6 April 27, 2021 Nadal Outlasts Tsitsipas Ranks 4th at Asian to Claim 12th Barcelona Weightlifting Championships Open Title medals for Iranian athletes. The AWC in ended on Sunday with a category plus 109 kg weightlifter competitions. Considering Ali Davoudi’s three gold medals in the category plus 109 kg, Iran’s national team score reached 600 to take fourth place in Asia. , , and were in the first, second, and third place, respectively. Ali Davoudi snatched three Spain’s Rafa Nadal celebrates with the trophy after winning the ATP Barcelona Open tennis tournament singles final match against Greece’s gold medals, Rasoul Motamedi Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Real Club de Tenis in Barcelona on April 25. received 2 gold and one bronze medal, Kianoush won BARCELONA (Reuters) - Rafa match of the year. Nadal saved a match point be- Tsitsipas, who won his previ- one gold and two silver med- fore defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas ous meeting with the Spaniard als, Reza Dehdar received a gold 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 to claim a record- in the Australian Open quarter- medal, gained 2 extending 12th Barcelona Open finals in February, fought hard to silver and a bronze, Kia Ghadami, title, ending his Greek opponent’s stay in the match and saved two nine-game unbeaten start to the match points before winning the and Mir Mostafa Javadi received European claycourt swing. second-set tiebreak to force the bronze. Having collected his first title decider. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (Dis- 2021 edition of the Asian Weightlift- The Asian Weightlifting Cham- Asian Weightlifting Champion- of the 2021 season, Nadal, 34, Nadal improved his unbeaten patches) - Iran’s national weight- ing Championships (AWC) in Tash- pionships super-heavyweight ships (AWC) took place in Tash- leapfrogged Russian Daniil Med- record to 12-0 in finals at one of vedev to take back the world his favorite ATP events where the lifting team ranked fourth at the kent, Uzbekistan. division finished with three gold kent, Uzbekistan, on April 16-25. number two spot in the updated main showcourt carries his name. ATP rankings on Monday. The 20-times Grand Slam win- Curry Sets Three-Point Record in NBA Nadal was on the brink of de- ner will be back in action at next feat in the 10th game of the final month’s ATP Masters 1000 tour- WASHINGTON (Dispatches) Devin Booker scored 36 points set but recovered to win three naments in Madrid and Rome and - Stephen Curry broke the NBA for Phoenix, who are second in straight games to overcome will look to carry the momentum record for the most three-pointers the Western Conference despite Monte Carlo champion Tsitsipas into the French Open, where he made in a month as Golden State successive defeats, while Deandre after three hours and 38 minutes will be seeking a record-extend- Warriors beat the Sacramento Ayton scored 20 points with 13 re- -- making it the longest ATP Tour ing 14th Roland Garros title. Kings 117-113 on Sunday. bounds. Curry, who finished with 37 Atlanta Hawks earned an impor- points, hit seven three-pointers to tant 111-104 victory over the Mil- Morata Saves Juve, Inter take his total to 85 with two games waukee Bucks, while the Mem- to play in April. phis Grizzlies held off a late rally Closer to Scudetto The previous record of 82 was to beat the Portland Trail Blazers set by James Harden while play- 120-113. ing for the Houston Rockets in Charlotte Hornets beat Boston Stephen Curry finished with 37 points for the Warriors November 2019. Celtics 125-104 thanks to Devonte Curry enjoyed his 30th 30-point lievable and mind-boggling.” injury for the Brooklyn Nets dur- Graham’s 24-point performance, to game of the season and has hit at A second successive win pushed ing a 128-119 victory over the vis- move within two games of the Celt- least that target in 13 of his past 14 Golden State’s record to 31-30 this iting Phoenix Suns. ics for the sixth spot in the East. games. season as they chase a play-off spot Kyrie Irving had 34 points with Elsewhere, Washington Wizards “It seems like I’ve run out of in the Western Conference. 12 assists and Blake Griffin scored and Indiana Pacers both kept their ways to describe Steph’s play,” Meanwhile, Kevin Durant scored 16 points as the Nets held on to play-off hopes alive with respec- said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. 33 points on his return from a their place at the top of the Eastern tive wins over the Cleveland Cava- “The shot-making is just unbe- three-game absence with a thigh Conference. liers and Orlando Magic.

Man City Win Carabao Cup, Man Utd Held at Leeds in PL ROME (Xinhua) - Alvaro Mo- defender before curling it into (Reuters) - Aymeric secutive seasons, which should rata’s spectacular goal canceled the net from a tight angle. Laporte’s 82nd-minute header be a huge morale boost ahead of out Dusan Vlahovic’s penalty, The Bianconeri started to lay gave Manchester City a 1-0 win the first leg of their Champions helping Juve snatch one point siege as time wore on but failed over Tottenham in the Carabao League semifinal against against Fiorentina, while In- to find a breakthrough. Cup final to give Pep Guardiola’s Saint-Germain this week. ter Milan moved closer to the Juve now ranks third with 66 side their first title of the season. Meanwhile, the game was Scudetto after a 1-0 victory points but risks dropping out of Laporte nodded home a free watched by 8,000 fans in Wem- over Hellas Verona with Matteo the top four. kick taken by Kevin de Bruyne. bley Stadium, 2,000 of whom Darmian’s winner. Inter ended its two consecu- Manchester City dominated the were from Manchester. Juve made the trip to Artemio tive draws with a slender vic- game from start to finish with In the Premier League, sec- Franchi stadium without Fed- tory. In Saturday’s game, the 13 shots against a rival that man- ond-place Manchester United erico Chiesa and Merih Demir- Nerazzurri earned a series of aged just one shot. dropped two points as they were Manchester City have now won held to a 0-0 draw away to Leeds al, while the Viola’s Giacomo chances but couldn’t break Ve- the Carabao Cup for four con- United. Bonaventura sat out a ban. rona until the 75th minute that The home side had a more ag- Achraf Hakimi’s pass found gressive start as Erick Pulgar’s substitute Darmian who fin- strike outside the box took a de- ished with a daisy cutter. It was 2020 to Decide on Limits for Spectators in April - Hashimoto flection off Leonardo Bonucci a coincidence that a fortnight TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko and bounced off the woodwork. ago, Inter squeezed Cagliari Hashimoto said on Monday that the committee will decide on rules for limit- Fiorentina took the lead in with the same scoreline, thanks ing spectators in April. the 29th minute, as the referee to the duo’s combination. Hashimoto said she hopes to reach consensus among the parties in- awarded it a penalty for Adrien Inter now has an 11-point ad- volved including the IOC and the Japanese government so that they could Rabiot’s handball, Vlahovic vantage over Atalanta who tem- take flexible measures depending on changes in the coronavirus infection converted it with a Panenka- porarily moved to the second- situation, Hashimoto said. style. place after a comfortable 5-0 The organizing committee is making preparations for thorough corona- Juve made a double-substitute victory over Bologna. virus measures during the summer games, she added. after the break by introducing Also on Saturday, Roma suf- While has not suffered as badly as other nations, the government Morata and Dejan Kulusevski, fered a three-game winless has struggled to cope with a recent surge in cases and on Friday imposed it made an impact just seconds run after a 3-2 away defeat to a third state of emergency on parts of the country just three months before into the game as Morata sprint- Cagliari while Udinese beat the Olympics are set to open. Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting in Tokyo ed down the right and turned a Benevento 4-2.