev was the top seed at the ATP Gen debuted a racing motorbike Qatar and QTF co-hosted an Next Finals in Italy, and he lost to champion Hyeon Chung simulator at its stand in the annual kids tennis clinic yester- of South Korea. event’s Public Village this year. day for children from the Croatian Coric with a World No. 48 rank, who already The simulator offers a new ExxonMobil Qatar community. has a win against former World No. 1 Andy Murray against and exciting motorbike racing Mirza Basic spent over an his name, is one who has come up with some attacking experience for users. It comes hour yesterday working with tennis, which has yielded results for him in Qatar. in a set of two motorbikes so the young participants. During Yesterday, he downed Nikoloz Basilashvili of Geor- people visiting the stand can the entertaining and informal gia, dropping just four games in his 6-1, 6-4, his first against compete against other session, he helped the children Basilashvili. Last year Coric, finished on the losing side on visitors. strengthen their hand eye coor- the two occasions they met. The simulator isn’t just for dination and build their Bosnian tennis player Mirza Basic poses for a photograph with young participants Today Coric takes on Rublev, in one of clashes between tournament-goers - several of confidence in making contact at the annual kids tennis clinic co-hosted by ExxonMobil Qatar and Qatar Tennis two supremely talented players who either didn’t get into this year’s line-up of tennis with the tennis ball. Federation yesterday. the spotlight. 30 SPORT THURSDAY 4 JANUARY 2018 Guardiola unhappy over fixture pile-up AFP MANCHESTER: Pep Guardi- ola claimed the fixture pile-up over the holiday season could “kill” players after Manchester City wrapped up their fourth game in 11 days with a 3-1 win over Watford. Guardiola’s side moved 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League as they bounced back from the end of their 18-game winning Fans watching Bayern Munich’s training session at Aspire in Doha yesterday.
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