SPORT Sunday 23 September 2018 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 27 Murray to end Liverpool and season after City stroll; China events United held Five-star Al Sadd crush Al Rayyan RIZWAN REHMAT THE PENINSULA DOHA: High-scoring Algerian QNB STARS forward Baghdad Bounedjah yesterday scored twice as Al Sadd LEAGUE crushed old rivals Al Rayyan 5-0 Yesterday's results at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. Al Sadd 5- 0 Al Rayyan Striker Bounedjah was well Al Duhail 4 - 2 Al Gharafa supported by team-mates Abdelkarim Hassan, Akram Afif and Jung Woo-young as the home team won the traditional derby ‘Qatar Clasico’ with a com- manding show. Bounedjah scored his goals in the 11th and 70th minutes while Hassan found the net in the 31st minute. Afif scored (59) in the second half while Woo-young wrapped up proceedings with a strike in the 79th minute. Al Sadd’s U-23 player Tarik Salman said yesterday: “It was a great game. Our senior players really played well. We created the chances and scored when we could. It was a top performance. We are happy. Our players Al Sadd’s Xavi Hernandez delivered a wholehearted effort (centre) weaves his way past on the pitch.” Al Rayyan’s Mowafak Awad a couple of Al Rayyan players was dejected with his team’s during the QNB Stars League sloppy show. match in Doha yesterday. “We made far too many mis- takes and conceded those two early goals (in the first half),” Awad said after the clash. “I would say they were lucky in the second half. We tried our best but we could not do well today,” he added. observed from the touchline. 35th minute, sending the ball way range with Al Sadd keeper out of Al Sadd’s players Baghdad Bounedjah (left) and Abdelkarim In the 5th minute of the round In the 14th minute, Al Sadd’s above the Al Sadd crossbar. Three position to stop the move. Six Hassan, celebrate scoring a goal during their QNB Stars 6 clash, Al Rayyan’s Ali Al Nuaimi Hassan seemingly pushed Al minutes into the second half, minutes later, a similar move by League match against Al Rayyan in Doha yesterday. bumped into Qatar national team Rayyan striker Sebastian Soria veteran striker Soria - after Tabata ended up going waste player Hamid Ismail of Al Sadd close to his own goal but the tapping down a loopy cross inside with the ball missing the target causing stoppage in play for a few linesman ordered play on much the box - swivelled and fired a again. In the 70th minute, minutes. A few moments later to the dismay of the visitor’s shot that narrowly sailed past the Bounedjah produced a snap- Ismail fell flat on the pitch once camp. Al Sadd crossbar. Seconds later header off a Xavi free kick to again after another reckless Close to the half-hour mark, Al Rayyan coach benched Abdul- score his second goal of the tackle but got up immediately. Al Sadd star forward Afif was rahman Al Korbi and brought in match and Al Sadd’s fourth. In the Three minutes later, Al Rayan beaten to the ball inside the Al Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud. 79th minute, Korean star Woo- keeper Oumar Barry dived full Rayyan box by keeper Barry after With Al Rayyan picking up young curled in a neat shot from length to grab a loopy header by the diminutive striker had some momentum, Tabata curled the edge of the Al Rayyan box to team-mate Awad with Al Sadd’s weaved his way past two in a left-footed drive from outside score his first goal for the team. feared striker Bounedjah in defenders. A few moments later, the box but the ball sailed above Al Rayyan fans started to touching distance. Afif was once again beaten to the the Al Sadd crossbar. trudge off from the venue after In the 11th minute, home ball first by Al Rayyan keeper A minute from the hour mark, the fifth goal leaving Al Sadd sup- team Al Sadd scored the opening Barry was spent a busy 30 Al Sadd made it 3-0. Bounedjah porters to savour a memorable goal off a counterattack. Ismail, minutes of the first half. lurking just outside the Al Rayyan performance. tearing away on the flank from In the 31st minute, Al Sadd box - found an unmarked Afif Meanwhile Al Duhail yes- the half line, slipped in a long ball midfielder Hassan - after neat with a neat cross. terday beat Al Gharafa 4-2 in a to striker Bounedjah who was cross from team-mate Woo- With ample of space to play fast-paced encounter at Abdullah close to the Al Rayyan box. With young - fired a left-footed bullet with, Afif charged ahead with the Bin Khalifa Stadium. two defenders shadowing the tall from inside the Al Rayyan box. ball and then calmly slotted the A double by Youssef El Arabi Algerian, Bounedjah headed The ball hit the top of Al ball above the head of keeper (9 and 42, p) and Nam Tae-hee’s home over keeper Barry, who Rayyan net with keeper Barry in Barry who had stepped out of his (62 and 88) brace in the second charged out to stop the move. no position to block the shot. It position to kill the move. It was half paved the way for Al Duhail’s It was Bounedjah’s 12th goal was Hassan’s first goal of the Afif’s seventh goal of the season. win. in just the sixth match this season. season. A minute later, seasoned for- For former champions Al As Al Sadd players and fans cel- Captain Rodrigo Tabata, wards Soria and Tabata failed to Gharafa, the goals were scored ebrated the strike, team coach somewhat off color, misfired with provide finishing touches to a by Vadimir Weiss (16, p) and Jesualdo Ferreira calmly Al Rayyan’s first freekick in the scoring opportunity from close Mehdi Taremi (51, p). Thiem to face Klizan in St Petersburg final AFP good serves. “Of course I want to win lose his nerve, making a catalogue of Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a ball to Matthias this title. If I win it will be my first unforced errors to allow the Slovak Bachinger of Germany during their ATP Moselle SAINT PETERSBURG: Top seed ever indoor title and it means a lot to break to love. Klizan went on to semi-final match in Metz, eastern France, yesterday. Dominic Thiem beat Spaniard Roberto to me.” Thiem broke Bautista Agut take the set. Bachinger won 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Bautista Agut in straight sets yesterday in the 10th game to take the opening In the deciding set, Klizan broke to set up a St Petersburg Open final set, and the 25-year-old Austrian in the third game. Wawrinka quickly against Slovakia’s Martin Klizan. made inroads on his opponent’s broke back but 29-year-old Slovak Thiem, ranked eighth in the world, serve at 3-2 in the second set before produced the deciding break in the claimed his first win over the 30-year- wrapping up victory. 11th game to win the set and the old Bautista Agut, 6-4, 6-3, in their Earlier yesterday, triple Grand match. fourth meeting. Slam champion Wawrinka, a wildcard “It was a very tough match,” Klizan, the 2012 champion, battled entry, broke Klizan in the first game Klizan said. back from a set down to beat Swiss of the match to forge ahead at the “Stan is one of the best players in star Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Sibur Arena. the world and I’m really proud of “I was serving really good today,” On his own serve, Wawrinka did myself after I could beat him finally. Thiem said. “I had some tough service not even allow Klizan to reach deuce “I’m going to do my best to win games when I was 30-0 down and I until the sixth game of the second set. the title here. It’s always a pleasure to always saved myself with some very But the Swiss seemed to suddenly play in the final.” 26 SPORT SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 Lorenzo takes pole in Aragon AFP MADRID: Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo secured his fourth pole position of the 2018 MotoGP season yesterday by sneaking ahead of Andrea Dovizioso in qualifying at Aragon. Lorenzo beat his Italian Ducati team-mate by 0.014sec while Honda’s Marc Marquez was Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in the ring after the fight in Windsor Park, Belfast, Britain, in this 0.079sec back in third. file picture of August 18, 2018. Marquez, who is chasing a fifth world championship title but is without a victory in his last four races, had set the pace with a time of 1.46.960sec. But the Spaniard paid the price for a Fury, Wilder to fight on mistake at Turn 12 on his final run as Lorenzo and Dovizioso both saved their best times until last. December 1: Promoters Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi managed to complete only one timed lap during the session. AFP The Italian veteran qualified in a disappointing venue for the fight while Brook- Angeles.” Wilder has 39 18th, his lowest grid position since 2006. lyn’s Barclays Center was also knockouts in 40 fights and has Britain’s Cal Crutchlow was pushed back LOS ANGELES: Britain’s Tyson in the running. scored knockouts in each of his into the second row after finishing fourth.