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SPORT Page 2 TENNIS Barty Wins Fi Rst Wimbledon Title on Cawley Anniversary ‘I Didn’T Sleep a Lot Last Night, I Was Thinking of All the What-Ifs CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 3 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 4 Mollema Ali’s 5-wicket claims vintage haul in vain as stage win with England beat solo raid Pakistan again FOOTBALL Sunday, July 11, 2021 Dhul-Hijjah 1, 1442 AH England and Italy GULF TIMES count down to Euro 2020 fi nal SPORT Page 2 TENNIS Barty wins fi rst Wimbledon title on Cawley anniversary ‘I didn’t sleep a lot last night, I was thinking of all the what-ifs. I hope I made Evonne proud’ PREVIEW Djokovic eyes 20th Slam against Italy’s Berrettini Australia’s Ashleigh Barty receives the winner’s trophy from Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, after defeating Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova in their women’s singles final match on the twelfth day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships yesterday. AFP London shleigh Barty won her fi rst Wim- Italy’s Matteo Berrettini (L) and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. bledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Ev- AFP Victory will make him Italy’s fi rst male Slam onne Goolagong Cawley’s maiden London champion since Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French Acrown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 Open. (4/7), 6-3 in the fi nal yesterday. He has lost both his previous encounters with The 25-year-old Australian — who wore a ovak Djokovic admits “it will mean every- Djokovic, including the quarter-fi nals at Roland specially-designed dress in tribute to Caw- thing” to capture a sixth Wimbledon title Garros last month. ley’s iconic scallop one she sported in 1971 and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam But he is on a run of 11-0 this season on grass — adds the Wimbledon crown to her 2019 tomorrow but he will have to overcome having won the Queen’s Club event on the eve of French Open title. NMatteo Berrettini, the Italian slugger with the build Wimbledon. “It took me a long time to verbalise, to dare of a heavyweight boxer. At the All England Club, he has blasted his way to to dream it and say it,” said Barty, who was Djokovic will move level with Roger Federer and the fi nal on the back of a tournament-leading 101 also fulfi lling a childhood dream. Rafael Nadal on career majors with victory and also aces. Berrettini also boasts the second fastest serve “I didn’t sleep a lot last night, I was think- go three-quarters of the way to the fi rst calendar so far, 223.7kph in his fi rst round win over Guido ing of all the what-ifs. I hope I made Evonne Slam in more than half a century. Pella of Argentina. proud.” The 34-year-old is in his seventh Wimbledon fi - Weighing in at 95kg — the same as a heavyweight It was the fi rst women’s Wimbledon fi nal nal and 30th at the Slams. boxer — Berrettini has also unleashed 254 winners to go to three sets since 2012 when Serena Only Federer, with 31, has appeared in more so far to Djokovic’s 190. Williams beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwan- championship matches at the majors but the fading However, his unforced error count is 167 com- ska. Swiss star is more than fi ve years older. pared to the Serb’s 126. Barty is also the fi rst top seed to win the “It would mean everything. That’s why I’m here. The two men have only dropped serve fi ve times women’s title since Williams in 2016. That’s why I’m playing,” said Djokovic who has al- each. Today’s fi nal may not be a showreel of shot- Barty had looked like cruising to victory Australia’s Ashleigh Barty (L) holds the winner’s Venus Rosewater Dish trophy as she poses ready captured a ninth Australian Open and second making — rallies for both players are at an average after soaring into a 4-0 lead over her op- with Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova after their final match at Wimbledon yesterday. French Open in 2021. of under four strokes. ponent — the Australian’s start so blistering The victory in Paris made him just the third man Berrettini, meanwhile, has not served and vol- that she won the fi rst 14 points. “Congratulations on an incredible tourna- So did her emotions as Pliskova — the to win all four majors more than once. leyed once in his six matches. However, 29-year-old Pliskova steadied ment to you and your team. I love testing my- fourth Czech woman to appear in a Wimble- “I imagined myself being in a position to fi ght “It’s going to be a great atmosphere. My fi rst fi nal herself while Barty faltered when she served self against you and I’m sure we’ll have many don singles fi nal in the Open era — spoke af- for another Grand Slam trophy prior to coming to in Wimbledon, it’s just crazy to think about it,” said for the match at 6-5 in the second set. many matches.” ter receiving the runner-up trophy. London. Berrettini. The Czech broke and then swept the tie- Barty is masterful at remaining poker- Her tears, though, did not compare to those “I put myself in a very good position. Anything A shock victory today could be the fi rst part of a breaker to take the fi nal into a decider. faced on court and she managed to restrain shed by her late compatriot Jana Novotna is possible in the fi nals. Obviously experience is on sporting double for Italy in London with the coun- Barty got the break for 2-0 in the fi nal set her emotions largely at the presentation cer- when she lost in the 1993 fi nal and had to be my side.” Djokovic needed all that experience and try’s football team taking on England in the Euro and despite one or two wobbles she got her- emony. consoled by the Duchess of Kent. famed iron will to see off Denis Shapovalov in the 2020 fi nal. self over the line sinking to her knees, her However, once off court she sobbed as she Perhaps of some consolation to Pliskova is semi-fi nals where he saved 10 of 11 break points. “Obviously for Italian people in general, but it’s hands over her face in disbelief. hugged her boyfriend Gary Kissick. Novotna picked herself up after that defeat Shapovalov was so distraught at the failure of going to be tough Sunday,” he said. She wiped a couple of tears away before For Pliskova, it was more heartbreak as and won the title in 1998. his all-out assault that had pushed Djokovic to the Berrettini is likely to have the majority of the climbing up to the player’s box, just like her the former world number one fell at the fi- “I never cry, never, and now,” said Pliskova brink that he left Centre Court in tears. 15,000 fans inside Centre Court behind him. compatriot Pat Cash did when he won the nal hurdle in three sets in the 2016 US Open stepping back a bit. “There is no holding back once you step out on Djokovic has become familiar with such sce- Wimbledon men’s title in 1987. final. “I want to say Ash [Barty] played an in- the court, particularly in the later stages of an event narios. “People also like to see someone win Victory would taste sweeter too as only last At one point with Hollywood superstar credible tournament, I fought to make it dif- that I always dreamt of winning,” said Djokovic af- who is an underdog or is not maybe expected month she retired from the French Open in Tom Cruise looking on it looked feasible, fi cult for her but she played very well so con- ter a 20th successive grass court win. to win, is not the favourite to win,” admitted the second round due to a left hip injury. though, that she could pull off mission im- grats to her. “The dream keeps going. I am trying to take out the Djokovic. “This is incredible,” said Barty, the third possible in winning the title. “I want to thank all my team. All the suc- maximum of my own abilities every single match and “But hopefully people can also recognise also the Australian woman to be crowned Wimbledon However, her previously superb weapon cess goes to them, without them I would not see what happens. Giving up is never an option.” importance of this match for me, the history that is singles champion in the Open era (Cawley — her serve that had only been broken four be here, and my family of course. Berrettini, the 25-year-old world number nine, is on the line. and Margaret Court (1970) the others). times prior to the fi nal — deserted her when “No matter which trophy I have we have the fi rst Italian ever to make a singles fi nal at Wim- “I’m prepared for anything really that is going to “I have to start with Kaja (Karolina Pliskova). she most needed it. had an incredible two weeks here.” bledon. happen in terms of the crowd support on Sunday.” Gulf Times 2 Sunday, July 11, 2021 FOOTBALL PREVIEW England and Italy count down to Euro 2020 fi nal ‘We’ve all waited so long as players, as public, as people to see us in a final. So these are the opportunities you have to grab with both hands’ AFP FOCUS London England’s coach Gareth Italy’s coach Roberto Southgate.
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