Sport SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2020 AlA Ahli look to bounce back as QSL resumes WeW are ready to face Umm Salal. The long break between our llast match and this match in the league was enough for me to preparep the players in a good way and correct our mistakes iin order to be back on the winning path. Al Ahli coach Nebosha Jovovic Sport | 15 AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: TODAY'S FIXTURES FC Seoul (KOR) vs Beijing FC (CHN), Ulsan Hyundai FC (KOR) vs Sanghai Shenhua FC (CHN) ATP Finals: 3x3 World Tour: Lusail fight Djokovic beats Zverev to make semis back to enter last 8 in Doha AP – LONDON YESTERDAY'S RESULTS THE PENINSULA – DOHA Kamakura 12-21 Bielefeld (Qualifying Novak Djokovic reached the Qatar's Lusail bounced back Draw A) semi-finals at the ATP Finals and from an early hiccup to secure Riyadh 18-21 Bielefeld (Qualifying eliminated Alexander Zverev a berth in the quarter-finals of Draw A) yesterday by beating the German the 2020 FIBA 3X3 World Tour Kamakura 15-18 Riyadh (Qualifying 6-3, 7-6 (4), ensuring the top four Doha Masters at the Al Gharafa Draw A) players in the world advanced at Sports Complex yesterday. Liman 21-8 Lusail (Pool A) the season-ending event for the The home team, outlasted Riga 21-15 Yoyogi (Pool B) first time since 2004. Manila Chooks TM 19-14 after NY Harlem 8-21 Utena (Pool C) The top-ranked Djokovic set losing their first game 8-21 to Though Joshua Munzon Princeton 21-16 Bielefeld (Pool D) up a match against Dominic World's Number One 3x3 side tried to turn things around for Liman 22-15 Manila (Pool A) Thiem today as he goes for a Liman of Serbia in Pool A, to the Manila side, it was too late Riga 22-15 Jeddah (Pool B) record-tying sixth title at the enter the last eight stage in the for them as Lusail thwarted NY Harlem 7-22 Lausanne (Pool C) tournament, and a first since final regular season event their efforts to make it to the Princeton 21-20 Ub (Pool D) 2015. before next month’s Jeddah quarter-finals. Manila 14-19 Lusail (Pool A) Rafael Nadal will take on Final. Ndour had 10 points and Jeddah 18-16 Yoyogi (Pool B) Daniil Medvedev in the other Lusail utilised their seven rebounds while Lausanne 18-21 Utena (Pool C) semifinal match. 6-foot-10 tall star Souley Vasileiadis scored seven points Ub 10-22 Bielefeld (Pool D) Djokovic pulled out some big Ndour to build an early 5-2 for Lusail. TODAY'S QUARTER-FINALS serves in the important moments Action during the opening day of the 2020 FIBA 3X3 World lead. Munzon led Manila with Liman vs Lausanne, 4:15pm in an empty O2 Arena to reach Tour Doha Masters at the Al Gharafa Sports Complex yesterday. Santi Santillan provided eight points and five boards Princeton vs Jeddah, 4:55pm the semi-finals for the ninth the spark for Manila, adding a while Santillan and Pasaol had Riga vs Bielefeld, 5:20pm time, notably in the tiebreaker few points. three and two markers, 5.45pm. Utena beat NY Harlem advanced with a 22-10 win Utena vs Lusail, 5:45pm when he recovered from a 2-0 Alvin Pasaol also sup- respectively. 21-8 before outplaying over Ub. deficit. ported the visiting team by Liman, with a perfect Lausanne 21-18. In Group B, the best 3x3 today, they will face Group D’s Djokovic broke Zverev to joining the party to give them record, will join Lusail in the Meanwhile, Princeton won basketball team in Latvia, Riga, second placed team, Bielefeld take a 2-0 lead in the first set some relief, but that’s when quarter-finals along with both of their games in Pool D beat Japanese team Yoyogi of Germany. when his opponent double- Lusail broke away. teams from Group C - Utena and will play their quarter- with a 21-15 margin before Liman meet Lausanne in faulted on the second break Behind the dominance of Uniclub and Lausanne final against Jeddah at 4.55pm outplaying Saudi Arabia’s the first quarter-final at point. Ndour and Greek Kostas Katapult. today. They beat Bielefeld Jeddah 22-15 to march into the 4:15pm while Riga and He then saved two break Vasileiadis, the home team Lusail and Utena will meet 21-16 and Ub 21-20. Despite quarter-finals. Bielefeld face-off later at points at 4-2 before clinching the raced to a 10-16 lead. in their last-eight clash at the loss to Princeton, Bielefeld In the last-eight stage clash 5:20pm. set with a backhand down the line as he closed in on the net fol- lowing a serve out wide. Zverev’s groundstrokes and powerful serve posed more problems for Djokovic in the second set, and the German gained an early advantage in the tiebreaker by reaching a drop shot before hitting an unre- turnable smash to lead 2-0. Djokovic then won five of the next six points and, on his first match point, found the baseline with a penetrating forehand which Zverev could only slice into the net on the stretch. We’re in Qatar to win, says Beijing’s Génésio ahead FC Seoul encounter AFC – DOHA opportunity to rise to the top take charge of the club in 2020. of Group E with a win at Edu- After finishing third in the Beijing FC are fresh, match-fit cation City Stadium, and the K League in 2019, this year has and ready to win when they Frenchman declared there was been an exceptionally difficult resume their 2020 AFC Cham- a sense of optimism around the one for Seoul, who finished a pions League (ACL) campaign club, despite what has been a disappointing ninth in their against FC Seoul today , challenging 2020. domestic competition and according to head coach Bruno “When you start a compe- more recently suffered the Rashid Hamad Al Athba Génésio. tition, you must have ambition tragic loss of defender Kim Out of action on the conti- to win, no matter what com- Nam-chun, who passed away nental stage since February, but petition it is,” said the former last month. with a full Chinese Super Olympique Lyonnais boss. In the day's second match, Amir Cup: Rashid shoots League campaign under their “We have come here, and Ulsan Hyundai and Shanghai belt, the Chinese outfit are con- the first objective, of course, is try to do as well as possible Shenhua will meet in Group F fident of mounting a challenge to qualify from the group. We here.” at the same venue. to win Double Trap gold in a competition where they will try to win the games with While Beijing are keen to The Korea Republic side THE PENINSULA – DOHA have been regular participants, all the ambition, and I think our capitalise on a sense of conti- picked up a point from a 1-1 Al Qahtani, Chairman of the but rarely serious contenders. advantage is that we just fin- nuity, FC Seoul arrived at the draw against FC Tokyo back in Championship Referees Com- With three points in the ished our Chinese Super tournament having appointed February, needing a late own Prominent Qatari shooter Rashid mittee, and Mohammed Ahmed bank from their earlier hit out League. Our team has a good Lee Won-jun as caretaker goal from the opposition to Hamad Al Athba yesterday Taher, Director of the Tournament against Chiangrai United, rhythm compared to the other coach just seven days ago, secure the draw. clinched the gold medal in the were present at the prize distri- Génésio’s charges will have the teams (in the group), and we’ll making him the fourth man to Shanghai Shenhua, mean- Men's double trap at the Amir Cup bution ceremony. while, have three points to 2020 Archery and Shooting Victorious Al Athba said that FC Seoul players taking part in a their name having got off to a competition at the Lusail winning the gold in the double training session in Doha, yesterday. 2-1 winning start against Perth Complex. trap was his main aim since the PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/@FCSEOUL Glory on Wednesday. The former Asian Shooting moment he signed up for the tour- Ulsan Hyundai are without Championships silver winner yes- nament. He also said that he was the services of goalkeeper Jo terday showed his class by hoping to better his previous Hyeon-woo who tested pos- winning the event with a score of numbers during the event, espe- itive for COVID-19 while on 136 despite a close battle with cially since all the big names of international duty, while his Masoud Al Atba who finished with the game were present and strong fellow club and country team- a total of 134 shots from five contest was on the cards. Al Athba mates Kim Tae-hwan, Jung rounds. Al Atba won the silver also said that winning the Amir Seung-hyun and Won Du-jae medal while Rashid Al Athbi Cup gold was his biggest remain in precautionary iso- booked the remaining spot on the achivement this season and his lation, having tested negative podium with a total of 129. dedication and experience helped after arriving to Qatar from the Yesterday's competitions wit- him in wining the event. Korea Republic training camp nessed a wide presence of The action in the Amir Cup in Austria. shooting enthuciasts.