TTENNISENNIS | Page 2 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 3 Djokovic Hasaranga in last four stars as as Bencic Sri Lanka reaches fi nal clinch series Friday, July 30, 2021 GYMNASTICS Dhul-Hijjah 20, 1442 AH Sunisa Lee GULF TIMES succeeds Biles as all-around queen SP RT Page 4 OLYMPICS / ATHLETICS Barshim, Samba carry Qatar’s medal hopes MEDALS TALLY Beach volleyball pair Younousse and Tijan will face Gibb and Bourne of USA today Country G S B T China 15 7 9 31 atar’s hopes of winning a Japan 15 4 6 25 medal at Tokyo Olympics United States 14 14 10 38 will rest on its athletics stars, who will begin their Russian OC 8 11 9 28 Qcampaign in the Games today. Australia 8 2 10 20 After winning the bronze medal at Great Britain 5 7 6 18 London 2012 Olympics and the silver South Korea 4 3 5 12 medal at Rio 2016 Olympics, Qatar’s France 3 5 3 11 high jumper Mutaz Barshim has set Germany 3 3 7 13 his sights on winning the gold medal Italy 2 7 10 19 in Tokyo. The two-time world cham- pion will participate in men’s high Netherlands 2 7 4 13 jump qualifi cations to begin at the Canada 2 3 5 10 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo today. Hungary 2 1 2 5 Barshim has scaled 2.40m 11 times Slovenia 2 1 1 4 since 2013 – only world record holder Croatia 2 0 1 3 Javier Sotomayor, with 17, has more Kosovo 2 0 0 2 successful clearances at that for- midable barrier – and with a 2.43m Brazil 1 3 3 7 personal best, is the second-highest Switzerland 1 3 2 6 jumper of all time. Romania 1 3 0 4 The other Qatari medal contender Taiwan 1 2 3 6 Abderrahman Samba will also be in Czech Republic 1 2 1 4 action today. The 25-year-old 400m Qatar’s high jumper Mutaz Barshim poses in Tokyo yesterday. New Zealand 1 2 1 4 hurdler will begin his challenge in Georgia 1 2 0 3 heats. A slight injury slowed him in After securing their spots in the Jiri Liptak led a Czech one-two 2019 but he regrouped enough to take knockout stages of the men’s Olympic after prevailing in a shoot-off , while Serbia 1 1 2 4 the bronze on home soil at the World beach volleyball tournament, Qatar’s Zuzana Rehak-Stefecekova sparked Austria 1 1 1 3 Championships. Samba qualifi ed for Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan celebrations in Slovakia by winning Hong Kong 1 1 0 2 Tokyo Olympics after winning the 400 will take on Jacob Gibb and Tri Bourne the women’s gold. Liptak and 2008 Tunisia 1 1 0 2 hurdles gold medal in the Shanghai of USA at the Shiokaze Park today Beijing champion David Kostelecky Estonia 1 0 1 2 Diamond League meeting 2019 with a Cherif and Ahmed began their Ol- exchanged amused smiles after fi nd- Ireland 1 0 1 2 world-leading time of 47.27 seconds ympic campaign with a 21-17, 21-16 ing themselves in a stalemate with Uzbekistan 1 0 1 2 and will arrive in Tokyo with a 48.26 victory over Adrian Heidrich and both having shot 43 of the 50 targets in season’s best. Mirco Gerson of Switzerland on Sun- the fi nal. Liptak had topped the quali- Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Meanwhile, Bashayer al-Mnawari day then they edged past Italy’s Adri- fi cation round missing one target, and Ecuador 1 0 0 1 will face a stern test when she partici- an Carambula and Enrico Rossi on the 39-year-old carried that red-hot Fiji 1 0 0 1 pates in women’s 100m heats today. Wednesday. form into the shoot-off . Kostelecky Iran 1 0 0 1 On the other hand, Qatar’s rower Meanwhile, Mohamed al-Rumaihi missed his seventh target to settle Latvia 1 0 0 1 Tala Abujbara will participate in Final fi nished the men’s trap shooting for silver as the teammates hugged, Norway 1 0 0 1 E race of women’s singles sculls event qualifying rounds in the 13th place laughed and sat down together on the today to conclude her historic ap- with 121 points, just one point behind spot at the shotgun range strewn with Philippines 1 0 0 1 pearance in Tokyo Olympics. the last qualifi er to the fi nals. shattered clay targets. Mohamed al-Rumaihi finished 13th in the the men’s trap shooting. Slovakia 1 0 0 1 Thailand 1 0 0 1 Spain 0 2 1 3 HORSE RACING South Africa 0 2 0 2 Indonesia 0 1 2 3 Mongolia 0 1 2 3 Belgium 0 1 1 2 Lady Bowthorpe wins at Qatar Goodwood Festival Denmark 0 1 1 2 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Agencies Colombia 0 1 0 1 Goodwood, United Kingdom India 0 1 0 1 Jordan 0 1 0 1 he 2021 renewal of the Qatar North Macedonia 0 1 0 1 Goodwood Festival contin- Poland 0 1 0 1 ued with some top quality Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 racing yesterday, with Lady Venezuela 0 1 0 1 TBowthorpe taking top honours in the Ukraine 0 0 4 4 Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes in the Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 presence of Yousef bin Ali al-Khater, Egypt 0 0 2 2 Qatar’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, yesterday. The fi rst two Mexico 0 0 2 2 days of the Festival saw some fan- Lady Bowthorpe under Kieran Shoemark wins the Qatar Nassau Stakes Turkey 0 0 2 2 tastic performances with top qual- (Group 1) at the Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. Argentina 0 0 1 1 ity participation, in front of racegoers Cuba 0 0 1 1 who turned out in big numbers. Bowthorpe proved much the stronger Group 2 Unibet Richmond Stakes for Finland 0 0 1 1 The Qatari success on the second inside the fi nal furlong and went clear two-year-old colts and geldings over Israel 0 0 1 1 day only added to the resounding of Zeyaadah to score by a length and 1,200m. The duo did very well and at success of the Festival with Khalifa a half. Joan Of Arc rallied well close a certain stage, the race looked like a Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 bin Sheail al-Kuwari’s Lady Princess home and took third. duel between them. However, in the Kuwait 0 0 1 1 landing the Group 1 PA Qatar Interna- “It’s fantastic! We have dreamt of fi nal stages the Leora Judah-owned Portugal 0 0 1 1 tional Stakes and Al Shaqab Racing’s this race with her for a long time now. Asymmetric, under signals from his San Marino 0 0 1 1 Armor taking the Group 3 Markel Yousef bin Ali al-Khater, Qatar’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, presented She has always shown to be a very jockey Martin Harley, came from be- Molecomb Stakes. The small-sized the trophies to the winners of the Qatar Nassau Stakes after Lady Bowthorpe special mare and we think the world hind to take the lead and win by half- but mighty fi ve-year-old mare added won the Group 1 race at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. of her. I am delighted for the team at a-length for trainer Alan King. a fourth Group 1 PA victory to her tal- PICTURES: Toby Adamson / Dominic James home, it means so much to them and Khunan was just after him in sec- ly and kept the coveted title in Qatari to her jockey Kieran. I was very con- ond. The Richard Hannon-trained QNB Stars League hands for the third year in a row, ce- the Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes Although there were only six run- fi dent that she would stay the trip and and Sean Levey-ridden Gubbass and fi xtures announced menting the country’s standing as the for three-year-old and older fi llies ners, Prix de Diane winner Joan Of she did it well. She has a great turn of the Hugo Palmer-trained and James world-leader in Arabian racing. The and mares over 2,000m. It was Lady Arc set some quick fractions through foot and settles very well in her races. Doyle-ridden Ebro River stayed on Doha: The Qatar Stars League (QSL) two-year-old Armor, on the other Bowthorpe who landed top hon- the early stages, which allowed Lady She is just a superstar, we love her,” strongly to fi nish third by only a nose released the schedule for the new hand, continued his impressive start ours in the colours of Emma Banks Bowthorpe to settle well in mid-divi- said Jarvis, who had not had a Group 1 and fourth by just a neck respectively. season with the QNB Stars League to in the racing world, emerging as a for trainer William Jarvis and jockey sion. As the pace slowed on the turn winner since 1994. The Qatar Goodwood Festival con- start in September. The first round will hero in the making with two victories Kieran Shoemark. Ambassador al- for home, the fi eld stacked up but it tinues today with seven races, with be played on September 11, where Al in only three starts. A Group 3 win on Khater presented the trophies to the was apparent that Lady Bowthorpe ASYMMETRIC WINS the feature the Group 2 King George Gharafa will play Al Shamal, Umm Salal his fi rst attempt tells stories.