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Medvedev beat 19-year-old Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-3 in
the earlier semi-final.
* MotoGP leader Marc Marquez celebrated his 50th pole
position at the inaugural Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday, holding off
Valentino Rossi late in a pulsating qualifying. Four-times world champion
Marquez lapped the Buriram circuit in one minute 30.088 seconds on his Honda,
pipping Yamaha's veteran Rossi by 0.011 seconds on a scorching hot day.
* Anastasija Sevastova defeated US Open champion Naomi
Osaka 6-4 6-4 in the China Open semi-finals on Saturday and will take on
Caroline Wozniacki in Sunday's title clash. Sevastova, managing a stomach
muscle problem and not quite at 100 percent, controlled the contest by
winning three out of eight break point opportunities to knock out the
error-prone Japanese player.
* Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton seized a
record-extending 80th pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday,
timing his sole flying lap to perfection while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel
will start eighth. The Mercedes driver, in dominant form all weekend at the
Suzuka circuit, pumped in a one minute 27.760 second lap on the super-soft
tyres while it was still only just spitting with rain.
* Defender Pontus Jansson headed a late equaliser for
Leeds United, earning them a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford and taking them a
point clear at the top after the early match in the Championship on Saturday.
Leeds' draw left them on 23 points, a point clear of
* The 3rd Asian Para Games opened in
* The International Olympic Committee on Friday gave
this year's Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards to Hungarian canoeing coach
Katalin Rozsnyoi and Austrian skeleton coach Andreas Schmid.
* Badminton legend Lee Chong Wei has been cleared to
return to
* World No. 16 Kyle Edmund went down 7-6 (6), 6-4 to
No. 34 Nikoloz Basilashvili in the semifinals of the ongoing China Open in
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Source: NDO
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