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Lincoln, Millwall Claim Famous Upsets NBA | Page 6 SKIING | Page 9 Green clarifi es Flawless ‘slave master Shiff rin To Advertise here mentality’ wins world Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 remark slalom title Sunday, February 19, 2017 FOOTBALL Jumada I 22, 1438 AH Ibrahimovic says GULF TIMES he’s football’s Indiana Jones SPORT Page 4 QATAR TOTAL OPEN Dominant Pliskova wraps up title in straight sets ‘It’s amazing. It means so much to me winning this tournament because it’s not A WINNING POSE... easy beating these two girls (Cibulkova in semis and Wozniacki in the final)’ Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic receives the winner’s trophy from Qatar Tennis Federation president Nasser al-Khelaifi yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. Pliskova defeated Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil & Agencies By Sahan Bidappa But their last encounter came in 2014 However, Pliskova nipped the come- today given the way they fi ght,” said Doha before Pliskova reached last year’s US back in the bud by holding her serve Pliskova, as she took the falcon trophy Open fi nal and became a top-10 player. and then breaking Wozniacki in the and $132,740 in prize money. And Pliskova is a much-improved play- ninth game to pocket the fi rst set. “Also the weather has been taxing n a tournament that was hit by re- er right now and Wozniacki found that Wozniacki did change her strategy with all the rain and rescheduling of peated rain interventions, Karolina the hard way. by running Pliskova from side to side matches. I was trying to play my natu- Pliskova wasted little time as the Having showed tremendous men- of the court, forcing her to opponent to ral game which is aggressive. Also, the Czech strolled to her maiden Qatar tal strength and fi tness, while winning move, which is regarded as the weak- serve was really important and for me it ITotal Open title yesterday. both her quarter-fi nal and semi-fi nal est point in Czech’s game. But Pliskova was working, so I was happy about that. The second seed was in sublime form match Friday, Pliskova took charge played well in the big moments to stay I also wanted to win here in Doha since and hardly put a foot wrong, outplay- right from the beginning yesterday. ahead of the Dane. I had been losing in the early rounds the ing Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, The World No.3 was up 4-0 in the fi rst Wozniacki was equal to the task in last three years. Finally I won some new 6-4 in the one-sided fi nal. set even before the spectators had taken the second set, but failed to capitalise fans here,” she added. Though the rain — that wreaked hav- their seats in the centre court. Her service on a break point. On the other hand, Pliskova has only lost one match so oc at the Khalifa International Tennis was on fi re during her win over third seed Pliskova grabbed a chance to break in far in 2017, to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni Doubles winners Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik. and Squash Complex the whole week — Dominika Cibulkova, with 21 aces pow- the 10th game and duly wrapped up the in the Australian Open quarter-fi nals, stayed away, the chilly conditions that ering the Czech to victory in the semi- match, when Wozniacki buried a lob and won the title in Brisbane prior to prevailed meant that margin of error fi nal, where she set a personal record for into the net. her run to the last-eight in Melbourne. get is to win a Grand Slam this year. “I “Well, there’s just three (Grand Slams) was minimum. most aces in a single match. “It’s amazing. It means so much to If she continues her fi ne form, she can have other goals than being No. 1 right left now. One of them is on clay. It would Her history in Doha and head-to- While it wasn’t on the same level me winning this tournament because challenge Serena Williams and Angel- now and it’s to win a Grand Slam. I was be really diffi cult. Then I’ll just prepare head against former World No. 1 Woz- against Wozniacki, she packed a punch it’s not easy beating these two girls ique Kerber for the No.1 ranking. in the fi nal (at US Open last year), so myself the best I can for Wimbledon. niacki was both against Plisokva. The with solid forehand and some aggres- (Cibulkova in semis and Wozniacki in However, Pliskova, played down the now the next step would be to win it,” Then the US Open, it’s going to be diffi - 24-year-old had never gone past the sive game. the fi nal). You saw last night and even talk of top spot and said her main tar- she said. cult. I’m defending a lot of points there. I second round in Doha and Wozni- After holding serve for the fi rst time, would love to win a Slam this year. If not, acki had won all three of her previous Wozniacki did manage to break Plisko- I still think I have a good chance the next matches against Pliskova. va and then held again to make it 3-4. few years,” she added. For Wozniacki, it was another loss in the fi nal in Doha, the last time was in 2011. “Well, it’s a tournament I’ve never won. Clearly I’m a disappointed right now. It’s a goal of mine to pretty much have won everything,” said the 26-year-old, who will jump four places to No. 14 in rankings. “But she played really well today. I thought I played well too. I did my best. It’s been a tough week. Yesterday I had two matches late at night. I just tried to recover as well as I could. I feel like I’m playing really good tennis. I can still im- prove on some things. I’m really feeling positive and confi dent moving forward,” added Wozniacki, who will be in action in Dubai this week along with Pliskova. Meanwhile, fourth seeds Abigail Spears of US and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia clinched the doubles title, defeating Ukraine’s Olga Savchuk and Abigail Spears of United States and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia pose with their Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, doubles trophy yesterday. 7-6(7) in the fi nal. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, February 19, 2017 TENNIS GLIMPSES FROM QATAR TOTAL OPEN Karolina Pliskova (left) and Caroline Wozniacki celebrate with their Qatar Open trophies in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil and agencies Caroline Wozniacki in action during the final. Karolina Pliskova poses with ball boys and girls after winning the Qatar Open yesterday. Tennis fans brave the chilly weather for the Karolina Pliskova-Caroline Wozniacki final yesterday. SPOTLIGHT Tsonga reaches Rotterdam fi nal with 400th win AFP ting the ball hard like me. My week and is now through to his Rotterdam, Netherlands strategy is always the same — the fi rst ATP World Tour semi-fi nal best strategy is to just play well.” since Acapulco in February 2015. Goffi n, who earned revenge Young and Harrison are even in o-Wilfried Tsonga rained in the quarter-fi nals as he beat their FedEx ATP Head2Head ri- down ten aces, fi nishing Grigor Dimitrov fi ve days af- valry at 1-1, but haven’t played off Tomas Berdych 6-3, ter the Bulgarian won the Sofi a each other in two years. 6-4 in 72 minutes yester- event at the Belgian’s expense, Mikhail Kukushkin continued Jday to power into a second Rot- will be facing Herbert for the his hot streak in Memphis, pow- terdam World Tennis fi nal and fi rst time. ering into the semi-fi nals with record his 400th career win. The a convincing 6-0, 6-4 win over French sixth seed will compete Young ousts Isner fourth seed Steve Johnson. for his fi rst title at the Ahoy sta- in Memphis “It means a lot for me to be dium after fi nishing runner-up American John Isner became back on tour and playing good. six years ago. the latest seed to be upset at the It’s been a few years since my last He faces the winner from Bel- ATP Tour’s Memphis Open on semi-fi nal, so I’m really happy gian third seed David Goffi n and Friday as the second seed lost in with this week,” said Kukushkin. surprise semi-fi nalist Pierre- three sets to unheralded Donald “I’ve played quite well here for Hugues Herbert, a French quali- Young. The world No. 81 Young two years in a row, so the condi- fi er and member of the top ATP posted his fi rst career win over tions really suit my game.” doubles side. Isner in four meetings by out- Kukushkin dropped just 10 Tsonga was unstoppable lasting the fellow American 7-6 points in shutting out Johnson to against Berdych, the 2014 cham- (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (8/6) to reach the take the opening set. pion and 2015 fi nalist playing his semi-fi nals. The American found his form fourth semi-fi nal at the Dutch Isner was the last remaining in the second set and sprinted event. seed in the tournament as none to a 4-1 lead, but Kukushkin re- Tsonga came good in his sec- of the top seeds reached the sponded brilliantly by winning ond semi-fi nal of the season as semis.
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