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Medvedev to face Griekspoor for Dubai title

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set tiebreak. “No idea how I pulled off this one, I could barely walk at the end of the first set,“ said Griekspoor, who took a medical timeout for treatment in the opening set. “He served extremely well. I got very lucky in the tiebreak to win it in two sets, I landed with a serve and felt something in my hamstring. If he had won the tiebreak, I don’t know if I would have continued.” It marked three consecutive top 20 wins for Griekspoor for the first time in his career after he beat sec ond seed Alexander Bublik and Jakub Mensik en route to the final. Griekspoor, who has won

Aliassime – all in straight sets. “It has been an amazing four matches, probably playing better and better each match, today being the best performance,“ said Medvedev. “If I can put in an even better per formance tomorrow, I will have my chances to win and that is what I am going to try to do.” Standing in his way will be Griekspoor, who continued his giant killing run by beating fifth seed Andrey Rublev 7-5, 7-6(6) in the other semifinal. The Dutchman denied the 2022 champion,

DANIIL MEDVEDEV reached the Dubai Tennis Championships final yesterday and will face unseeded Tallon Griekspoor as the Russian attempts to achieve something that has eluded him throughout his stellar career – winning the same tourna ment twice. Former world No. 1 Medvedev demolished top seed Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4, 6-2 in an 83-minute semifinal, setting up a title clash that could see him claim a second Dubai crown to go with his 2023 triumph. Medvedev, who has won 22 titles at 22 different tournaments, arrived in Dubai with a point to prove after early exits in Rotterdam and Doha. However, the third seed has been in scintillating form in Dubai, dispatching Shang Juncheng, Stan Wawrinka, Jenson Brooksby and Auger

who also finished run ner-up the following year, another shot at the Dubai trophy, saving two set points in the second

three ATP 250 titles in his career, will be looking to add a first ATP 500 trophy to his collection when he faces Medvedev. – Reuters

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England leave it late Rehan blast Three Lions to thrilling win over New Zealand

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REHAN AHMED alongside Will Jacks (above) smashed 44 off 16 balls to take England to a thrilling four-wicket T20 World Cup win over New Zealand in Colombo that kept Pakistan’s slender semi final hopes alive. New Zealand, who scored 159 6 after opting to bat, would have joined England in the knockouts with a win in their final Super Eights match and eliminated Pakistan. England lost wickets early and were being squeezed out by the New Zealand spinners at 117-6, needing 43 from the last three overs. But Rehan and Jacks took 22 off the 18th over from Glenn Phillips to turn the match on its head. Rehan blasted 19 off seven balls in his first T20 World Cup match and his six off the final ball of the 19th over left England needing just five for victory off the last. Jacks made an unbeaten 32 off 18 as the pair saw England to 161 6 with three balls to spare. Jacks, who also took 2-23 to be England’s leading bowler, was

two group matches in Mumbai, beating Nepal but losing to the West Indies. “Whoever we’re facing, they’re going to be a tough opponent any way. We’ve already played against the West Indies, so a little bit of experience there. It’s nice to go back to a ground that we’ve already played on as well.” England used five spinners to bowl 16 of the 20 overs on a turn ing track. The 2010 and 2022 champions had never bowled so many overs of spin before in a T20 international. Adil Rashid picked up 2-28 and is now England’s leading wicket taker in the tournament with 11. Adil was complemented by fel low wrist spinner Rehan, who was called up in place of Jamie Overton, and took a wicket with his first ball before finishing with 2-28 from three overs. Glenn Phillips top scored with 39 off 28 including four fours and a six while opener Tim Seifert scored 35. Liam Dawson (1-32) and Jacob Bethell (0-13) were the other spin ners employed by England. – AFP

named player of the match for an incredible fourth time in seven T20 World Cup outings this cam paign. “I reckon this is the best,” said Jacks of his growing collection of player of the match awards. “I’m absolutely buzzing with that, to be not out at the end in a tight finish. When I went out there, it was on a bit of a knife edge, and I’m over the moon.” New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner paid tribute to Rehan and Jacks. “Rehan showed his class with the bat in the last couple of years and is obviously a very good player of spin,” said Santner. “So he wasn’t really fazed on that wicket. The way Willy J and Rehan put those finishing touches was a good bit of batting.” England will move on to a semifinal almost certainly in Mumbai against either India or the West Indies, who meet today in a winner-takes-all clash to decide the last semifinal berth. “We’re not bothered (who we play),” said England captain Harry Brook, whose side played

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