FFORMULAORMULA OONENE | Page 3 MLB | Page 5 Hamilton Los Angeles takes lead from Dodgers Vettel with lose twin Monza win bill to Padres Monday, September 4, 2017 CRICKET Dhul-Hijja 13, 1438 AH Another Kohli GULF TIMES ton as India sweep ODI series 5-0 SPORT Page 4 RALLYING TENNIS Al-Attiyah on verge Nadal battles on, moves a of world title with step closer to Poland Baja win Federer clash The Qatari finished 3min 54sec in front of series rival Jakub Przygonski and now takes an 81-point lead to the remaining two rounds of the series Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates beating Leonardo Mayer of Argentina (not pictured) on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. PICTURE: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports AFP Shapovalov’s US Open New York dream goes ‘Busta’ New York: Canada’s Denis Shapo- orld number one Rafael valov failed in his bid to become Nadal battled back from the youngest US Open quarter- a set down to reach the finalist for 29 years when he was US Open last 16 for a knocked out by Spanish 12th seed Wninth time Saturday, edging closer to Pablo Carreno Busta in the third a potential semi-fi nal duel with old round yesterday. rival Roger Federer. Qualifier Shapovalov, 18, was beaten Nadal, 31, saw off Argentine lucky 7-6, (7/2), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3) by loser Leonardo Mayer 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 26-year-old Carreno Busta, who also 6-1, 6-4, taking his record over the made the French Open quarter- world number 59 from Buenos Aires finals this year. to 4-0. Carreno Busta will face either He will face Ukraine’s Alexandr France’s Lucas Pouille or Diego Dolgopolov, against whom he is 6-2, Schwartzman of Argentina for a for a place in the quarter-fi nals. semi-place. If he gets through that, then a fi rst- ever showdown in New York against Federer would move a little nearer, Mannarino 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to make the although the Swiss legend has to last 16 for the third time in four years. Nasser al-Attiyah and co-driver Matthieu Baumel power their way to victory in Poland. At bottom, they celebrate on the podium. defeat Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in his Thiem next faces 2009 champion third-round clash. Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, Our Correspondent STANDINGS Nadal had also dropped the fi rst set who put out Spain’s Roberto Bautista Szczecin, Poland of his second-round match against Agut 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies Japan’s Taro Daniel before winning Russia’s Andrey Rublev became – standings after round 9 (unoff icial): in four. the second teenager in the last 16 verdrive Racing recorded 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT) 240pts Saturday was almost a carbon copy when he beat Bosnia’s Damir Dzum- their seventh FIA World Cup 2. Jakub Przygonski (POL) 159pts with the 15-time major winner un- hur 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. rally victory of the season 3. Khalid al-Qassimi (ARE) 105pts able to convert any of six points in the Rublev, just 19, faces Belgian ninth when Qatar’s Nasser al-At- 4. Yasir Saeidan (SAU) 96pts opener. But the match turned in the seed David Goffi n who progressed Otiyah and French navigator Matthieu 4. Aron Domzala (POL) 96pts 10-minute seventh game of the sec- when 2016 semi-fi nalist Gael Monfi ls Baumel secured the win in ORLEN Baja 6. Mohammed Abu Issa (QAT) 84pts ond set when, on his 14th break point retired with a right knee injury. Poland, round nine of the FIA World 7. Martin Prokop (CZE) 72pts of the encounter, he fi nally smashed Women’s top seed Karolina Plisk- Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, in Szc- 8. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE) 55pts, etc his way through. ova saved a match point to defeat zecin. There was no way back for Mayer, China’s Zhang Shuai, hanging on to The Qatari fi nished 3min 54sec in quickest and held fi fth, third and eighth who ended the match with 52 un- her world number one spot in the front of series rival Jakub Przygonski at the overnight halt in Szczecin. forced errors and his record against process. and now takes an unoffi cial 81-point Ten Brinke complained of getting top 10 opponents at 1-25. Top seed Pliskova, the runner-up championship lead to the remaining stuck in thick mud for around 90 sec- “It was a long day,” said Nadal who in 2016, triumphed 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 but two rounds of the series in Morocco onds and Domzala got stuck in a river, brought the curtain down on the day was forced to save a match point in and Portugal, where there are a maxi- had to reverse and lost even more time session at 8.40pm and under the the 10th game of the second set and mum 90 points at stake for the winner when he ran out of windscreen washer Arthur Ashe Stadium roof. recover from a break down in the de- of both events. cal problems forced the crew out on the Al-Attiyah opted to start the open- fl uid and suff ered visibility problems in “It was tough. I had 14 break points cider. “I am delighted to take another im- fi rst of the longer stages on Saturday ing selective section of 215.90km the muddy conditions over the closing — that’s not a good fi gure. But I was “I was match point down and I portant victory with this win in Po- morning. through the Drawsko Pomorskie mili- kilometres. there mentally and fought a lot at the thought I haven’t tried many fore- land,” said al-Attiyah. “I built up a good Work commitments in the Nether- tary fi ring range from third position. “We managed to fi nish both stages right moments.” hand winners down the line. That’s lead on Saturday and I was able to slow lands meant that Erik Van Loon and Domzala, Ten Brinke and Munk fol- without any problems,” admitted al- Five-time champion Federer faces what I did. I may not have got anoth- down a bit and control the pace.” navigator Wouter Rosegaar missed out lowed in fourth, fi fth and eighth. The Attiyah. “It was not easy. There were Lopez boasting a 12-0 record over er chance,” said the 25-year-old, who Four of Overdrive Racing’s Toyota on ORLEN Baja Poland on this occasion. Qatari’s starting position worked well plenty of puddles lurking in the road the 31st seed, who is playing in a 16th will face American Jennifer Brady for Hiluxes reached the fi nish: Dutch- Al-Attiyah made his intentions and he safely negotiated the open- and, in some places, it was incredibly straight US Open and 63rd successive a place in the quarter-fi nals. man Bernhard Ten Brinke and Belgian perfectly clear in the opening 7.08km ing stage with the fastest time of 2hrs muddy and slippery.” Grand Slam. Had she lost on Saturday, Pliskova navigator Stéphane Prevot rounded Prologue stage on Friday evening. The 21min 07sec to extend his lead over Yesterday’s competitive action Federer has struggled so far, need- would also have been guaranteed to off the podium places with an excel- Qatari carded the fastest time of 6min Przygonski to 27.1 seconds. Ten Brinke, consisted of two runs through a pair ing back-to-back fi ve-setters to lose her world number one ranking lent third position and the Polish duo 09.7sec to snatch a lead of 5.1 seconds Domzala and Van Merksteijn were of 18.39km and 10.5km selective sec- defeat Frances Tiafoe and Mikhail to either Wimbledon champion Gar- of Aron Domzala and Szymon Gospo- from series rival and Polish driver Ja- fourth, seventh and eighth, but Munk tions in the Dobra and Lubieszyn areas. Youzhny.Germany’s Phillip Kohls- bine Muguruza or Elina Svitolina. darczyk fi nished fi fth. Peter Van Merk- kub Przygonski. Domzala, Ten Brinke, suff ered a niggling electrical problem Former champion Krzysztof Holowczyc chreiber eliminated Australia’s John Ukraine fourth seed Svitolina steijn returned to cross-country action Munk, and Van Merksteijn were fourth, and incurred a stage maximum penalty recorded the quickest time of 17min Millman 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 and will face stayed in contention for the top rank- and teamed up with Frenchman Pascal seventh, ninth and 11th. of eight hours. 00sec in the opening Krzekowo stage, either Federer or Lopez. ing with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Shelby Maimon to claim eighth in the fourth “I was quite surprised that we won Al-Attiyah was slower on his second where Al-Attiyah dropped 75 seconds Kohlschreiber has a 0-11 record Rogers of the United States. Hilux. the Prologue,” said al-Attiyah. Domza- run through the stage but still set the and saw his outright lead reduced to against Federer. Russia’s Darya Kasatkina reached Dane Jes Munk and Poland’s Rafal la said: “To be honest, I did not expect quickest time and extended his advan- 3min 15sec. Domzala, Ten Brinke and “I hope Feli wins,” smiled the the last 16 of a major for the fi rst time Marton crewed the sixth team entry such tough conditions.