seven minutes later, giuliano drilled home his second goal of the night to put the result beyond doubt3 win which sends the saudi side into the first date. secured a 4—3 win which sends the saudi side into the first datem was a difficult game, but we came here to qualify. we prepared very well ourselves. and we deserve to qualify. we were smarter and we played better and we scored more goals. in the know's other game, al—ittihad took a 2—1 lead against him -- al—ittihad took a 2—1 lead against him —— against zob ahan. the two sides traded own goals early in the second half before al—ittihad finally gave themselves more breathing space. remove any scored twice in a six minute spell and that with the saudi sides ex—to one aggregate. zob ahan scored two late goals to make for an interesting finish, but as the champions of 2004 and 2005, the margins of the quarterfinals. —— 6—2 aggregate. andy murray has announced he will not play at the us open in a fortnight. the former world number one made a bittersweet comeback at the cincinnati masters, playing his first singles match in seven months

the momentum was now with al—nassr who carved an opportunity for giuliano just after the restart.keeper. he wasn't to be denied, he headed in the goal which turned the side in the saudi's favour. giuliano‘s gold means al—nassr will take a slender lead in zoharin al—nassr will take a slender lead in zohar in three weeks time —— giuliano‘s sixth goal means al—nassr will take a slender lead in doha. two more quarterfinals get underway on tuesday, including shanghai sipg against urawa red diamonds in the first of two china—japan match—ups in the last eight. and there's also the all—saudia arabian tie between al ittihad v al hilal. they're the only two saudi teams to have won the champions league, and they've both won the trophy twice — although it's 19 years since al—hilal's most recent success. their romanian coach razvan lucescu — who onlyjoined the club injune — is desperate to equal the all—time record of three champions league titles. we know very well that our fights are crazy to win this season. on the same time we are crazy because for the football players, for the coach that

while fellow brazilian giuliano scored two goals for al—nassr as they won 3—2 against al—wahda in thereigning champions both in action. novak djokovic begins his quest for a 34th masters series title against sam querrey, who's currently ranked 45 in the world, and hasn't won a tour title for more than two years. while kiki bertens, who beat simona halep in last year's final, begins the defence of her title against the veteran american venus williams. dutch champions ajax are one of 20 teams playing in champions league qualification later. last season's semifinalists could only manage a 2—2 draw away to greek super league champion paok thessaloniki last week. they should be full of confidence ahead of the second leg, though — that's after beating fc emmen 5—0 at the weekend. despite winning last season's eredivisie title, ajax still have to go through qualifying. here's how head coach erik ten hag responded to a question about whether that's fair. iam not i am not putting energy in that fa ct. i am not putting energy in that fact. it is the way it is and it is not right because i have

after falling behind early on, a giuliano goal in the 71st minute confirmed the win for the home sideecond test and level the two match series. bj watling was unbeaten on 105 when kane williamson declared, while in response the hosts found themselves dismissed forjust 122, meaning the trophy was shared by williiamson and dimuth karunaratne with the sides now set for a three—match t20 series. rafael nadal can‘t meet novak djokovic or roger federer until the us open final, but he doesn‘t believe that is an advantage. the world number two gets his campaign for a fourth us open underway on tuesday. he‘s placed in the bottom half of the draw and cannot meet federer or djokovic until the final should he get that far. however, the spaniard shrugged off any suggestion he holds an edge going into the final grand slam of 2019. have plenty of work before the you i have plenty of work before that you know if i have an advantage or not, so let‘s see if i am able to do my work for my side. but that‘s not an advantage or disadvantage, that‘s part of the draw and that‘s part of the... of the things t