Saudi Games update: medals in fencing, karting, women’s futsal

MS Stable team secured the gold medal, followed by Al-Shoumough with silver, and Al-Khayyala team with bronze.
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Updated 06 November 2022
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Saudi Games update: medals in fencing, karting, women’s futsal

  • The crowds of SAOC Complex were in for an amazing show as they attended the men’s volleyball finals
  • The KSU Arena hosted the men’s and women’s karate competitions, which included the men’s kumite -60 and -67 categories and the women’s kumite open category

RIYADH: Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, vice-president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and director of the Saudi Games, on Saturday honored the athletics medalists and the men’s 10-meter air pistol medalists.

Princess Delayel Nahar Al-Saud, deputy director of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and deputy director of the Saudi Games, honored the equestrian medalists who took part in the endurance category finals, as well as the women’s futsal medalists.

Meanwhile, Princess Rihem bint Saif Al-Islam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz honored the fencing medalists.

Finally, Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi Motorsports Company and the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, honored the karting event medalists.

ATHLETICS

The event took off at Al-Riyadh Club. Many categories concluded on Saturday, including the men’s 110-meter hurdles, 100 meters, javelin throw, long jump and shot put.

The star of the men’s 100 meters was Abdullah Mohammed, who placed first and won the gold medal, followed by Mahmoud Ibrahim, who earned a silver medal, and Ahmed Majrashi, who won the bronze.

As for the 110-meter hurdles, Atiah Al-Shamrani secured first place and won a gold medal, while Shaker Al-Salem won silver and Munier Al-Hashim received bronze.

In the shot put competition, Mohammed Tolo received a gold medal, followed by Ali Al-Mubarak with silver and Ameen Al-Aradi with bronze.

Moving on to the long jump event, Homoud Al-Wani earned a gold medal, while Ahmed Marzouq won silver and Abdurahman Sharaheli won bronze.

Lastly, in the javelin throw final, Ali Al-Abdulghani received a gold medal, followed by Waleed Al-Ahmad with silver and Murtada Al-Ahmad with bronze.

SHOOTING

The finals, which took place at the City Public Security Training Shooting Range, saw Atallah Al-Anazi take gold. The silver medal was awarded to Mohammed Al-Amri, while bronze was won by Ali Mohammed Al-Ghamdi.

EQUESTRIAN

The event concluded with the MS Stable team coming out on top and securing the gold medal, followed by Al-Shoumough with silver, and Al-Khayyala team with bronze.

FUTSAL

The games concluded at the KSU Arena with Al-Hilal winning gold after playing a tough match against Al-Yamamah and winning 3-2.

In the third-place match, Al-Shabab took bronze after beating Al-Nassr 4-3.

Turning to the men’s finals, Al-Eitifaq took gold after defeating Al-Nassr 3-1.

Winning bronze was Musadaa after beating Al-Ardh 3-2.

FENCING

The competitions carried on for a second day at Al-Riyadh Club.

In the women’s épée individual category, fencer Fawzia Al-Khibiri secured the gold medal, while Nada Abed received silver, followed by a joint bronze for Shooq Al-Jazzar and Dana Al-Qassem.

In the men’s foil individual, fencer Mohammed Al-Dakhil placed first and secured a gold medal. The silver medal was awarded to Mahdi Al-Qaros, followed by a joint bronze for Ali Al-Binali and Mohammed Al-Dalkhil.

KARTING

The competition’s finals took place at Dirab Park.

Securing the gold medal was racer Fahad Al-Mugla, followed by Fahad Al-Dhufairi with silver. The bronze medal was secured by Prince Saud bin Al-Musta’sim bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

BOXING

Continuing at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, the boxing semifinals determined who is heading to the finals tomorrow.

Kulthum Hantol faces Sarah Al-Sharani in the Women’s -50 kg category, while Khadeja Al-Mahi is set to meet Sarah Yahya in the Women’s -54 kg category.

Finally, Raghad Al-Nuami will take on Hadil Ashour in the Women’s -60 kg category.

Turning to the Men’s categories, Abdulaziz Al-Oteibi will compete with Mohammed Azebi in the Men’s -54 kg, while Mohammed Al-Keidis faces Zied Al-Majrashi in the Men’s -60 kg.

This will be followed by Rakan Al-Thaqafi and Mohammed Salem in the Men’s -67 kg category.

Finally, Mohammed Al-Subhi will go against Salman Hamada in the Men’s -80 kg category.

VOLLEYBALL

The crowds of SAOC Complex were in for an amazing show as they attended the men’s volleyball finals.

Al-Ahli won their final match against Al-Hilal and received a gold medal after scoring 3-2.

The champions were followed by Al-Hilal, who placed second and won the silver medal. Finally, after battling for third place, Al-Etihad won their match against Al-Ibtisam and were awarded the bronze medal after achieving a score of 3-0.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

The paralympic court, located at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium, witnessed two wheelchair basketball games, where Al-Jouf won against Al-Madinah with a score of 59-14, while Jeddah beat Jazan 67-27.

TABLE TENNIS

The table tennis event took off at the Leaders Development Institute in the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex.

KARATE

The KSU Arena hosted the men’s and women’s karate competitions, which included the men’s kumite -60 and -67 categories and the women’s kumite open category.


Bublik, Medvedev progress to second round of Dubai Tennis Championships

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Bublik, Medvedev progress to second round of Dubai Tennis Championships

  • Medvedev, the No. 3 seed this week, enjoyed a straight-sets victory over Juncheng Shang to set up last-16 tie with Swiss star Stan Wawrinka
  • No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik needed only 66 minutes to see off Jan-Lennard Struff

 

DUBAI: Under the afternoon sun, the seeds blossomed. Day 2 of ATP 500 week at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships started with Daniil Medvedev showing clinical efficiency to dispatch China’s Juncheng Shang in little more than an hour. The Russian, seeded third this week and champion here in 2023, moved through the match with confidence to seal a 6-1, 6-3 win and set-up a last-16 tie with Stan Wawrinka.

Shang, the 21-year-old ranked World No. 262, has offered flashes of promise in recent months despite the inevitable growing pains of a young professional. In early January, he reached the quarterfinals in Hong Kong, a result that hinted at an upward trajectory, but consistency has since proved elusive and he had lost three of his previous four matches, including a 4-6, 2-6 defeat to Medvedev last week in Doha.

The rematch provided little reversal of fortune as Medvedev struck 20 winners and 10 aces, dictating play from the baseline and rarely allowing rallies to drift beyond his control. On serve, the World No. 11 was especially untouchable, capturing 81 percent of his first-serve points over the course of the contest to condemn Shang to consecutive defeats in subsequent weeks.

“Of course, I tried to play the same tactic (as last week) because if it works, you need to stick to it,” Medvedev said. “I knew he would of course try to adapt some things, so I tried to adapt to his adaptations and did that quite well. I saw he was struggling a bit at the end, but until then, I thought it was a fair match, and we were playing some pretty good points.”

For all the scoreboard’s lopsided tilt, there were moments of resistance. Early in the first set, the pair engaged in a bruising 34-shot rally — one of the longest exchanges of the tournament to date — that drew murmurs from the appreciative crowd. It was Medvedev, the former world No. 1, who ultimately claimed the point.

Asked where he feels the level of his game is coming into a tournament that features four other former Dubai champions as well as eight of the world’s top 20, Medvedev suggested he is more content than confident.

“Actually, I shouldn’t judge myself too much just now,” he said. “I lost a couple of matches lately and whenever you do it, you always feel like you are playing worse. I should try to pump myself up instead. I won 6-1, 6-3, so if we don’t put every point under the microscope, it was a good level in general, I look forward to the next match and raising my level even more.”

Medvedev had barely finished his post-match media duties when Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, the world No. 10 and this week’s No. 2 seed, strolled onto the 5,000-capacity Centre Court to open his own campaign. Facing a “lucky loser” in Jan-Lennard Struff, Bublik was a picture of composure despite entering the tie on the wrong side of a 3-2 head-to-head record and having required three sets to get past the same opponent only a couple of weeks ago in Rotterdam.

Bublik, breaking his German opponent’s serve at the first opportunity, took an early 3-1 lead and refused to relinquish it, hitting six aces as well as saving three breakpoints. Battling throughout, Struff — ranked 70 places below his opponent in the world rankings — showed fight but could not level the tie. When his own service game was broken again in the ninth game, the first set went to Bublik 6-3.

Struff found his serve in the second set, hitting six aces of his own, but Bublik was not for budging and took his tally to 12 overall. With the set going with serve, the Kazakh eventually got the all-important break in the 10th to take the set 6-4 and seal comfortable passage to the second round.

“I think I played a solid match,” said Bublik, who lost in the Dubai final two years ago. “I mean, it's never easy to face Jan. I’m trailing a bit in the head-to-head, but I knew what I had to do. I knew what shots I have to execute to get more chances to win easily, and I think I did well in more important moments.”

Bublik is enjoying a career-high ranking of No. 10, but insisted he prefers to focus on his game, knowing the two factors are not mutually exclusive. “It’s just a number and if you play well, you’re going to have a better ranking,” he said. “If you start losing matches, the ranking is going to go down very quickly if everyone else plays well. So, for me, it’s more about keeping my game and enjoying the moment.”