dominic thiem! in madrid, dominic thiem finally claimed his maiden masters series title earlier this year with victory at indian wells, and the austrian remains on course to reach his allotted place on sunday's final in montreal after this straight sets victory over cilic. straight sets, yes, but hardly straightforward, with the number two seed made to work hard for this win by the former us open champion. the first set when all the way to a tie—break, and despite going in early breakup in the second, thiem missed several chances to close out the match. he blew three match points before making the fourth count, seven — six, six haven't for the final score, but thiem is through to the final eight. and his opponent in the quarterfinals will be daniil medvedev. the number eight seed in russia, who was the runner—up last week, saw off his challenger in straight sets, medvedev winning 6—3, 6-3. also through to the quarter—finals is the number three seed and former champion alexander zverev. the german, w

the number two seed dominic thiem is also through to the third round, but was taken to three sets byalov. thiem, who won his first masters series title at indian wells earlier this year, won the deciding set 6—3. he plays the number 14 seed marin cilic next. on to football, and there were five more champions league qualifiers in europe on wednesday, and they included a win for olympiakos. they beat the turkish side istanbul bazak—sehir 1—0, with giorgos masouras scoring the only goal of the game early in the second half. istanbul finished the match with 10 men after irfan karvechi was shown a second yellow card. olympiakos will be favourites to go through after next week's 2nd leg in athens. elsewhere, two former winners of the trophy were in action. james forrest scored a potentially vital away goal for celtic as they drew 1—1 with the romanian side cluj. and sergio oliveira scored an 89th minute winnerfor porto as they beat krasnodar 1—0 in russia. african football's governing body, caf, have confirmed esperance of tunis as the winners of this year's champions league nearly 10 week

another big name is out as fourth seed dominic thiem lost in four sets to unseeded italian, thomas fabbiano 3—6, 6—3, 6—2 winner, as the 25 year—old austrian made 48 unforced errors. the number 6 seed, alexander zverev, is through to round 2 after surviving a scare against romania's radu albot. zverev blew a two set lead, and was taken all the way to a deciding set which he won 6—2. he now play frances tiafoe of the united states. on to football, and there were two more quarter—final first legs matches in the asian champions league on tuesday, and they both ended all—square. shanghai sipg fought back from 2—0 down at home to urawa red diamonds, to draw 2—2. while the all—saudi tie between al—ittihad and al—hilal ended 0—0. colm harrison reports. al—ittihad and al—hilal i the only saudi side to win the champions league but there is only room for one of them in this season ‘s semi—final and after disappointing no goal firstly, we are semi—final and after disappointing no goalfirstly, we are no semi—final and after disappointing no goal firstly, we are no closer to knowing who will reach it. s

gasquet will take on world number four dominic thiem in the next round, but was full of praise for murray best players, even when i was out for six months, it was tough for me. even with this, it he was still a great competitor. former champion marin cilic was sent also crashing out in cincinnati, moldova's radu albot saving six set points in the second set and taking the first match point that came his way to win 6—4, 7-6. somewhat of an annus mirrablilis for albot, he's at a career high of number 39 in the rankings and won his first atp tour title earlier this year at the delray beach 0pen. in the women's draw, the early winners on monday included aryna sabalenka. the number nine seed from belarus enjoyed a comfortable straight sets win over petra martic from croatia. sabalenka — who reached the final at silicon valley two weeks ago — won 6—1, 6—4. boxing promoter eddie hearn has been defending the decision to stage the rematch between andy ruinunior and anthonyjoshua in saudi arabia. it's reportedly costing the authorities there some $96 million to stage it. ruiz caused a huge upset wh

but not such good news for fourth seed dominic thiem as the austrian lost in four sets to italy's thomasin four sets. but the match was more about what the 21—year—old greek had to say to the umpire after a heated conversation during the match. i hope you change! i don't care. do whatever you want. you are the worst. for something that makes for some reason, you have something against me. you are all weirdos. while in the women's draw, top seed and defending champion naomi osaka is through to the second round, but after a struggle. the 21—year—old from japan needed three sets to overcome 20—year—old russian anna blinkova and now faces poland's world number 53 magda linette. in the asian champions league, there were two more quarterfinal first legs on tuesday with the saudi derby between al—ittihad and al—hilal finishing goalless in jeddah. while in the early match, 2017 champions uruwa red diamonds let slip a 2—0 lead away to chinese side shanghai sipg with brazilian hulk scoring two second—half penalties for the hosts that saw the match finish level at 2—2 after the opening leg of their