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Jannik Sinner got his title defence at the ATP Finals off to a solid start before his home fans with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Félix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal on Monday in Turin, Italy.
TURIN: Carlos Alcaraz made a solid start to the ATP Finals on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 win over Alex de Minaur, while former champion Alexander Zverev got underway with a straight-sets win over Ben Shelton.
TURIN, Italy :Top seed Carlos Alcaraz began his bid for a first ATP Finals trophy with a 7-6(5) 6-2 win over Alex de Minaur and two-times champion Alexander Zverev overpowered Ben Shelton in their round-robin openers at the season-ending championships on Sunday.
Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime is the eighth and final qualifier for the ATP Finals.
MUNICH: Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich bagged three goals in 19 minutes in a rampant first half to power past visitors Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 on Saturday and stretch their record-extending run to 15 wins from 15 matches across all competitions this season. Goals from Serge Gnabry and Nicolas Jackson and an own goal from Loic Bade in the 44th minute gave Bayern, who rested top scorer Harry Kane, Michael Olize and Luis Diaz in the first half ahead of next week’s trip to reigning champions Paris St. Germain in the Champions League, an easy victory. They extended their record run in Europe’s top five leagues to 15 wins on the trot after setting a record on Wednesday with a 4-1 win over Cologne in the German Cup second round, improving on AC Milan’s 13 straight wins from 1992/3.
“I saw it straight away from the first couple of points that he was struggling physically,” Sinner saidSinner will replace rival Carlos Alcaraz at the top of the rankings if he beats Auger-Aliassime on SundayPARIS: Jannik Sinner moved to within one win of reclaiming the world number one ranking with a 6-0, 6-1 dismantling of an ailing Alexander Zverev in the Paris Masters semifinals on Saturday, setting up a final clash with Felix Auger-Aliassime.The Italian raced to a remarkable thrashing of reigning champion Zverev at La Defense Arena in just 61 minutes.“I saw it straight away from the first couple of points that he was struggling physically,” the 24-year-old Sinner said after a fourth straight win over Zverev.“It’s not the way you want to win a match but at the same time for me personally I’m happy to be in the final, it means a lot.”Sinner will replace rival Carlos Alcaraz at the top of the rankings if he beats Auger-Aliassime on Sunday.Canada’s Auger-Aliassime reached the second Masters 1000 final of his career by beating in-form Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the first semifinal.Sinner and Auger-Aliassime have split their four previous meetings, although the world number two has won the past two including in this year’s US Open semifinals.“It’s always good to play him,” Auger-Aliassime said of facing Sinner.“I feel like he pushes players to be very, very disciplined tactically and to execute their game almost perfectly in order to win.”Four-time Grand Slam champion Sinner is now on a 25-match winning streak on indoor hard courts.He is targeting his fifth title of the season after last weekend adding the Vienna Open trophy to his Australian Open, Wimbledon and China Open triumphs from earlier in the year.“It’s going to
JEDDAH: Al-Ittihad produced a remarkable comeback on Saturday night, fighting back from four goals down with 10 men to draw 4-4 against Al-Khaleej in one of the most dramatic matches of the Saudi Pro League season.
LONDON: Chelsea beat hosts Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday with Brazil striker Joao Pedro scoring the only goal of the game and getting back on the scoresheet for the first time since August. Enzo Maresca’s men, stung by last weekend’s home defeat by Sunderland, took the lead when Moises Caicedo stole the ball from Micky van de Ven and squared for Joao Pedro who made no mistake from eight meters in the 34th minute. Chelsea climbed to fourth place in the table on 17 points after 10 games, one rung below Spurs on goal difference. Spurs have now registered just one win against Chelsea in their last 14 Premier League meetings.