Rafael Nadal set up a potential semi-final against his great adversary Roger Federer, their first meeting in the US Open, after thrashing the 19-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour and half.
Nadal went into humble mode in the immediate aftermath of the match. “It was a good match. Andrey, it was his first quarter-finals, but I’ve won the last two matches in straight sets.
“This has been an emotional year. I’ve been playing well almost every tournament after many years with injuries. Very excited to be in that semi-final and I wish Andrey all the very best.”
Roger Federer was taking on Juan Martin del Potro in the late match of the day, a replay of the 2009 US Open final when the Swiss legend lost in five sets to his Argentine rival. He lost the first set 7-5 to potentially spring a surprise.
The US Open set a record on Wednesday, when Madison Keys and Coco Vandeweghe triumphed in their quarter finals to ensure that there was an all-American line-up in the US Open women's semi-finals for the first time since 1981 at this tournament.
It is also the first time it has happened with a single country making a clean sweep of a major’s semis since Wimbledon in 1985 when four Americans also got to the last four.
Madison Keys, the 15th seed, won 6-3 6-3 against Kaia Kanepi to join Vandeweghe, Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens in the last four.
Vandeweghe, seeded 20th, beat Czech top seed Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 earlier on Wednesday.
Williams, 37, is the only one of the four Americans to have previously reached a Grand Slam final, the first of which came at Flushing Meadows 20 years ago.
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In the village of Mevagissey in southwest England the housing stock has doubled in the last century while the number of residents is half the historic high. The village's Neighbourhood Development Plan states that 26% of homes are holiday retreats. Prices are high, averaging around £300,000, £50,000 more than the Cornish average of £250,000. The local average wage is £15,458.
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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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Moral education needed in a 'rapidly changing world'
Moral education lessons for young people is needed in a rapidly changing world, the head of the programme said.
Alanood Al Kaabi, head of programmes at the Education Affairs Office of the Crown Price Court - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Crown Price Court is fully behind this initiative and have already seen the curriculum succeed in empowering young people and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in building the future of the nation at all levels.
"Moral education touches on every aspect and subject that children engage in.
"It is not just limited to science or maths but it is involved in all subjects and it is helping children to adapt to integral moral practises.
"The moral education programme has been designed to develop children holistically in a world being rapidly transformed by technology and globalisation."
