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Top seed Rafa Nadal was handed an opening night fright by his good friend Feliciano Lopez at the Paris Masters on Wednesday, but rallied to beat his fellow Spaniard 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 and claim his 1,000th ATP Tour win. |
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* Chelsea swept to a 3-0 win over 10-man Rennes in the Champions League on Wednesday (Nov 34) after Dalbert was sent off for conceding two first-half penalties converted by Timo Werner. * Sevilla forward Youssef En-Nesyri came off the bench to fire his side to a courageous 3-2 home win over Krasnodar in the Champions League on Wednesday (Nov 4). * RB Leipzig fought back to beat Paris St Germain 2-1 at home in a pulsating Champions League Group H clash on Wednesday (Nov 4) that kept them on course for a last-16 spot * In-form Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund surged to the top of their Champions League Group F with a comfortable 3-0 victory over hosts Club Brugge on Wednesday (Nov 4). * Alvaro Morata scored twice before two defensive mistakes helped Juventus to a 4-1 Champions League win at Ferencvaros on Wednesday (Nov 4) as they bounced back from last week’s defeat by Barcelona. * Lionel Messi scored a penalty for the third Champions League game in a row as Barcelona earned a far from convincing 2-1 win at home to a depleted Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday (Nov 4) to record three consecutive victories in Europe’s top competition. * Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi said that his side had only 13 players available due to injuries and COVID-19 cases for their 1-1 away draw with Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions League on Wednesday. * Robert Lewandowski dedicated his two goals in Tuesday’s (Nov 3) Champions League 6-2 thrashing over Salzburg to Gerd Mueller after the Poland striker scored on the ailing Bayern Munich legend’s 75th birthday. * Belgian Tim Wellens won Wednesday’s hilly stage 14 at the Vuelta a Espana as defending champion Primoz Roglic maintained his lead over Richard Carapaz in the general classification. * Nine Dinamo Zagreb players have contracted the novel coronavirus ahead of their home Europa League clash with Austrian side Wolfsberger AC on Thursday, the Croatian club’s representatives said. * Chelsea midfielder Kai Havertz was left out of their Champions League squad for the match against French side Stade Rennais after testing positive for COVID-19, manager Frank Lampard said before Wednesday’s match. * This year’s Sydney to Hobart yacht race will proceed with COVID-19 measures in place following Tasmania’s decision to open borders to New South Wales, the race organisers said on Wednesday (Nov 4). * An official at Azeri club Qarabag has been provisionally banned by UEFA while he is investigated for potentially “violating basic rules of decent conduct” in comments he made on social media, the European soccer body said on Wednesday. * Italy’s Serie A champions Juventus said on Wednesday their official TV channel will be available on Amazon’s streaming service platform Prime Video as the tech giant is expanding its sports content offer in Europe. * Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has fully recovered from a knee injury that forced her to miss the entire 2020 season and intends to play the Australian Open in January, the 2019 US Open champion has said. * Argentinian Diego Schwartzman moved within two wins of sealing a debut appearance at the ATP Tour Finals in London by beating Richard Gasquet 7-5 6-3 to reach the Paris Masters third round on Wednesday (Nov 4). Source:Nhan Dan Online |
