Rafa Nadal not yet ready to return after hip injury
Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week's Qatar Open after announcing he is "not ready to compete".
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Rublev needs 8 match points to beat De Minaur in Qatar Open quarterfinals
DOHA: Andrey Rublev saved one match point and needed eight of his own to subdue Alex de Minaur 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8) in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Thursday. The tortuous journey to the win prompted Rublev to joke about de Minaur, “I wanna punch him.” The Russian fifth seed wasted a 5-2 lead in the last set against the Australian second seed, who forced the tiebreak with remarkable scrambling. But after 2 1/2 hours, Rublev was through to his fourth semifinals in Doha, where he won the title in 2020. He’ll face Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime, who beat Daniil Medvedev when the Russian retired after losing the first set 6-3. “I felt he was playing normal,” Auger-Aliassime said on court. “And then I broke, I held my serve.
Alcaraz beats Cilic in straight sets to advance at Qatar Open
DOHA, Qatar: Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz overcame Croatian veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 Monday to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. The 36-year-old Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion who has fallen to No. 192 in the rankings, was playing his first match of the season after recovering from a long-term knee injury.
Without Ronaldo, Al-Nassr draws 0-0 at Persepolis in last AFC Champions League group game
After leaving Cristiano Ronaldo at home, Al-Nassr drew 0-0 away against Iranian club Persepolis on Monday in the last round of the AFC Champions League Elite group stage. The Saudi Arabian team had already secured a place in the round of 16 of the continental competition and coach Stefano Pioli took a weakened team to Tehran. Al-Nassr finished third in the West group behind fellow Saudi Arabian clubs Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal.
‘Inside Ittihad’: From regional powerhouse to global household name
AUSTRALIA: The name Al-Ittihad is now known around the world as much as it is regionally, thanks largely to the arrival of Karim Benzema,.
Naomi Osaka out of Qatar Open after narrow defeat to Karolina Pliskova
Naomi Osaka’s run at the Qatar Open ended in the quarter-finals with a narrow defeat by Karolina Pliskova.
Naomi Osaka Advances As Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur Dumped Out Of Qatar Open
Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits with straight-sets defeats. Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka brushed past Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), continuing a comeback from maternity leave after giving birth to her daughter in July. Osaka grasped control with a break in the fourth game of the opening set. She broke twice more in the second set -- either side of dropping her own serve -- only to blow a chance to close out the match at 5-4.
Leylah Fernandez advances at Qatar Open after forget start to 2nd-round match
Canada's Leylah Fernandez is off to the Round of 16 at the Qatar Open after a 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Spain's Paula Badosa on Tuesday in Doha.