Rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the US Open yesterday.
The in-form Tsitsipas was beaten by Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in what can be considered an upset in the men’s draw.
Tsitsipas had arrived in New York fresh from his brilliant outing at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where he finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal.
En route to the final, the 20-year-old Greek player had defeated Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson.
Victory will be sweet for Medvedev, who flew into a rage after beating Tsitsipas at the Miami Open in March. Medvedev came from a set down to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, but the Russian took exception to something his opponent said to him at the post-match handshakes.
It is unclear what exactly Tsitsipas had said, but Medvedev retorted by saying: “You go in emergency toilet for five minutes, you hit a let and don’t say sorry, you think you are a good kid? ‘Look at me, look at me huh! You don’t look at me?”
“If he says something to me and he wants to fight, he needs to do it,” he then told the umpire. “If he wants to fight, I’m okay.”
Elina Svitolina reached the third round of the tournament for the fourth straight year after beating Tatjana Maria 6-2, 6-3. Svitolina avenged her first-round Wimbledon defeat to Maria earlier this summer. Ukrainian Svitolina broke her hard-serving German opponent five times during the match, with the seventh seed proving more effective on her own first service as she won 79 per cent of those points – far superior to Maria’s 52 per cent.
Svitolina also had 24 winners in total, outpacing Maria’s 18.
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Belarussian Victoria Azarenka easily reached the third round in her return to the season’s final major tournament, beating No 25 seed Daria Gavrilova of Australia 6-1, 6-2.
Former world No 1 Azarenka is playing in the tournament for the first time since 2015 after giving birth to a son.
The two-time US Open finalist, who had a ranking too low for direct entry, received a wild card. It is the first time she is unseeded at Flushing Meadows since 2007.
Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic beat Spain’s Lara Arruabarrena 6-0, 6-1. The Belgian Elise Mertens defeated Vera Lapko of Belarus 6-2, 6-0.
Meanwhile, Roger Federer fired a warning shot at Gerard Pique after the Barcelona footballer said he wants to hold the revamped Davis Cup in September. That would see it become a rival to the Laver Cup, the Ryder Cup-style competition devised by Federer, with Geneva due to host the third edition from September 20-22 next year.
“For us tennis players, it’s a little strange that a footballer comes to interfere in our world,” Federer said. “He [Pique] must remain verycareful. The Davis Cup should not become the Pique Cup.”
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- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021
Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”
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- not be younger than 25 years old
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- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
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- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
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